Liberatory Business Practices with Toi Smith

Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp at https://liberateyourbusiness.com/NOTE: Feminist Founders is a listener-funded podcast. Your contributions enable me to continue bringing you these important conversations. To support the mission, sign up for a paid Substack subscription at https://feministfounders.substack.com/  -----   Toi Smith (she/her) is a Growth + Impact Strategist whose work centers on doing life, business, and motherhood differently. She works with people whose work is countercultural, liberatory, and revolutionary in nature...or people who desire and are committed to moving their work or lives in that direction. Website | Instagram   Discussed this episode: Toi’s relationship with the word feminist (and why she prefers womanist) “There must be a heartbeat beyond money in business” What drives Toi beyond money to do her work Business and capitalism aren’t synonyms Capitalism informs business, even for entrepreneurs You can be anti-capitalist while also wanting to make money as a business owner Toi’s own journey of unlearning capitalist conditioning Capitalism isn’t only an economic system, it’s a societal and cultural way of existing The grief and trauma of capitalism over generations Exploitation and expropriation are the harmful hallmarks of capitalism Why corporate profits are theft (and solopreneur profits are not) Liberation is not just re-creating the corporate wheel for yourself You can’t be a feminist founder if you’re not paying people a living wage Capitalism connects your worth to your class status Considering pricing through a feminist lens Growth should be rooted in something greater than insatiable capitalism Amassing wealth probably won’t make you altruistic Why white women being angry isn’t enough to create change (they must be willing to give something and to give something up) True liberation means you must give up something … what are you giving up? Anti-capitalist doesn’t mean anti-money How Toi does business differently Everything you do in business is political The benefits of sliding scale pricing   Resources mentioned: Business Beyond Profit Dawn Serra Jen Lemen What is Capitalism (and why it should matter to you as an entrepreneur) The Responsibility of White Wealth Loving Black Single Mothers We Cannot Separate Business from Politics “Caliban and the Witch” by Silvia Federici Suggested readings from Toi Smith Motherful  FULL GUEST READING LIST FOR SEASON 1   Learn more about accountability coaching with host Becky Mollenkamp at https://beckymollenkamp.com   FULL TRANSCRIPT