Women's History Month - Let's Celebrate Women in Business
March marks the beginning of Women’s History Month and at Freelancing Females we will take any excuse big or small to celebrate women! Gender inequality is still sadly alive and well within the world, with women being paid less for the same roles as our male counterparts and receiving dramatically less VC funding than men. We want to help women build lives they’re in control of because when women are in the driving seat, everyone is better off. So let’s take a look at a few wonderful female-founded businesses.
Lettuce
We love it when our FF community helps build seriously useful businesses! Some of you may remember one of our first podcast episodes with Christina Nizar and Ambika Nigam, longtime friends and the co-founders of Ziet and now they’ve helped to build Lettuce. As Freelancing Females themselves Christina and Amibika understand the frustrations we self-employed folk come across when it comes to tax time. This led them to help build Lettuce. The automated tax and accounting software, created to empower solopreneurs to create the life they deserve. Giving freelancers access to the same tax and accounting strategies as larger companies.
Lettuce doesn't want freelancers to keep leaving money on the table. Lettuce looks at every dollar in your business daily to help you keep more of what you earn.
Here are a few ways Lettuce helps you:
Make the System Work for You.
Lettuce helps each member understand the options they can use to reduce their taxes. It’s like having an accountant specializing in solopreneurs, that explains how the complexities of the tax system are holding you back.
Lettuce Handles it All!
Lettuce is not another DIY solution. Once you onboard as a member, Lettuce first sets up your LLC and S Corp. Then wave goodbye to your accounting headaches as Lettuce takes care of your taxes, bookkeeping and accounting. No more tracking expenses, no all-nighters, and no complicated software for you to navigate. Where do we sign?!
Your Money, Your Way:
You’re still in charge, but Lettuce does all the heavy lifting for you. Members choose what to automate, what to spend, and how much to save. They make managing your accounts feel easy.
To kick off the 2024 tax season, Lettuce has an exclusive offer for our Freelancing Females. If you’re one of the first 1,000 solopreneurs to sign up for Lettuce’s free business assessment program, you’ll get:
A free completed 2023 tax return. You can either file this return or use it as a second opinion.
A free business assessment that helps you understand:
How to set your business up
Tax deduction and healthcare expense strategies you might be missing
How to get started with retirement planning as a solopreneur
Enter here for your chance to win!
Sign up before March 31 2024, to see if you qualify! #partner
*Offer extends only to those located in the U.S
Black Woman Owned
Black Woman Owned is a community of those who understand the need to amplify and purchase from Black Woman-owned businesses. Their mission is to give Black woman-owned businesses visibility through social and digital media to help increase their annual revenue. Founded by A. Walton Smith, as a wife, full-time employee, mother and entrepreneur she understands just how difficult it is to build a business from scratch. Not to mention juggling every role whilst marketing your product or service. Black Women Owned not only serves as a place to find businesses to support but a marketing tool for those businesses to thrive. A great resource and community for us all to support!
For Days
Another amazing Female founded and directed business. Co-founded by Kristy Caylor and Mary Saunders the pair know how broken the fashion industry is and set out to fix it. Their mission is to keep clothing out of landfills by using a Take Back scheme which incentivizes consumers to return clothing they no longer need by giving them a place to recycle their used clothing. When you return a bag of clothes you are given a $20 cash reward to use back in the store. With 85% of used clothing ending up in landfills and with consumption habits increasing by 400% over the last twenty years their Take Back Bag is helping us work towards a circular economy for the fashion industry by keeping 90% of the clothing they receive out of landfills. Plus, 1% of their profits go towards charity. Companies with big missions *chefs kiss!
Paper & Craft Pantry
The Paper + Craft Pantry based in Austin, Texas, combines a retail stationery shop with a dynamic workshop studio. Their passion lies in all things paper, workshops, and fostering community connections. Founded by Pei, her mission is to provide people with the very best independently designed stationery and paper goods. And to host weekly creative workshops where their community can gather, learn and have fun! Pei loves supporting other local small businesses, designers and making everyone who comes into the space feel welcome, loved and supported! A portion of the proceeds from their in-house stationery and product line goes towards supporting charitable causes, including donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Black Mamas ATX, reflecting their commitment to making a positive impact beyond our storefront.
We love our Freelancing Females community, when we come together as women to support one another there is no limit to what we can achieve!