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Ep.37

Dying with $0 to Help Fundraise the Future

with Barbara Pierce

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Welcome!

I sat down with the remarkable Barbara Pierce to explore her incredible journey of empowering women through financial literacy and wealth management. Barbara is renowned for her work in evangelizing women, wealth, and the powerful ways women can exercise their wealth in alignment with their values.

 

You’ll get a fascinating glimpse into her early years and discover how money conversations at home and her industrious nature shaped her future. From figuring out her early career to making significant philanthropic moves, Barbara shares how she navigated the financial world with grit and determination.

 

Barbara opens up about the important milestones in her life, including her career as a fundraiser for large-scale philanthropies and how she ultimately took control of her investments. We delve into the motivation behind founding Women With Capital, a non-pitch community aimed at educating and supporting women in managing their wealth. She shares the personal stories that influenced this mission and how she’s helping women unlock their financial potential.

 

As we discuss both the joys and challenges of managing wealth, Barbara provides valuable insights on risk tolerance, family financial dynamics, and the importance of community.

Key Topics

  1. Growing up “in the poor house”
  2. Realizing at a young age that passions don’t always result in money
  3. Seeing the real-time power of personal networks in university
  4. Entering the world of fundraising
  5. Learning the value of money to make legacy decisions
  6. Discovering the strategy behind asking donors for large amounts of money
  7. First savings, investment, and retirement moves
  8. Getting interested in aligning wealth with things that actually make a difference
  9. Making the investment decisions in the family
  10. A tough lesson in risk tolerance
  11. Navigating different approaches to money in marriage and family
  12. Becoming a founder to bring women together over money
  13. Barbara’s money conversations with her son about investing and spending
  14. 50 women moving $150 million in 5 years
  15. Enabling women to build their missions and legacies

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