For years, the number they quoted about us was $24,000. 🙄 That's the average revenue for a Black woman-owned business. They print it in every article like it's the ceiling. Like it's the whole story. I'm writing this from the Dominican Republic, where I'm hosting a retreat for women of color running companies that span six to eight figures. Let me introduce you to a few of them. Dr. LaQuore J. Meadows — went from food stamps to founding an investment education company and earning her doctorate. She's the CEO of Invest2Give, a #1 best-selling author on stock trading, founder of Stocks & Sorors, and a top-tier trader. Dr. Viola Pierce— the Millionaire Nurse CEO. Twenty-five years of nursing, turned into a movement teaching other nurses to build multi-six-figure businesses. Charaka Cook — CEO of The Cook Group and the #1 female agency manager in her industry, training agents into six-figure earners while helping families build wealth. Ange Matthews— "The Goddess of Wealth," creator of the Happy Investor Method, teaching everyday people to build wealth across stocks, hotels, and real estate. Mechele Ellis — award-winning founder of Creative M.E. Childcare Center, building an educational institution and a community hub from the ground up. Yolanda Boone — a nurse who co-founded an eight-figure healthcare practice and built an insurance business on top of it. Catrina Kraft— the CFO behind multi-million-dollar healthcare ventures, the financial architect who turns practices into scalable, profitable companies. Healthcare. Nursing. Insurance. Investing. Childhood education. Finance. Not one of these women is the exception. Together, they're the room. And look closer at the photo, because this is the part I love most: you don't just see us. You see our teams. These women didn't only build businesses — they built payroll. Career paths for people in our communities who needed someone to bet on them. And here's the thing — this isn't even half of us. The women in this photo are the ones who could make it this week. There are more who couldn't. I messaged one of them just this morning — a WNBA Hall of Famer. This room is a fraction of the circle.