Business Funding Strategist I I help Entrepreneurs secure funding for business purchase/expansion | Co-Founder in Financial Services | 100+ successful clients | “DM me”

In 2016, I took a bold leap.

I pitched a vision, raised over $2 million in funding, and built a microfinance bank from scratch, one that has helped over 500 entrepreneurs access the capital, clarity, and structure needed to grow.

But even before that, I spent nearly a decade in corporate finance watching brilliant professionals stay stuck in systems that limited their income, creativity, and power.

I knew there had to be another way.

Today, I coach high-achieving women ready to make that same leap from employee to empowered founder.

These are women who already have extensive professional experience.

What they need is a roadmap to monetize their expertise, show up with confidence online, and build digital income streams, without quitting their 9-5.

Clients I work with have:
* Launched their first digital offer in under 6 weeks
* Landed $3K+ clients from LinkedIn without ads or funnels
* Rebuilt confidence after years of playing small in the corporate world
* Transitioned from finance roles to owning purpose-driven businesses

My coaching helps you:
* Turn your professional expertise into a scalable offer
* Build visibility on LinkedIn and grow your audience
* Create sustainable income without burnout
* Transition from career to on your terms

You don’t need another degree.

You need a system, a strategy, and someone who’s walked the path.

Let’s build your OWN platform.

DM me “OWN” to start your transition from employee to empowered founder.

Erhi Ojoboh MBA, PMP®, SAFe®

I’ll never forget the day I got the nod from my angel investor.

Series A funding.

For my FIRST business.

I should’ve been celebrating.

But you know what I actually felt?

Terror.

Because this wasn’t just a cheque.

This was someone betting real money on ME.

On an idea I’d been carrying quietly for YEARS.

And suddenly, someone else saw it too.

I sat in my car after that meeting and cried.

Not because I was happy (though I was).

But because for the first time, I truly believed:

I can build something bigger than myself.

I can sit at the table, not just serve it.

I can raise capital, lead teams, and drive IMPACT.

That day, I became a founder.

Not because I had all the answers.

But because I stopped waiting for permission to believe in myself.

Here’s what they don’t tell you about those “big wins”:

You’re terrified, even as you succeed.

You wonder if you’re ready, even as others say YES.

But you move forward anyway.

Not because the fear goes away.

But because your VISION is louder.

📌 So I’ll ask you:

What’s the bold move you’ve been postponing because fear sounds louder than your vision?

Back yourself the way an investor would.

You don’t need everyone to believe in you.

You just need ONE person to start.

Let that person be YOU.

What’s one bold move you’re making this week?

♻️ Repost for someone waiting for permission they already have.

Erhi Ojoboh MBA, PMP®

I help high-achieving women turn their expertise into high-ticket digital businesses they OWN | $2M+ raised in Series A | Financial Services Co-Founder | Speaker | DM “OWN”

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Susan Findlater

I help tech startups grow, 0-1📈 | Concurrently working on my own stealth startup - stay tuned 👀 | Formerly @ ClearScore, CitiFinancial, Fairstone Bank, HomeEquity Bank. 🌍 | Book a free 30-min discovery call. 📅

Fractional marketing leader with 10+ years of experience helping companies clarify their positioning, scale their brands, and drive revenue. I partner with founders and leadership teams across fintech, legaltech, edtech, and other industries to lead go-to-market strategy, brand, and growth initiatives.

Founder of The Fractional Framework. Quit the 9–5. Land Clients. Build Freedom.

After building my own fractional career and generating over $400K in revenue, I created 'The Fractional Framework' to help experienced professionals transition out of the corporate 9-5 grind and into confident, profitable fractional roles. The program provides a clear, practical framework for packaging your experience, positioning yourself so clients come to you, and building a career that works on your terms.

Join the waitlist 👇

Fractional CMO

What is a Fractional CMO? Picture this: an experienced marketing leader who steps in as an outsourced, part-time Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for businesses, offering expertise and strategic guidance for a defined number of hours weekly. Fractional CMOs are particularly beneficial for start-ups and early-stage businesses that do not yet require a full-time senior marketing leader (due to size, scale or financial reasons).
Having observed the challenges faced by FinTech startups, I am drawn and inspired by the thought of helping founders navigate the ins and outs of marketing. My role as a Fractional CMO is uniquely crafted to each client, but extends to include: building marketing plans, defining marketing strategies, advising on future resource needs and hiring a marketing team to execute, clarifying positioning, defining a target audience, optimizing channel mix and always, regardless of client, driving sales and meaningful growth. As a Fractional CMO, I offer my expertise to startups at a fraction of the cost of a full-time marketing leader, while providing access to a seasoned marketing professional with a track record of growing and scaling businesses, all without requiring a permanent, long-term commitment.


With nearly a decade of experience in Financial Services, including my most recent role as Head of Marketing - Canada at @ClearScore , Director, Digital Marketing at @Fairstone Bank of Canada and a specialized project underway for @HomeEquity Bank, I bring specialized knowledge in lending, consumer finance, marketplaces, app marketing, strategic partnerships, acquisition, and performance marketing to startups.

The most disciplined people I know all do this one thing on Monday.

And they win the week. 

They eat the frog.
Aka, they start their week off with the hardest, most uncomfortable tasks.

Here's how to "eat the frog" yourself this Monday: 

1️⃣ Identify your “avoidance task.”
 ↳ The thing creating the most mental friction/stress.

2️⃣ Block 60–90 minutes Monday morning to tackle it.
 ↳ Before your email, Slack or “quick check-ins.”

3️⃣ Finish it before noon.
 ↳ Not progress. Not a draft. Get it done.

Because once the hardest thing is done…
Everything else feels lighter.

Momentum is earned early. 

What’s your frog this week? 🐸

Fractional CMO | Scaling tech startups 0→1 📈 | Founder, The Fractional Framework | Helping professionals quit the 9–5, land clients & build freedom. Join the waitlist now. 👇💰

I spent years climbing a ladder that wasn’t mine.

On paper, it looked like success.

Climb the ranks. 
Work in corporate.
Become a Director at a bank.
Make a healthy salary (especially at 27 years old). 

The framework was already written for me.
All I had to do was follow it.

And for a while, I did.

Promotions. Titles. More responsibility.

But something felt off.

Because the ladder I was climbing came with other implications we often don’t talk about:

Long hours.
Constant pressure.
Chronic stress and anxiety. 

And a quiet kind of burnout that slowly becomes so normalized you don't even recognize it for what it is. 

When I reflect back, I've come to realize:

You can get very good at winning a game you don’t actually want to play.

I wasn’t failing.
I was succeeding at the wrong thing.

So I stepped off the ladder. Jumped actually. 

And started building something that actually fit my life.

More creativity.
More autonomy.
More control over my time.

The biggest lesson I learned that I'd love to share with others:

Be careful whose definition of success you adopt.

Because you can climb very high…
…only to realize you’re on the wrong ladder.

Why is the world so shaken when a woman puts herself first?

When a man prioritizes his goals, he’s called driven.

When a woman does it, she’s often called selfish.
Interesting.

Women are expected to give endlessly.

Time. Energy. Care. Support.

To work.
To family.
To everyone else but herself.

The moment she says, “I matter too,” people get uncomfortable.

A woman who puts herself first isn’t abandoning others.

She’s refusing to abandon herself.

And that kind of self-respect tends to scare people who benefited from her silence.

For International Women’s Day (which honestly deserves more than just one day), here's the message I have for all women: 

You are allowed to take up space.
You are allowed to choose yourself.

And the right people won’t be threatened by it.

They’ll respect it.

Entrepreneurship doesn’t steal your time.

It quietly convinces you to give it away.

When I started, I thought the trade was simple:
More work → More money → More freedom.

But here’s what actually happened.

More work →
More responsibility →
More mental tabs open →
More “just one more thing” at 9:47 PM.

The work doesn’t end. It expands.

Into mornings.
Into vacations.
Into dinner conversations.

And no one tells you this:
Revenue scales faster than boundaries.

A friend once told me,
“You can have everything...if you’re willing to pay the price.”

The price isn’t money.

It’s attention.
It’s health.
It’s presence.

You can always earn more.
You can’t re-live a Tuesday night.

The goal isn’t to make more.
It’s to need less.

That’s real wealth.

Most people quit during uncertainty.

That’s why few see the payoff.

The anxiety phase is real.
Anyone building something meaningful feels it.

Not because they’re failing,
But because they’re stretching beyond what’s familiar.

When you start something new, nothing feels secure.

No guarantees. No clear signals you’re on the right path.

Just effort.
Consistency.
And a quiet hope it will compound.

Most people interpret that discomfort as a warning.

But often it’s the opposite.
It’s the cost of building something that actually matters.

The uncomfortable phase isn’t the problem.
Quitting during it is.

So how do you know something is worth continuing to build?

Look for early signals:

1️⃣ The problem keeps showing up.
Different people. Same frustration and issues.

2️⃣ People lean in when you talk about it.
People show real curiosity and ask real questions about the work.

3️⃣ Someone invests something real.
Money. Time. An introduction. When people put something on the line, it’s a signal.

Growth almost never feels safe in the beginning.

But if you stay with it long enough…
Small steps compound into something bigger than you expected.

Anxiety is completely normal. In fact, it’s arguably unavoidable.
Building something meaningful requires stepping into uncertainty.

The trick isn’t eliminating the feeling.
It’s learning not to quit because of it.

Growth feels uncomfortable at first. That is how you know it's working. 

Small businesses are getting cautious & hiring is slowing.

But history shows something powerful in moments like this:

Economic uncertainty may pause hiring...
But it also creates entrepreneurs.

When opportunity from employers shrinks, 
People start creating opportunity for themselves. 

Now that's a beautiful thing.

Many of today’s biggest companies were born during uncertain times.

Look at Shopify (post-dot-com recovery era), Skip (post-financial crisis), and even Wealthsimple (launched when Canadians were still extremely cautious and conservative about traditional finance). 

They didn't start because conditions were perfect.
They started because a few brave entrepreneurs decided not to wait.

Not to wait for permission.
Not to wait for certainty.

If you’re between jobs, feeling stuck, or itching to release your inner entrepreneur, don’t let the economic situation dim your ambition.

There's no better time to start building than the present.

When hiring slows, entrepreneurship rises.

We all need someone who doesn’t just believe in our dreams.

But understands them.

Someone who sees the cost behind the vision.
The risk hidden inside confidence.
 The doubt masked as ambition.

Belief is easy.
Understanding takes presence.

It’s the difference between cheering from the sidelines,
and standing beside someone when it gets uncomfortable.

If you have that person in your life, don’t take it lightly.

And if you’re looking for that kind of support, you don’t have to do it alone.

I found it in a group that’s been genuinely life-changing for me, 
working alongside Tobi Oluwole and a community of the most genuine people, who truly get it.

If that sounds like what you need, ping me.
I want you to have this support, too.

One of the most unfair things we do to ourselves:

Judge our past with the knowledge we only gained with time.

We replay old decisions with today's awareness...

But that’s not how life works.
You only see the lesson after you’ve lived the mistake.

So here’s a reminder I think many of us need:
Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach.

How do you actually do that? Well, time helps.

But so do these 3 moves:

1️⃣ Separate the lesson from the shame.
 Keep the wisdom. Release the guilt. 

2️⃣ Speak to your past self with compassion.
 They were doing the best they could in the moment.

3️⃣ Thank the version of you that learned it.
 Without that mistake, you wouldn’t be who you are today.

Growth doesn’t happen before the experience.
It happens because of it.

Long live mistakes...they shape us.

I’m learning to forgive myself
for not knowing earlier
what only time could teach.

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