In today's episode, we'll talk to someone who bootstrapped a business with just $30 left in the bank.

We'll also learn about a group that empowers sellers with the support of a co-op and how female entrepreneurs especially can benefit.

How's it going, everybody? Welcome to another episode of the serious seller's podcast.

I'm your host, Bradley Sutton.

And I am joined today here in studio by Melissa Simonson.

Melissa, how's it going?

Going very well.

Thank you, Bradley.

All right.

So just to start off, if that last name sounds familiar, this is actually the first time we have had siblings here on the podcast. We had your brother, Steve. How many brothers and sisters are you and your family? There are actually nine of us.

Nine. And Steve is the oldest, right? He is. And you're the youngest. And I'm the youngest. Okay. All right. So anyways, we had Steve on here talk about sourcing.

And at the very, very end of the episode, he just, you know, when we were asking, hey, how can we contact you? He had mentioned, you know, Empowery. And so that was something that was a little bit, you know, newer to me. But that's actually your thing. Like you actually, that's your day to day thing. So can you just quickly explain what Empowery is?

Because that's something I think that's kind of unique in this space.

You know, we're usually used to... That's your day-to-day thing. So can you just quickly explain what Empowery is?

Because that's something I think that's kind of unique in this space. You know, we're usually used to, you know, Facebook, you know, just Facebook groups or courses or affiliate programs, you know, and this is like kind of like none of the above. It's something different. So can you explain a little bit about that? Definitely. Yeah. It's a question

that I get often and it's difficult to answer because I think Empowery is different for different people.

At its very core, it is a non-profit, member-owned co-op founded to help e-commerce entrepreneurs.

And this is sort of a way to give back for the founders. But more than that, it is, you know, as many co-ops go, it's a way to band together so that

you're getting, you know, you're sort of leveraging the power of many.

And so that the little guy can get the big business benefits.

Okay.

All right.

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