This week’s Business Spotlight shines on Empify, a financial education and personal development company dedicated to empowering individuals to take control of their finances and build lasting wealth.
They provide accessible tools, courses, and community-based programs that help individuals learn investing, financial literacy, and wealth-building strategies. Through their commitment to education, impact, and closing the wealth gap, they continue to inspire people to achieve financial independence and create generational prosperity.
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Pro tip: Entreprenuership is a powerful way to build wealth, but it’s not always easy. Identify the ways you can create financial security and protection including:
1. Maintaining a corporate job while you build
2. Leveraging the living benefits of a life insurance policy that builds cash value over time
Last weekend at HBCU Aware Fest, we asked one question: Are you treating yourself like a Million Dollar Asset?
We offered yoga, workout, and recovery sessions led by @strengthinthecity instructors who live and breathe this message.
Hosted “Bag Talk” a financial literacy panel moderated by @bigtiggershow with panelists @ryvolutionary@_ashleymfox and @imrossmac 💰
The community showed up and invested in themselves and we were honored to be a part of it @awarefestival !
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New episode of #TheBigIdea podcast is live! I sit down with @_ashleymfox , Founder and CEO of @empify , to answer the question: How do you rebuild after losing everything? Tune in via @YahooFinance or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Tomorrow on #TheBigIdea podcast, I’m talking with @_ashleymfox , the entrepreneur behind @empify . From losing everything after Wall Street to helping others build wealth, Ashley shares what it really takes to rebuild from rock bottom.
Tune in via @yahoofinance or wherever you get your podcasts!
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This lesson came at a pivotal… and painful moment. After hitting major revenue goals, Ashley Fox says the money flowing through the business started to feel overwhelming, and the same financial skills that she used to build success suddenly wasn’t enough to manage it.
The realization hit hard: understanding spreadsheets and hitting a million is one thing; structuring your business’s financial engine for sustainable scale is another.
This is the critical pivot every founder faces. It’s not just about making money; it’s about building a financial system so your business doesn’t consume you or your personal assets to survive.
When did you realize your business needed a completely different financial skillset than the one that started it? 👇🏾
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What if the things we do to “look successful” are secretly draining us?
Ashley shares a profound personal shift: moving from performative habits, like traveling to mirror the rich, to intentional rituals that refuel her true mission.
She discovered that chasing an image empties your cup faster than you think, but living your purpose demands you fill it on a strict schedule.
Now, she renews her energy every 90 days, not for show, but to sustain the monumental work of redefining wealth-building for an entire generation.
What’s your non-negotiable ritual for refilling your energy and realigning with your mission? Share below. 👇🏾
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What’s the exact dollar amount you need to feel financially secure for life—the number that would allow you to walk away from work forever?
For Ashley, it’s not a personal exit. It’s a company milestone: a $3 billion valuation for Empify. Because her drive isn’t fueled by a desire to stop, but by a conviction to prove what’s possible.
For her, it’s about building a legacy that shows the world a Black woman can architect a billion-dollar business and fundamentally change the financial landscape.
So what’s your personal “walk-away” number, and how did you calculate it? Share your figure and reasoning below. 👇🏾
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This former Wall Street insider saw how the 1% stayed rich and decided to walk away from it all.
When @_ashleymfox left her job managing portfolios for the ultra-wealthy (where you needed $25 million just to talk to her) she had one single mission: to bring that financial access and knowledge to everyone else.
Have you ever felt locked out of the financial systems meant to build wealth? What’s one tool you wish you had earlier? 👇
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Ashley Fox’s journey reframes the entire conversation about financial access. Her story isn’t about a sudden rise to Wall Street success, but about the indelible exposure to a world of wealth she could never forget… even when bill collectors were at her door.
Having been both the insider who managed millions and the outsider struggling to pay rent, she is now building a bridge between those two worlds through creating a new system designed to filter people into financial understanding, instead of out of it.
Because at the end of the day, the real work is in instilling wealthy mindsets into our communities to help people thrive in ways they never imagined.
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Hey there! We’re Sevetri & Sheena, the women behind Rich Lessons, a podcast built by founders who love to see our people succeed in business, life, and everything in between. 💰
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In 2013, Ashley Fox walked away from her Wall Street job where she kept the richest people rich. Her new mission? To build a financial platform for the 99% she felt the system overlooked. That leap of faith cost her everything which lead to an eviction and maxed-out credit cards as she tirelessly worked to walk in her calling.
Today, that calling is finally a reality. Through memberships, school programs, and even prison initiatives, she’s created what her community calls “the Netflix of finance”—a scalable, accessible hub where anyone, anywhere, can learn to invest, plan for retirement, and build a legacy.
What’s one financial topic you wish was as easy to learn as streaming a show? 👇🏾
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Hey there! We’re Sevetri & Sheena, the women behind Rich Lessons, a podcast built by founders who love to see our people succeed in business, life, and everything in between. 💰
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