🎨 $500k for Creative Women, Calling All Beta Babes

🎯 Grants for solopreneurs and small businesses

🧘‍♀️ $10,000 for Women in Health, Fitness & Wellness
The Amber Grant for Women is offering $10K this month to female entrepreneurs in yoga, Pilates, nutrition, and wellness-related businesses.
📅 Apply here by February 28, 2025
 

✊🏾 $5,000 for Black-Owned Businesses
The Black History Makers Grant is awarding $5K to Black entrepreneurs making an impact.
📅 Apply here by February 28, 2025
 

🎨 Up to $500K for Creators
The Blue Dot Creative Residency is awarding up to $500K for creatives in fashion, art, music, and entertainment.
📅 Apply here by February 24th 

💡 Need funding tailored to your biz? Just ask our helpful chatbot Vestie!

🏦 Finance Fix

Your Business is Making Money, Now What? 

So your business is bringing in real cash, amazing! 

But if you’re still running everything under your personal name, it might be time for an upgrade.
 

LLC gives you legal protection by separating your personal and business assets. But, S Corp taxation can save you a ton on self-employment taxes!

Here’s how they stack up:
 

✅ LLC = Legal protection, but you pay self-employment tax on everything.

✅ S Corp = Pay yourself a salary (taxed), but take the rest as distributions. No self-employment tax there.
 

For business owners making over $80K, switching to an S Corp could mean serious savings. 

💡 Pro Tip: LLC is essential for business owners and can safeguard you from an unhappy customer who tends to sue, or worse!

🗞️ Making Headlines

How Pickles Became the Hottest Snack on the Internet

The pickle aisle isn’t exactly known for excitement. But Leah Marcus and Yasaman Bakhtiar saw something different.
 

Scrolling through TikTok, they noticed a trend: pickles were everywhere. Chamoy pickles, chickles (pickles wrapped in cheese), ASMR crunch videos, over 9 billion views worth of pickle content.
 

So they asked the question no one else was asking: What if pickles could go viral?
 

Enter Good Girl Snacks

• 💡 They Made Pickles Hot (Literally & Figuratively)
  Inspired by the “hot girl” trend, Leah and Yasaman turned pickles into a viral, must-have snack.
   

• 💡 They Built Hype for Free
  Leah and Yasaman documented their journey, posted daily, and leaned into relatability. Their behind-the-scenes videos of building a business? Instant engagement gold.
   

• 💡 They Nailed the Brand (Because Bland Doesn’t Sell)
  Good Girl Snacks ditched the traditional pickle aesthetic (aka, boring jars). Their branding is loud, colorful, and made for social media.