Selena Gomez's $100M Breakdown, a $383B and a 15 Year Old Founder

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🚀 What’s New in Business & Entrepreneurship

Larry Ellison Briefly Surpassed Musk in Wealth
Oracle’s stock surge shot Ellison’s fortune up $89B to $383B—before Musk reclaimed the top spot by $1B at day’s end.
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Buy Instead of Build: Small Biz Acquisitions Rising
Platforms like BizBuySell saw 9.5k transactions in 2024 ($2.7B revenue). In Q1 2025 alone, 2.3k+ businesses worth $2B sold—even quirky ones like haunted forests and ghost towns.
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Retail Investors Are the New IPO Power Players
Gemini, Klarna, and Angel Studios opened 10–30% of their IPO shares to individuals, giving retail traders access once reserved for banks.
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DC’s First Phone-Free Restaurant Opens
Hush Harbor in Washington, DC bans phones at the door. Guests get disposable cameras, letter-writing kits, and vinyl nights instead.
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Danish Supermarket Builds ‘Emergency Stores’
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Shake Shack Bets on Luxury Burgers
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👩‍💼 Female Founders News

Selena Gomez’s Mental Health Startup in Crisis — Selena Gomez’s mental-health startup with her mom, Mandy Teefey, went from a $100M dream to chaos: fights at the top, delayed paychecks, and mass layoffs. Staff say erratic leadership and family drama sank the mission, while Teefey insists it’s just the tough reality of startups.
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15-Year-Old Launches New Sephora Skincare Brand
Gen Z isn’t just buying beauty—they’re running it. Sephora’s newest line is helmed by a teenage founder.
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Ella Molony-Cook Is Hunting for Female Founders
This investor is actively seeking scrappy women-led startups in fintech, AI, and femtech.
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🚀 The Binge Bank: How Entrepreneurs Build a Brand That Sells

What if your next investor, customer, or press feature didn’t depend on a pitch deck or cold outreach — but on something far more powerful?
Your personal brand.

And no — this isn’t about chasing likes or follower counts. The real power lies in building a “binge bank”: an online library of content that anyone can consume in one sitting to fully understand your vision, your expertise, and why you’re the founder to bet on.

Think of it as your own Netflix series — episodes that showcase your story, your startup journey, and your insights. By the time someone finishes binging your content, they should be convinced to back you, buy from you, or collaborate with you.

🎬 What Is a Binge Bank?

Binge Bank (/binj baNGk/)
noun

1. An online repository of content that allows investors, customers, and partners to binge in one sitting and walk away knowing your mission, credibility, and capabilities as a founder.

A strong binge bank:

• Builds trust before the first meeting.

• Creates credibility without you having to explain your resume.

• Makes you memorable in crowded markets.

🔑 Why It Matters for Founders

• Investors Google you before writing checks.

• Journalists check your digital footprint before interviews.

• Customers want to know who is behind the product.

• Partners want proof that you’re someone worth building with.

Even if your LinkedIn post only gets one view, that one view could be from an angel investor, a top client, or a future co-founder.

🛠 How to Build Your Binge Bank

1. Define Your Founder Story

Ask yourself: What are the 10 things I want people to know about me as a founder?

• Why you started your venture

• Your vision for the future

• Milestones & wins (funding, launches, partnerships)

• Hard lessons and pivots

• What makes you different in your market

2. Choose the Right Medium

• LinkedIn → for investors and partners

• Twitter/X → for thought leadership & fast takes

• TikTok / Reels → for customer-facing storytelling

• Newsletters/Blogs → for deeper dives and authority building

Pick 1–2 channels and stick with them.

3. Treat Every Post Like a Founder “Episode”

You’re not trying to go viral — you’re stacking proof points.
Examples of binge-worthy founder content:

• “Behind the scenes” of building your startup

• Lessons from fundraising, product launches, or setbacks

• Industry insights and predictions

• Customer stories & testimonials

• Founder philosophies and values

4. Build Consistency Into the Brand

Each piece of content is another deposit into your binge bank. Over time, your presence tells a complete story: you’re not just another founder — you’re a leader worth betting on.

✨ Final Thought

Pitch decks and resumes get you in the door.
Your binge bank makes people believe in you.

When someone Googles you, let them find more than a LinkedIn headline. Let them binge your story until they’re ready to invest, buy, or join your mission.

💌 From the Editor’s Desk

This week’s stories remind us that the real power moves aren’t always the obvious ones. Larry Ellison and Elon Musk fight over billions at the top, while a 15-year-old is launching the next big beauty brand. Selena Gomez’s Wondermind shows how even a $100M dream can unravel without the right leadership.

And for every founder reading this: your greatest leverage isn’t in a deck or a pitch — it’s in the story you build online. Your binge bank is your proof, your credibility, and your magnet for investors, customers, and partners.

So here’s the challenge — don’t just build a company, build a brand people can binge.

With you in the journey,
Keren
Founder, WE – Women Entrepreneurship