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I couldn’t wait a week for this one. On November 3, 2026, we bet on women in a big way, and I recorded this the next morning running on very little sleep and a lot of joy. In Georgia, women are about to hold seven of the eight top statewide offices. In South Carolina, my state, we elected our first woman to the U.S. Senate. Then we’ll look at the first-ever wins around the country for Native women, Black women and Latinas, in both parties. I'm also telling you about my friend Kasie. She didn’t win, and I’m honoring her anyway. Kasie ran a first-time Senate campaign on $27,600, fought her way onto the only televised debate stage, and earned more than 20,000 votes. The lessons from her race carry straight over to building a business. And yes, it’s a celebration episode. I promise I won’t text you 54 times asking for donations. Key takeaways from this episode 17 women governors is a new record. The record before this election was 14. Women won governor’s races in Georgia, Texas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Michigan and New Mexico, and six more were re-elected.Georgia women just took seven of eight statewide offices. Keisha Lance Bottoms becomes Georgia’s first woman governor and the first Black woman ever elected governor of any U.S. state. She built on the path Stacey Abrams laid down before her.South Carolina elected its first woman U.S. senator. Annie Andrews lost a House race in 2022 and ran again anyway. She won 51% to 47%, and she’s the first Democrat to win a Senate seat here since 1998.Women backing women is a campaign strategy that works. Juliana Stratton says she leaned on Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester while she ran. Tammy Duckworth endorsed her. Now three Black women will serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time, for the first time ever.Your results don’t measure what you built. Kasie’s campaign ran on small checks, one unpaid campaign manager and a crew of dedicated volunteers. What she came out with: a statewide network, a name people now know, and thousands of people who bet on her.Affordability was the issue that won. Many of the winning women ran on the cost of living. That’s the same thing we’re juggling every day while we run a business, raise kids and try to pay for childcare.Something small you can do this week. Look up who represents you now. Tell one woman she should run. Or support a woman who’s building something: buy from her, refer her, share her post.

What if the life you want starts with one question you ask yourself every morning? Recorded live at Stages & Pages, Alexa Bigwarfe sits down with Dawn Loding, a realtor for 25 years, mentor, and recruiter with more than 500 agents in her Epic Realty organization. Dawn shares how she went from a divorced mom working two jobs to a life she designs on her own terms, and why a real estate license can open doors to coaching, investing, speaking, and leadership income. She explains her Living Above the Line framework, the difference between manifesting and wishful thinking, and how losing her grandfather sparked her career. Alexa opens up about building her businesses around the memory of her daughter Catherine, and the two talk about grief, pivoting, and the power of choosing how you show up each day. This conversation is a reminder that community, action, and a willingness to break old patterns can change everything. Women are stepping up together, and that is what betting on we is all about. Connect with Dawn Loding Website: https://dawnloding.com Podcast: Agents of Abundance Connect with Alexa Bigwarfe, Betting on We https://bettingonwe.com/

You never lose when you put all the chips on yourself. Alexa Bigwarfe sits down with her friend Roshanda Pratt, international speaker, Amazon bestselling author, and founder of Visibility Is Power. Roshanda shares how her husband’s push to “bet on yourself” led her to leave a 20-year career in television news. She explains how she wrote her first book in 30 days, and how live book signings and real community grew her authority long before live video went mainstream. The two also talk honestly about pricing, boundaries, and refusing to prove your worth to prospective clients. They reflect on the women who gave them permission to show up as themselves. Roshanda’s story shows that every bet on yourself compounds when you keep investing in your growth. Your voice is someone’s answer, so your visibility matters. Connect with Roshanda Pratt: https://www.roshandapratt.com Connect with Alexa and the Betting on WE community at https://bettingonwe.com/

Women own more than 40% of US businesses, yet they bring in less than 5% of the revenue, and Alexa Bigwarfe wants to know why. Alexa digs into the numbers behind women’s entrepreneurship, from solo businesses built around caregiving and flexibility to the funding gap that sends most women founders to their own savings and credit cards. She shares what the research says about how investors question women differently, why women-founded startups generate more revenue per dollar invested, and where money in women’s hands tends to go. She also highlights the women and organizations already making a difference, including NAWBO, Women’s Business Centers, IFundWomen, the Amber Grant, and VWISE, and shares her own story of taking on $60,000 to $70,000 in debt while growing her business. Supporting women takes more than saying it, and it starts with noticing where your own money, referrals, and attention already go. Alexa closes with simple, practical ways to bet on other women and on yourself this week. https://bettingonwe.com

The fastest way to grow your business might be the women standing right beside you. Alexa Bigwarfe opens Betting on WE with her own story, from turning to writing after losing her infant daughter to building a publishing, events, and podcasting business without formal business training. She gets honest about the mistakes that cost her roughly $100,000, including trying to do everything at once and running as an ideas person with no one to handle follow-through (hello, 92 unused domains). Alexa explains why knowing how you operate matters as much as knowing your why, why paying women for their expertise is smart business, and why talking openly about failure helps every woman building something big. This is the start of a show built on real conversations about the wins, the setbacks, and the women who help make success possible. Share it with a woman who’s growing something, because we're better together. https://bettingonwe.com

More than 455,000 women left the US workforce in just eight months of 2025, and many of them are building something better. Alexa Bigwarfe opens Betting on We with her own story of starting a business she didn’t know she was starting, from blogging after the loss of her child to founding Write | Publish | Sell while managing family health challenges, daycare costs, and a job market with no flexibility. She digs into the data behind why women are leaving traditional jobs, from caregiving demands to the age bias that makes women “invisible” after 40. Then she shares the stories of women who built big things in their power years between 35 and 60, including Sallie Krawcheck, Reshma Saujani, Madam C.J. Walker, Julie Wainwright, and Bobbi Brown. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to build your own thing, the research says your timing is just right. This is the start of a community where women support each other, learn from each other, and keep betting on we. https://bettingonwe.com

Meet Betting on We, the podcast for women entrepreneurs in midlife who bet on themselves and each other. Host Alexa Bigwarfe shares why we need honest conversations about failure, resilience, and women supporting women in business, and what you can expect from the show. New episodes coming October 2026.