Disrupt Your Money: Liberation through Financial Education for Marginalized Business Owners

Stop Playing Small: Money Lessons We Can Learn from Big Companies

Meg K. Wheeler Season 1 Episode 4

In this episode of Disrupt Your Money, we stop playing small and start stealing the right lessons from the very corporations we love to drag. Meg pulls back the curtain on how big companies treat their money and shows you how to apply those tools in your own business without importing all the corporate greed, exploitation, and nonsense.

Instead of romanticizing “scrappy” struggle, we look at what actually makes big companies powerful. You’ll learn how to step fully into your CEO role, pay yourself like a real employee, quit letting your feelings run your financial decisions, and think differently about debt, support, and structure. 

⏱️ In This Episode:
00:00 Introduction: Why we’re borrowing (select) money lessons from big companies
01:09 Big corporations vs. community-centric businesses—and what we do and don’t want to emulate
04:56 Stepping into your CEO identity
05:32 What “real business” infrastructure actually looks like
06:56 Separating business and personal money
08:03 Paying yourself like you matter
11:11 How big companies leverage debt to grow
13:39 Building your own financial support team
15:27 Recap: The core money lessons we should steal from big companies
16:06 Why You Should Care: The Supreme Court, abortion pills, and why reproductive justice is a money issue
26:48 Spotlight: Elevated Access
28:07 Listener Question: Should I put my first rental property in an LLC?
31:55 Wrap-up: Why investing in support is not “extra”—it’s strategy

🔗 Mentioned in This Episode:

👉 Biz Money Library – Meg’s free hub of templates, checklists, resources & guides

👉 Elevated Access – nonprofit volunteer pilot network providing free flights for people seeking abortion and gender-affirming care

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