BUILDING FINANCIAL JOY
A disabled founder, four months and counting, races to raise capital, build a team, and launch the Financial Joy Index™, a shame-free financial wellness check-in designed with the disability community in mind, because so many financial tools weren't, and built for everyone traditional fintech leaves behind. Licensed to credit unions, CDFIs, and banks with zero safety net or runway left.Building Financial Joy follows Ruby "SunShine" Taylor, founder of Grean Wealth, as she documents her startup journey in real time. Experience unvarnished pitch meetings, grant applications, and hiring decisions as they happen. This is raw entrepreneurship, fintech, and disability advocacy with nothing smoothed over.
New episodes every Tuesday.
Disclaimer I am a stutter so at times I will stumble and I will keep going because I am thriver not a complainer.
BUILDING FINANCIAL JOY
Latest Episodes
A Disabled Founder’s Pivot: Banks Weren’t My First Customer, HR Was.
I’m a disabled founder building a financial wellness startup with $0, and a customer discovery meeting just changed who I’m building for.I’m Ruby “SunShine” Taylor, founder of Financial Joy School®, and in Episode 7 of ...
A Disabled Founder Becomes the Developer of A Fintech Company
A disabled founder with a traumatic brain injury and stutter becomes the developer of her own fintech startup, because she can't afford to hire one. In Episode 6 of Building Financial Joy, Ruby "SunShine" Taylor, founder of Grean Wealt...
A Disabled Founder Earns an A for Agency
A disabled founder building a fintech startup completes a major technical milestone, nine of nineteen steps in a full Product and Technical Blueprint, covering product vision, security architecture, accessibility architecture, infrastructure, a...
The Price of Dreaming from a Disabled Founder
A 7.7 investor-readiness score. Zero dollars in the bank. A disabled founder holds both of those truths in the same week. In Episode 4 of Building Financial Joy, Ruby "SunShine" Taylor shares a genuinely joyful week building a fintech ...
Sometimes Founders Must Lose to Win Again
Sometimes founders must lose to win again, and this week, Ruby "SunShine" Taylor did. Zero votes at a real pitch competition. A bruised ego, no spin on it. In Episode 3 of Building Financial Joy, this disabled founder building a fintec...
