She's Bankable TV

SheBankableTV is the only YouTube channel dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build fundability — the structure, systems, and strategy lenders actually say YES to. While other channels share grant lists or credit tips, I teach you how to become capital-ready for life. From funding secrets and policy breakdowns to practical steps you can implement today, this is your hub to stop getting denied and start getting funded.

You’ll find content here that’s practical, inspiring, and built for longevity.

📌 Start Here:
👉 Book a Fundability Fit Call → t.ly/fundingfit
👉 Apply to the She’s Funded™ Accelerator → t.ly/ShesFundedAccelerator
👉 Subscribe to the Grant Tracker (hundreds of grants updated regularly) → shebossgrantlist.com
👉 Join the SheBankableTV Membership → bit.ly/joinytembership

✨ Subscribe if you're ready to start commanding it. Let’s build wealth and legacy together.


She's Bankable TV

Maggie Lena Walker: Why Building a Bank Was a Radical Act

In 1903, Maggie Lena Walker did something almost unimaginable for her time.

She founded and became president of a bank.

Not only was she a Black woman, she did this during an era when most women were not legally trusted to manage money, open accounts, or access capital without a husband’s permission. Financial control was institutional, gendered, and intentionally exclusionary.

And yet, Maggie Lena Walker didn’t ask for access.

She built it.

The St. Luke Penny Savings Bank was created to serve Black communities that were systematically denied loans, homeownership opportunities, and business capital. Under her leadership, the bank helped fund Black-owned businesses, support homeowners, and stabilize families — all while operating as a legitimate, regulated financial institution.

What made her leadership extraordinary wasn’t just courage.
It was vision and systems thinking.

Why Her Work Was Game-Changing

• Founded and led a bank in 1903 — decades before women gained full financial autonomy
• Created capital access where none existed
• Used financial institutions as tools for economic empowerment
• Proved that ownership of money systems changes outcomes

She understood something that still holds true today:
Access to capital determines who gets to build and who gets left behind.

Key Takeaways for Women-Owned Businesses Today

✔️ Banking knowledge is strategic, not optional
✔️ Capital access changes business trajectories
✔️ Financial institutions shape opportunity
✔️ Ownership of systems creates leverage

Maggie Lena Walker built a bank at a time when women weren’t trusted to handle money.

Today, many women still outsource financial power instead of owning it.

How intentionally are you positioning your business to control, not just access capital?

3 days ago | [YT] | 5

She's Bankable TV

For the woman who believes in building together

With so many Black women being pushed out of corporate spaces,
the answer isn’t just individual success.

It’s collective ownership.

We don’t need to wait for permission to create opportunity.
We can build businesses that hire, partner with, and elevate one another.

Not as charity.
As strategy.

When women with experience, skill, and vision build together,
we stop competing for crumbs and start creating ecosystems.

That’s not idealism.
That’s economics.

1 week ago | [YT] | 7

She's Bankable TV

Annie Turnbo Malone: The Power of Building Infrastructure

Annie Turnbo Malone is one of the most successful and least talked about Black women entrepreneurs in American history.

Long before “scaling” became a buzzword, Malone built one of the largest Black-owned enterprises of her time, anchored by Poro College: a massive campus that combined manufacturing, education, housing, and business development under one system.

She didn’t just sell haircare products.
She built infrastructure.

Poro College trained thousands of women, provided stable employment, created business ownership pathways, and established standards for professionalism and excellence — all while operating at a scale that rivaled major institutions of the era.

What made Annie Turnbo Malone exceptional wasn’t visibility.
It was structure.

Why Her Work Was Game-Changing

• Built a multi-million-dollar enterprise in the early 1900s
• Created Poro College as a training, employment, and business hub
• Standardized education, certification, and quality control
• Used business as a vehicle for economic independence and community stability

She understood something that many businesses learn too late:
growth without structure is fragile.

Key Takeaways for Women-Owned Businesses Today

✔️ Training systems are growth engines
✔️ Workforce development supports scale
✔️ Infrastructure protects the mission as the business grows
✔️ Institutions outlast individuals

Annie Turnbo Malone built a system that allowed others to grow within it.

As your business scales, are you building infrastructure that supports people, performance, and longevity or are you still holding everything together yourself?

#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackwomenentrepreneurs

1 week ago | [YT] | 20

She's Bankable TV

Madam C. J. Walker: Why Her Business Model Still Matters Today

Madam C. J. Walker is often remembered as one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States but that headline doesn’t fully capture why her work still matters for women-owned businesses today.

She didn’t just create a product.
She built infrastructure.

At a time when Black women had little access to capital, education, or employment, Walker created a national manufacturing operation, a distribution network, and a training system that empowered thousands of women to earn income and build independence.

What made her extraordinary wasn’t hustle.
It was strategy.

She understood early what many businesses still miss:

Products don’t scale without systems

Wealth isn’t built alone—it’s built through people

Ownership plus training creates legacy

Why Her Work Was Game-Changing

• Built one of the first nationally recognized Black-owned enterprises
• Created jobs and business ownership opportunities for women
• Invested heavily in education, community, and philanthropy
• Designed a repeatable, scalable business model

Key Takeaways for Women-Owned Businesses Today

✔️ Systems matter more than talent alone
✔️ Distribution and training are growth multipliers
✔️ Business success should create opportunity beyond the founder
✔️ Ownership is the foundation of generational impact

Madam C. J. Walker didn’t just build a business.
She built an ecosystem—and that’s why her legacy still teaches us how to scale with purpose.

Reflection question:
Madam C. J. Walker could have built wealth for herself alone but she chose to build opportunity for other women.

As your business grows, how are you creating pathways for others to earn, lead, or build alongside you?

#blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #blackwomenentrepreneurs

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 18