MWH 536 : The Entrepreneurship Boom: 1 in 3 Adults Want To Start An Online Business (and What This Means For You)

The data is in, lovely, and it is wild.

A new Intuit QuickBooks report just dropped and one in three US adults plan to start a business or side hustle in the next twelve months. That is a 94% jump on the year before. In Australia, it is one in four. And 65% of aspiring founders say they will use AI to launch.

Entrepreneurship is officially the number one wealth-building strategy heading into 2026. It is outranking saving. It is outranking investing. It is outranking working harder at a traditional job.

In this episode I sit with what this shift actually means. Because when I started over ten years ago, building an online business as a woman, especially as a mother, was taboo. Today, it is just normal. And the women who are quietly building the most sustainable businesses right now are the ones in their 40s and 50s, with wisdom, life experience, and the clarity that only comes with time.

I share the story of Selma, a psychologist in Freedom Filled® Business Mentorship who sold out her first group program before she even built it. Three weeks of progress after three years of feeling stuck. That is what happens when a woman with real expertise meets a clear structure, a proven framework, and the right environment.

Inside this episode:

• The three QuickBooks 2026 stats every woman in business needs to know
• Why being on the right trend is not the same as building the right business
• The signs you are ready to package your expertise into a group program
• Why coaches, practitioners, creatives, and teachers are uniquely positioned right now
• How to scale your wisdom without scaling your hours

If you are ready to build your online group program in a smart, sustainable, and scalable way, head to https://tracyharris.co/ffb and apply.

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