Building Wealth Through Service and Fearless Risk-Taking with Flossie Hall, CEO of Stella Foundation

Dec 16, 2025

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Join me for an incredible conversation with Flossie Hall, a powerhouse entrepreneur who has built and exited multiple seven-figure businesses and is now CEO of Stella Foundation, where she's helped move over $200 million in capital to female founders worldwide. Flossie's journey from growing up in poverty in small-town America to becoming a force for women's economic empowerment is nothing short of extraordinary.

Flossie takes us through her early years, from being "toothless Flossie" living in constant instability to becoming a teenage mother determined to break generational cycles. She shares how she navigated working three jobs while earning two undergraduate degrees, even becoming a Distinguished Researcher at the University of Michigan. Her story takes an unexpected turn when a military move forces her to pivot from medical school to accidentally launching a meal prep business that generated $30,000 per month from her home kitchen.

Throughout our conversation, Flossie reveals the inflection points that transformed her relationship with money, from the day she realized she could dictate her own income to learning that enough is truly enough. She opens up about teaching her four children about wealth, investing in startups as "lotto tickets," and why she organizes her work into three buckets based on mission, balance, and profit. This episode is a masterclass in turning adversity into advantage and using wealth as a tool for systemic change.

Key Topics:

How growing up in poverty shaped an unshakeable determination to create financial freedom
Becoming a teenage mother and the decision to work rather than let circumstances define your future
The moment you realize you can dictate your own income and why that autonomy changes everything
Accidentally building a $30K/month business and discovering your gift for scaling operations
Why treating businesses as temporary identities rather than permanent fixtures unlocks exponential growth
Finding your "enough is enough" threshold and choosing life balance over endless work
Teaching your children about money, investing, and the value of work when they've never experienced struggle
Building an investing muscle through sweat equity, small checks, and calculated risk-taking as your "lotto tickets"

Connect with Flossie online:

Website: https://stella.co/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/flossiehall