Shelagh Cummins walked into her bank asking for a $10,000 loan. Her company had been profitable and over six figures for years, growing 30% year over year. The
banker asked whether her husband would co-sign. Then whether her dad would.
Nobody asked about her mother, who was, in fact, her only investor.

That moment is why she built a lending company for women.

In this episode of Build Your Boss Brand, I sit down with my own business coach,
Shelagh Cummins, founder of The Road to Seven and Road to Seven Capital — for a conversation about what actually keeps women's businesses stuck, and what it costs to break through.

We cover why the kinds of companies women build are the hardest to scale, why
"charge what you're worth" is bad pricing advice, the identity shift required to
run a seven-figure company, and the surprising thing Shelagh discovered when she started lending money to women founders: many of them won't take it.

We also talk about the part that doesn't make it onto Instagram, building a
business through postpartum, knowing when a low point is just a low point versus a signal to quit, and why she burns part of her business to the ground every 18 months on purpose.

WHO THIS IS FOR
Medspa and aesthetic clinic owners, beauty and spa business owners, service-based founders, and any woman trying to move from owner-operator to CEO.

WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY
- Why women's businesses are structurally harder to scale, and what to do about it
- The language ("I'm just a…") that signals you're underpricing, and how to fix it
- Why the barrier to seven figures is delegation, not effort, and why it costs money
before it makes money
- How to tell the difference between a bad week and a real signal to quit
- Why the small-business lending system doesn't fit the businesses women build

CONNECT WITH SHELAGH CUMMINS
The Road to Seven → https://theroadtoseven.com/
Instagram → / shelaghcummins

CONNECT WITH ME
Instagram → / traceynguyen.co
BOWO Creative — marketing for medical aesthetic clinics → https://bowocreative.com/

If this one landed, follow the show and leave a review, it genuinely helps other
women find it.

🔗 Connect with me on Instagram
Instagram: @traceynguyen.co
/ traceynguyen.co
Website: traceynguyen.co
Powered by BOWO CREATIVE INC
https://bowocreative.com/