From Founder-Led to Built to Scale

Strategic advisory for women founders ready to strengthen the strategy, financial discipline, operations, and growth engine behind their business.

Our Philosophy

Great businesses aren't built by accident. They're designed.

At Femme Foundry, we believe enduring companies are shaped through intentional decisions, thoughtful operations, financial discipline, and leadership that evolves alongside the business. Vision may inspire a company, but clarity is what allows it to endure.

Our role is to help founders step back from the demands of the day-to-day, challenge assumptions, uncover opportunities, and design businesses positioned to grow without compromising the values that inspired them. We believe strategy should be practical, operations should create freedom, and success should support the life you're building—not compete with it.

We also believe founders need the perspective of other founders—not larger networks, but trusted relationships where ideas are challenged, experiences are shared, and meaningful connections are built. Entrepreneurship often begins alone. The strongest businesses are rarely built in isolation.

Femme Foundry exists to provide both strategic advisory and a thoughtfully curated community, helping women founders build businesses that are resilient, intentional, and designed to last.


The respect and authority you seek is often already present, revealed when you lead from a place of service.
— Femme Foundry

Meet the Founder

WHY I BUILT FEMME FOUNDRY

I had to find my own success.

There wasn’t someone opening doors for me, making introductions, or helping me navigate the decisions that shape a career or a business. I figured it out through experience, persistence, resilience, and more than a few setbacks. Looking back, I realize I wasn’t looking for someone to do it for me. I was looking for someone who believed in me, challenged my thinking, shared their experience, and was willing to open a door when they could.

That’s why I built Femme Foundry.

I never want another woman to believe she has to build her business, her confidence, or her future alone. I want founders to have what I didn’t: a trusted strategic partner, honest guidance, meaningful introductions, and someone who is genuinely invested in their success. I believe every woman deserves to be seen, challenged, supported, and connected to opportunities that help her reach her full potential.

This is bigger than building successful companies. It’s about changing the experience of building them. If I can make the path a little less lonely, open one more door, or help one more founder believe she’s capable of more than she imagined, then I’m building exactly what I was meant to build.

  • Stephanie is a kind, intentional, and thoughtful visionary—I feel so grateful to be welcomed into the Femme Foundry.

    — Winnie Lau Switalski

  • I was introduced to Femme Foundry by a trusted friend at a pivotal time in my business journey. As I prepared to sell my company, I needed a strategic partner who could help me create a smart exit plan and ensure I was making the right decisions for my future. From my first meeting with Stephanie, I was impressed by her knowledge, creativity, and ability to tailor strategies to my specific goals. She brought fresh ideas and valuable insight that made the entire process feel more manageable and gave me confidence in every step. I only wish I had found Femme Foundry earlier in my business journey, as Stephanie's strategic approach would have been invaluable from the beginning. Still, I found her exactly when I needed her most, and together we created a clear path to the next chapter of my life and career. Thank you, Stephanie, for being both a trusted advisor and a true partner during this transition. I highly recommend Femme Foundry to any business owner. They are strategic, results-driven, and an incredible asset at any stage of your business.

    Gina Mozingo
    Simply Appliances, Inc.


Our Events

Meaningful relationships are one of the greatest assets a founder can have.

OUR SIX PILLARS

Every women's founder group offers events and peer connection. Femme Foundry has engineered what happens between members. The warm introductions, the client handoffs, the curated opportunities, the access to leaders most rooms cannot reach. That infrastructure is what this membership is built on.

01 The Foundry Match

02 The Opportunity Board

03 The Inner Circle

04 Elevation Infrastructure

05 Weekly Foundry Hour

06 The Ritual Layer

We built this for women who are building.

Women who know that the right room changes everything.

Women who show up for their businesses and for each other.

Ready to be in the room?

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