Entrepreneurship Thrives Here

Entrepreneurship is often seen as a journey of self-discovery, resilience, and relentless pursuit of one's vision. It's a realm where personal perspectives and skills become the powerful driving forces that lead to innovation.

Experiences unique to us, such as navigating societal norms, confronting biases, and advocating for ourselves and others, can shape entrepreneurial skills and ambitions. The journey of gender transition — a process involving introspection, self-awareness, and transformation — parallels the entrepreneur's endeavor of exploring an idea, making decisions, and growing it into a successful venture.

For our community, entrepreneurship is not just a pursuit of economic goals. It’s a powerful reflection of our identity and a platform to drive meaningful change.

Men often face challenges that, when overcome, equip them with resilience, courage, and determination in the face of adversity. These qualities, along with a heightened empathy for marginalized groups, can guide us to create products, services, or solutions that cater to overlooked needs and issues. We can shape a more inclusive and empathetic world.

Now with that grand overture, here are three businesses with big announcements recently:

1. A serial entrepreneur in the Midwest launched a non-profit, Transitional Justice, that aims to help people relocate and find safe housing if their state is implementing restrictive healthcare measures. You can watch media coverage of him here.

2. An online store for all your transition needs launched this week with great reviews so far. The owner’s goal is to provide affordable products, and keep our money within the community. He provided a 10% discount code: FTMMEN. I have been eyeing the Liberty graphic t-shirt.

3. Camp Lost Boys has announced tickets will go on sale June 10th. Every year they gather men in the U.S. for outdoor camping fun. You will be surrounded by binary men you can relate to and make friends with for life. Let me know if you are thinking about going!

Our experience and entrepreneurship holds immense potential. A potential not just for the individual success of entrepreneurs, but also for the collective improvement of the business landscape, our communities, and society at large.

Our experience, with its inherent uphill climb, might be an untapped well of inspiration for impactful entrepreneurship.