I Built the Room. Then I Started Studying What Happens Inside.
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I've observed what actually leads to growth across thousands of woman-owned companies. Which relationship produced which opportunity. What she owns. Where the revenue really comes from. What types of visibility opened doors. How she's using AI. Almost none of it is accidental, and almost none of it is accurately understood from the outside. I speak on how visibility works, and I teach founders how to do it.
Hi, I’m Taylor Smith. Keynote Speaker. behavioral scientist. visibility expert. Founder of The Power Table.
One number never tells you how resilient a woman's company is. It never has.
Today, I help thousands of female founders build the capital they need in five areas: Visibility, Relationships, Intellectual Property, Revenue, and Leadership through my company, The Power Table, through speaking and corporate partnerships, and now through our Female Founder Economy Survey and Annual Report (launching Fall 2027).
I trained as an academic researcher. Then I built a global platform for women entrepreneurs, and realized I was standing inside a market nobody had ever properly studied.
The larger The Power Table network grew, I kept noticing something. I kept meeting women whose businesses were highly sustainable and they consistently made 5+ figures/month, but when you looked at their social following?
Small audience, serious revenue. Multiple streams of revenue designed around their lives. The inside picture didn't match the stories in the media. I went looking for research to show this and it turns out there isn't any.
The same things kept showing up. Visibility that is earned, not bought. Leadership, including the private decisions nobody sees. Inner circles, where the real opportunities are offered through warm relationships. Intellectual property she actually owns. Revenue infrastructure built to hold when one thing stops working.
These are the new rules of the Female Founder Economy. So I started documenting them, and I built The Power Table so women had a place to actually build all five.
Everything changed when I stopped reading woman-owned businesses the way everyone else does and started paying attention to what was holding them up underneath.
HOW I GOT HERE
My Story
What looked like luck turned out to be design.
What I Stand For
Almost everything that makes a woman's business durable happens somewhere the public can't see it. Understanding that is most of the work.
These are the principles behind everything I teach, build, and lead whether we work together, or I’m bringing my talks and keynotes to your community.
What she does before she feels ready, what she chooses to build, and what she declines. It shapes everything else about the company.
One Number Tells You Almost Nothing.
Revenue or reach, either one on its own will misjudge a woman's business, and it will misjudge in both directions.
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Visibility Is Real Leverage.
It's the fastest lever most founders have, and the only part of a business anyone can see from outside.
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Leadership Is a Decision.
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Build Your Inner Circle.
Most opportunity moves through private relationships, not through being "discovered." The public version of a career is rarely how it was actually built.
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This Economy Deserves a Record.
Millions of women are running real companies online and there is little reliable data on any of it. It's time to change that.
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My Journey to Defining the Female Founder Economy
My work didn't start with stages, partnerships, or sold-out rooms. It started with a handful of empty ones. I built The Power Table because I wanted the kind of conversations I couldn't find anywhere else, and those conversations turned out to be the most useful information about this market that exists anywhere. Here's how a room full of founders became the reason I'm writing the rules down.
how the room became the research
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The Room Got Bigger.
The first Power Table LIVE conference sold out. I spoke on 24 stages and podcasts that year on personal branding, visibility, and showing up when you feel unqualified. The more founders I met, the clearer it got that the way women-owned companies were described in the media and marketed to was completely mismatched to the real priorities and goals of female founders.
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Expansion & Authority
From sold-out conferences to national recognition and a Times Square Billboard, The Power Table became the room women wanted to be in. I spoke on more than 65 stages and podcasts in 2025, generated multiple six figures in brand partnerships, and won awards for my work. Nearly all of it came through relationships, not pitches.
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The Mission
I'm defining the Female Founder Economy and publishing what nearly a decade inside it has taught me. The Power Table is now a global business development ecosystem for women running digital companies. This fall, the first large-scale study and annual report of the digital-first female founder goes into the field.
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Taylor, the World Traveler
I want to live a life with as many once-in-a-lifetime experiences as possible. Exploring and traveling lights my soul on fire. South America is my favorite but I’ll literally go anywhere that’s got a beach or desert sunrises.
Taylor,
the Pickleball Junkie
I started playing pickleball competitively two years ago and I’m completely obsessed. When I’m not speaking, you’ll find me on the courts.
Taylor, the Community Builder
I believe in the power of rooms. The right conversation, the right connection, the right introduction can change everything—and I’ve built my life and business around that belief. Every stage, every partnership, every opportunity I’ve created has come from the same principles I teach my clients.
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the Researcher
I believe you learn more from real conversation about someone's goals, processes, outlook on the future of their business than from a year of watching their social media feed. I think it's time we accurately and thoughtfully document and study the way female-founded companies are built and led.
What Clients Say About Working With Me
— Mikel Dyer, Agency Owner
The entrepreneurs and speakers I work with don’t just gain visibility or sales—they get invited. Onto stages. Into partnerships. Into rooms that expand their business. From first speaking opportunities to consistent referrals and collaborations, the results aren’t just visible—they’re measurable.
I am so glad I took a chance and said YES to woking with Taylor! I am slowly but consistently growing out of just bringing value behind the scenes. I know that serving my clients well, but I can make a bigger impact by sharing more of how I help.
— Whitney Robinson, Event Experience Strategist
I built an entirely new business in a year and landed my first podcasts & speaking, and magazine features! Literally NONE of this would be happening without Taylor and attending her conference last year!
— Jessi Cabanin, Brand Strategist & Speaker
The Power Table mastermind has been life changing!
Why I’m So Committed to This Work.
An entire economy is operating without a record. Millions of women are running real companies, and few accurately understand what they earn, what they own, or how they actually build.
My mission is to define and document the Female Founder Economy, and to increase visibility surrounding the priorities, challenges, and successes of women building their businesses primarily online. And to do the same thing one founder at a time: help her get known for what she's built, trusted with what she's earned, and invited into the conversations that move her business forward.
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