Summer of Substance!

being smart is the bare minimum. a lot of you are boring.

Jun 21 • Alexis Barber

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maybe you're the only one who's not taking you seriously

i finally decided i wanted more. the (paid) opportunities followed.

Jun 12 • Alexis Barber

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Smart Girls Take Themselves (and their Fun) Seriously

4 assignments for the summer you stop settling for "good enough"

Jun 3 • Alexis Barber

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May 2026

We paid $250k to learn how to build an empire. Here's how it's going...

nobody's career looks how they thought it would, wharton MBAs included.

May 20 • Alexis Barber, Hannah Zhang, and Simi Shah

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Smart Girls Don't Just Go Viral, They Go the Distance

4AM Skin's Sabrina Sade and Jade Beguelin on Clean Sheets, a $4M raise, 1,800 Target doors, and the five-year build the internet is about to call an…

May 15 • Alexis Barber

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Welcome To The Credibility Economy

welcome to the credibility economy

May 7 • Alexis Barber

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April 2026

Smart Girls Build

A $43 billion wealth gap and why I'm done being passive about AI (even though I'm scared!!!)

Apr 13 • Alexis Barber

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Exactly How I Turned a Chaotic Quarter Into a Clear Strategy

How I used AI to audit my Q1, find the gaps, and build a Q2 plan to double my revenue

Apr 3 • Alexis Barber

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March 2026

i was a hot mess this time last year. today i'm obsessed with my life.

keeping calm: the mindset shift I had to earn — and The Alignment Edit this Sunday

Mar 20 • Alexis Barber

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From leading LVMH to entrepreneurship: Pauline Brown on aesthetic intelligence, power, and walking away from millions

The business powerhouse on using taste as strategy, leaving private equity, and why the “is having a boyfriend embarrassing?” debate misses the point.

Mar 13 • Alexis Barber and Aesthetic Intelligence

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I stopped being nice about what I want

february in full + what mean girls get right about power

Mar 4 • Alexis Barber

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February 2026

You're one message away from your dream life

why networking is the smartest (and laziest) way to make your dreams come true, and exactly how to get started

Feb 23 • Alexis Barber

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