for women just like her who want to build their wealth through investing in the stock market. What began as a club within the app has now expanded to a community with over 100,000 Black women. The brand has also recently launched the inaugural
, a month-long program to help teens start their stock market portfolio. POPSUGAR caught up with Tiffany to get some insight into her brand, advice on investing, and what she wants Black women to know.Funny enough, I've always had an introduction to it. I remember going to stock option seminars in New York back in 2015-2016, but it wasn't really until 2019 that I decided to take it seriously.
PS: What inspired you to take the knowledge you had learned about the market and share it with women like you?After being on Clubhouse and hearing me speak in some of the rooms relating to investing, women reached out to me and said,"We love your teaching style, you need to make this a thing, like, now.
PS: Like you said, the stock market is a risk that our ancestors didn't want to take. What advice do you have for young women that are scared to get started?I would tell them that there are riskier things we do every day and enjoy. For women, dating a new guy is more risky in today's dating scene than investing. Finding a new hairstyle is more risky than investing. Even spending money to go on a vacation is more risky.
PS: What's next for for ModernBlkGirl, or even for yourself? Where do you see the brand in one year or five years from now?A year from now you'll see ModernBlkGirl UK or ModernBlkGirl Canada. You'll also see us work with different brands and artists. Our goal is to get 500,000 women of color into the market and normalize it. We hope that next year we'll be able to work with different industries like fashion, music, and art.