Women entrepreneurs get a roadmap in new book Building Freedom

Building Freedom: A Roadmap for Women Beginning Their Entrepreneurial Journey launches Sept. 25 at the Women’s CEO Summit Intensive in Ashburn, Virginia. The book brings together 26 women entrepreneurs, with proceeds from a Sept. 30 launch event benefiting BetterALife.

Why it matters: - Building a business often leaves women founders overworked and isolated instead of freer. - The book is designed to give women entrepreneurs a practical playbook for building a company and a life without doing it alone. - The launch also ties the book to a charity event supporting BetterALife’s work to help children and families.

What happened: - Building Freedom: A Roadmap for Women Beginning Their Entrepreneurial Journey officially launches Sept. 25, 2026, at the Women’s CEO Summit Intensive in Ashburn, Virginia. - Tina R. Johnson and Angela M. Goodman curated the book, which is published by Aurora Corialis Publishing. - The book brings together lessons from 26 women entrepreneurs across 36 chapters and five sections. - Johnson will open the Sept. 25 summit as the main-stage speaker. - A launch party follows Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. at The Barn at Brambleton in Ashburn, Virginia.

The details: - The book covers foundations and legal setup, sales and marketing, operations, mindset, and resilience. - Each chapter includes a complimentary companion worksheet so readers can act on the material immediately. - The book’s promise is simple: women can build their own business without building it alone. - Johnson and Goodman first connected through business, when Goodman hired Johnson’s company, JP Events & Consulting, to handle logistics for a large Nashville event. - Johnson later invited Goodman to guest-teach cash-flow strategy at the Women’s CEO Business School. - The two then developed the idea for Building Freedom after both contributed to the collaborative book Course Corrected: It's Not a Pivot, It's Your Path. - Goodman, founder of Aligning Perspective LLC, said the goal was to create the book she wished she had when starting out. - Johnson, founder of The CEO Woman, said the book is meant to help readers feel less alone and better equipped to build a business and a life that leads to freedom. - Fifty percent of ticket proceeds from the Sept. 30 event will benefit BetterALife, a Northern Virginia 501(c)(3). - Johnson and Goodman will present BetterALife a $1,000 check at the event. - Tickets for the Women’s CEO Summit Intensive are available at womensceosummit.com, with $50 off using code BOOK50 while tickets remain. - More information on the book, including purchase details starting Sept. 25, will be available at Building Freedom Book.

Between the lines: - The book fits a broader market for practical, founder-focused guidance aimed at women who want growth without burnout. - The collaboration also shows how Johnson and Goodman turned business relationships and shared speaking work into a publishing project. - The charity tie-in gives the launch event a community angle beyond a standard book debut.

What's next: - Purchase information for Building Freedom will be released Sept. 25. - The summit and launch events in Ashburn will kick off the book’s public rollout. - Sales from the launch event will help fund BetterALife’s food, education and mentoring programs for children.