I Set Out to Build a Business That Would Provide Freedom

  For Years it DID... Until it Took My Freedom Right Back. 

Today, I help founders make sure that never happens to them.

 

The Tina Sue Story:

In 1999 I started my first company, with zero business experience, pregnant with my daughter because I wanted to build something meaningful and still be present for my growing family.

For a few years, it worked perfectly.

Then the business became "successful" and the freedom disappeared.

I missed bedtimes, missed baths, and one Christmas morning, I left my kids mid-gifts to go handle a staffing crisis.

The business wasn't failing.

It was succeeding.

But I had never build my own freedom into it.

I did what many owners do at this point: I put the business on the market to sell. The deal feel apart the night before closing.

That was the moment I decided to figure out how to have the business, time freedom and the money I deserved all at the same time.

 It took a few years, but it worked. I acquired a competitor, elevated my leadership team, and built systems and processes to support the entire business.

The business was operating without me. I started several other businesses in the meantime. 

A strategic buyer noticed and made a 7 figure offer. I exited that business in 2015. 

That exit taught me something nobody had prepared me for. Building a business for freedom is one thing. Protecting it and converting success into lasting personal wealth is an entirely different conversation. So I made it my mission to share that knowledge with other owners.

I've been advising owners since 2011, served as VP of Finance and Acquisitions at a national advisory firm helping scale it through strategic acquisitions.

I hold the Certified Exit Planning Advisor credentials because the exit should be part of the strategy from day 1. 

I have sat in every seat at the table: founder, operator, business advisor, financial advisor, buyer and seller.

That is why I built Business Wealth Advisory & The Freedom MasteryTM Framework.

I'm also the founder of Fox (found at FoxGuide.ai) which is the same strategic advisory I provide my private clients, but available 24/7.  Fox filters your business ideas, challenges and opportunities through my Life-First methodology and Freedom Mastery framework. Both are built for owners who want to build a business around their life, not grow at all costs.

Life vision first.

Business alignment second.

Protection always.

If you are a founder ready to build by your own definition of success, you are exactly who I built this for.

Explore Tina Sue's Broader Mission

While Business Wealth Advisory focuses on helping founders scale with clarity and structure, Tina’s personal work extends beyond business — empowering women entrepreneurs to create impact and legacy.

24/7 Advisory 

Fox is your strategic business advisor who is always available because great ideas and business challenges don't happen between 9-5. Tina created Fox to  use AI's speed through her framework — Freedom Mastery — built for owners who want to build a business around their life, not grow at all costs

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Investing in Women 

Through her angel investments and partnerships, Tina supports women-owned businesses shaping the future of entrepreneurship — funding innovation, equity, and lasting generational wealth.

 

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Speaking & Media

From global stages to private retreats, Tina speaks on scaling sustainably, creating wealth with purpose, and leading from alignment — inspiring founders to build lives and legacies they love

 

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