Jul 9, 2026
If you’ve ever felt stuck in your business, overwhelmed by the next level, or unsure how to move from passionate founder to powerful CEO, this episode is a must-listen.
In this episode, Cait sits down with Suneera Madhani, unicorn founder, investor, serial entrepreneur, mom of two, and one of only 27 women in the United States to build and scale a company to an exit north of $1 billion. Suneera previously founded Stax Payments, where she raised over $500 million in venture capital, scaled the company to more than $160 million in recurring revenue, built a team of over 400 employees, and became the first female founder to lead a fintech unicorn out of Florida.
Now, as the founder of Worth AI and CEO School, Suneera is on a mission to help more women build real wealth, scale sustainable companies, and step fully into CEO leadership.
In this conversation, Suneera shares the behind-the-scenes reality of building a billion-dollar company while raising babies, the identity shift required to move from founder mode to CEO mode, and why so many women are unintentionally solving the symptoms of burnout instead of addressing the business problems underneath.
Tune in to hear:
- How Suneera founded Staxx Payments at 26 years old with no tech background
- What it looked like to raise venture capital while pregnant
- The difference between founder mode and CEO mode
- Why founder energy can get you started but may not get you to scale
- The six pillars Suneera teaches women to use when scaling their businesses
- Why women need to understand their numbers, revenue, team, and operations
- How revenue can solve many of the problems that keep founders in burnout
- Why women are often investing in the wrong things inside their businesses
- The tough-love truth about waiting for someone else to save your business
- How Suneera thinks about AI as a founder, investor, and fintech CEO
- Why every business owner needs to become fluent in AI instead of outsourcing all understanding
- The first AI agent Suneera built for herself and how she uses it as a CEO
- How to begin using AI in a way that actually saves time and supports scale
- Why women building wealth is not selfish, but necessary
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