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Alexis Contos
Founder of The Breadwinners, a community for breadwinner women, and host of The Breadwinners Podcast, based in Austin, TX.
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Sep 8, 2026
"Breadwinner, Redefined" with Alexis Contos
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24:04So when you think about those women, what is the world that you want to build for them in five years, in 10 years? What are you steering toward as a vision that you want to bring them into?
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24:21Alexis ContosGUEST
I want to take one step back just to help define a bit on how I think about breadwinners and how we talk about it.
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24:29Alexis ContosGUEST
So to me, to your point around redefining, redefining the term breadwinner actually has to do with bringing important things into the home, right? It's an old, outdated term that meant...
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24:41Alexis ContosGUEST
actually back of the 1800s when it was coined, was literally bringing the bread home.
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24:49Alexis ContosGUEST
And then in the 60s and 70s, it kind of took this cultural shift into the person who's bringing home money.
9 MINS LATER
Alexis Contos, The Breadwinners: Why She Left the Top to Build What Actually Mattered
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Stephanie CartinHOST
How did this new platform and community come to be? Take me back to the idea.
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13:34Alexis ContosGUEST
A little over a year ago, January 25, I decided to leave my corporate career of 20 plus years.
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13:42Alexis ContosGUEST
I spent four plus years going through IVF and having three beautiful children.
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13:52Alexis ContosGUEST
Actually, the first time you and I connected, I was on maternity leave with my second child.
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Stephanie CartinHOST
Do you have this vision of ultimately what this community and dinner series and all these partnerships, like what does this look like five years from now, 10 years from now?