For Alex Okoriji, the first glimpse of entrepreneurship came by way of a visit to a fashion accessories store with her mom in Lagos, Nigeria, when she was just 11 years old. Shortly thereafter, her mom started her own store with Alex by her side, working as a vital...
From the time she was seven, Princess Jenkins observed entrepreneurship up close and personal while working in her grandparents’ corner store while the other kids were outside playing. The Bronx native, who now calls Harlem home, knew that one day...
From the very beginning of her life, Monica Phromsavanh has been inspired by the grit and determination of her parents, who escaped civil unrest in Laos to pursue a new life and the promise of opportunities in Argentina. Though those promises were...
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room, the one we try to avoid; but we can’t get around. Failure. Fear of failure is very real — for all of us — and is a reason many of us choose to hide and not play full out when it comes to...
Arielle Loren first started working her “dream job” at a tech startup shortly after college. But she knew pretty quickly that she needed to make moves. A year later, she did, she moved to Brazil. This began Arielle’s journey of...