Growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of entrepreneurs and a mom who was a contractor — Maggie Minor was inspired by witnessing her mom’s tenacity and grit in a field dominated by men. At 8 years old, Maggie was learning about...
Regina Gwynn’s first entrepreneurial venture was as a salesperson for Avon… when she was only 12 years old! Since then, although she did spend some time working in corporate America, the North Carolina native knew she’d be an entrepreneur. Years...
For Oakland, California, native Latham Thomas, entrepreneurship was never the easy choice, but it was the only choice. Even in college at Columbia University, she knew in her spirit that she didn’t want to work at a traditional job. ...
Laura Roeder, CEO of MeetEdgar, began working for herself when she was 22, driven by the promise of freedom and control of her own time. Growing up in Austin, Texas, Laura saw examples of entrepreneurship in her parents, an architect father and a mom, who was...
Rebecca Gordon was 24 years old when she quit her day job and decided to become a full-time entrepreneur in the astrology space, but she has always had an entrepreneur mindset and a love of astronomy. Still it wasn’t until a mentor pointedly asked...