Shortly after graduating college with a degree in journalism, Melinda Emerson landed her dream job as a television producer in Philadelphia — and, she hated it. Mean people and countless hours pushed her to eventually make a move. And that move was to become an...
Dr. Karen Thomas has never fit in. Blame it on her third eye — when everyone else sees blue or red, she sees purple. And while this ability may have irked her parents when she was growing up, it is what makes her an effective leader today, the ability to...
Miral Sattar has always been an entrepreneur, launching various businesses since high school — from creating a successful blog for South Asian women to having a t-shirt line with fun slogans for South Asian women to launching her own iPhone case business (one of...
Tracy Matthews comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and feels like entrepreneurship has always been in her blood. In fact, the idea of working for someone else kinda makes her cringe. But creating something? She can’t get enough! In 2006, Tracy created...
From the time she was a young girl, Jovian Zayne witnessed her parents — especially her mom — setting up shop, creating her own business and claiming her own space. As a result, “young Jovi” was the kind of child that dressed as a...