Summer Felix fell in love with entrepreneurship as she grew up in California witnessing her dad's ability to be so present in her life because he was an entrepreneur at the time and not at a job that dictated how he spent his days. What she also learned is,...
Entrepreneur Melissa Mitchner is a native New Yorker, who grew up in public housing in the South Bronx. Raised by her grandmother, who instilled a strong work ethic and sense of responsibility in her, Melissa got her first and only job, when she was 18 years...
In 2009, Shannon Amos decided to leave her corporate position as a television executive at Warner Brothers and start her own production company. Creatively, she felt the game had changed, so she pivoted and became an entrepreneur. In 2014, the...
Michelle Villalobos struggled to make money in her business for the first seven years, although she worked nonstop on building it. Eventually she got to the point when she thought about giving up. The turning point? A mentor who completely...
When Claire Wasserman hosted her first work & money event in New York nearly four years ago to support a friend who was struggling with salary negotiations, she quickly saw the need (and the possibility) of a business that addressed the wage gap...
"Entrepreneurship is something that finds entrepreneurs, sort of like love, in a way," says Heather Havenwood, CEO of Havenwood Worldwide and author of the book, Sexy Boss: How Female Entrepreneurs are Beating the BIG Boys; While Changing the Rule Book for Money,...
Nedgine Paul has always been passionate about education, but she fell in love with entrepreneurship, when she realized her business could have a social justice component. Today, as a social entrepreneur, Nedgine's organization -- Anseye Pou Ayiti...
Entrepreneurship is in Monique Greenwood's blood. Her grandfather owned one of Washington, D.C.'s first successful black-owned businesses -- Greenwood Moving and Transfer company -- that was birthed as a result of his innovation when racial...
Cynthia Besteman's mother used to tell her that she seemed to always choose the hardest path; but Cynthia realized very early on that what she loved wasn't the hard way, but the way that pushed her to figure out the solution to a challenge no matter how much...
LaKesha Williams's business is all about helping you follow your ministry -- whether that's for your church or for your own company. Her life's work, however -- having overcome much throughout her childhood including bullying, gun violence and years of sexual abuse --...
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