When Erica Mandy’s day job got in the way of her aspirations to discover what her entrepreneurial journey was going to be after being inspired by a blog on side hustles, she knew it was time to leave. That, and her growing frustration with chasing stories for...
Tokunbo Koiki, creator of her own West African supper club Tokunbo’s Kitchen, considers herself an accidental entrepreneur. In fact, the Londoner, whose family hails from Nigeria, actually didn’t even like cooking until just a few years ago! Today, Tokunbo...
Growing up in Queens, New York, Stephanie Rance always questioned why things were believed to be “this way” instead of “that way,” and why she couldn’t create something different. Later, throughout her career in the music industry...
Karen Hunter is no stranger to entrepreneurship. She watched her father work seven days a week — even on holidays — at the corner store he owned in Newark, New Jersey, showing her along how business was handled. Karen was hooked, and wanted to be a part of...
Ophira Edut and her identical twin sister, Tali, have been partners in entrepreneurship from a very young age. Since they were seven years old, the two have had a calligraphy business at their elementary school and a paper route in their Detroit neighborhood. They are...