Some people thought Ahyiana Angel was crazy for wanting to leave her high-profile position as a publicist at the NBA. But Ahyiana was unhappy in her job, which was starting to affect her life. When the Palo Alto, California, native decided that it was...
Pam Perry knew very early on that she was meant to be an entrepreneur — partly because she liked figuring out more efficient ways of doing things and partly because she was fired from nearly every job she had as a teenager. Seventeen years later, Pam is...
When Gilda Squire’s mom passed away when she was 15, it impacted the trajectory of her life. Instead of graduating high school and going directly to George Mason College–which was her dream, she ended up working for the FBI in order to take care of herself...
Edgina “Eddie” Desormeau fell in love with entrepreneurship in high school while working at a bed and breakfast called The Lewis House in upstate New York. Though her professional journey didn’t lead her down the road of hospitality, the experience...