Cheryl Polote-Williamson grew up in Savannah, Georgia, with an entrepreneur father, who had construction business. Unlike her siblings, Cheryl didn’t want to be part of the business when she got older. She wanted to leave Savannah, and at 15, she...
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...
Trey Anthony, a proud Jamaican woman living in Canada, grew up surrounded by side hustles, witnessing her mother, grandmother and aunt doing everything from reading tea leaves to cutting hair. This helped Trey understand the importance of women having agency in...
Calibe Thompson has been in love with entrepreneurship since birth, inspired by her entrepreneurial father and creating her own business by selling candy while growing up on the island of Jamaica. As Calibe grew older, even while in professional...
Syretta Bell was one of the only girls in her neighborhood, who mowed lawns and delivered newspapers to make money — never limited by the idea of what girls were “supposed” to do. In fact, she believes her uniqueness made her get even...