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...
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...
Lucinda Cross was a student at New York’s Iona College, when she was first exposed to entrepreneurship while witnessing students creating their own products and services to sell. Prior to that, she grew up in public housing in the Bronx, New York,...
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...
This week is for the dreamers who are ready to become DOERS. And in support of moving you through that sometimes frustrating process, I’m doing a series this week on the podcast called “Get Out Your Dreams.” Each day, we’ll focus on a...