Desislava (Des) Dobreva grew up in Bulgaria, where she wasn’t exposed much to women in entrepreneurial and leadership roles. But as a woman who, herself, was always ambitious, even as a child, she was immediately drawn to the concept when she read...
Inventor Shannon Klingman is on a mission to change the narrative on feminine hygiene and bust the myth that the vagina is to blame! As a practicing Ob/Gyn, she had patients who often complained about odor and, most often, they were misdiagnosed with BV...
Allyson Scrutchens knows what it means to beat the odds. The Southside of Chicago native was born to a mother who was, at the time, addicted to crack cocaine, yet Allyson didn’t have any symptoms or medical issues at birth. She and her mother, who...
We often hear the best way to think about starting a business is to consider your potential customer’s pain point and solve that problem. Milana Lechinsky started her business purely out of her own desire to stay at home with her young children —...
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...
