A global video project empowering women to start their own business
 
 

 
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Melissa Reed: Placing Pros– Provides Profession Reviews of Healthcare Facilities

So far, Placing Pros biggest success is attending tradeshows and telling people our story. The incredible feedback and support of our company is something we never get tired of hearing.
 
 
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Mira Dessy: Grains&More– Bio-individual Food Choices that Meet Personal Goals

Each time a client sees positive results from food-based choices and becomes committed to that change I am overjoyed. I've helped them become successful in meeting their health goals.
 
 
The Story Exchange, Trudy Scott, The Antianxiety Food Solution

Trudy Scott: The Antianxiety Food Solution– Inspired By The Power Of Food And Nutrients

In my late 30s, while working in my high-stress computer job I suffered terribly from anxiety, unexplained fears, waking with a sense of doom and even had three panic attacks.
 

 
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Funlayo Alabi: SheaRadiance– The Beauty Of Shea

We founded Shea Radiance after using pure unrefined shea butter to manage our sons severe dry skin and eczema problems.
 
 
The Story Exchange, Brooke Stone, Brooke Stone Lifestyle Management

Brooke Stone: Brooke Stone Lifestyle Management– Having Extra Hands On Deck

I started Brooke Stone Lifestyle Management after experiencing first hand the difference strong support means to everyone trying to live life to the fullest.
 
 
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Satya Ishaani Pandey: Glam Girl Naturals Cosmetics– Passion For Natural & Healthy Make-Up

I am proud to help women enhance their beauty using a better, safer, healthier alternative to their normally chemical-filled makeup!
 

 
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Sadie Kurzban: 305 Fitness– Fitness Made Fun

I started a business because I was tired of being miserable at the gym. As a young woman in college, my friends and I were all health (and self) conscious.
 
 
Susie Hadas, Personally Cool, Health and Wellness, The Story Exchange

Susie Hadas: Personally Cool– Makers of Coldfront, A New Category of Cold Therapy

We are changing people's lives by providing a simple yet effective and elegant way of relieving heat, along with small aches and pains, without being tethered to a freezer.
 
 
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Premise Martin: Pedi-Licious — Dreamt up a Brand New Product Overnight

I define success when you have a vision and follow it through no matter what odds may come against you.
 

 
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Jeannette Vega B.: ModernSocialite.com– A Platform to Celebrate Individuals in Calgary

I wanted to create a platform that showcased great people in our city, our mission is to Celebrate, Honor, Inspire and Empower.
 
 
Lisa Price; Carol's Daughter; Health and Beauty; The Story Exchange

Lisa Price: Carol’s Daughter — Built Hair & Beauty Brand From Her Kitchen

I started my business out of my love of blending fragrances and my desire to have quality products for my skin and hair.
 
 
Shelly Egbert, Black Rock Mud Company

Shelly Egbert: Black Rock Mud Company – Loves to Get Dirty for Her Business

I believe that success is the feeling you get when you wake up and realize that you have made your dreams come true.
 

 
Michelle Densmore; Lucky13Fitness; Fitness; Health; The Story Exchange

Michelle Densmore: Lucky13Fitness– A Holistic Health Training Center

I created Lucky13Fitness in 2010 as a way to combine my education in the mental health field with my passion for fitness.
 
 
Molly DeCrow, Sara Buntrock and Amy Mannes; What's Your Virtue; Health and Beauty; The Story Exchange

Molly DeCrow, Sara Buntrock and Amy Mannes: What’s Your Virtue? Positive Messages on Women’s Cosmetics

We had an idea that we thought we could bring a different viewpoint to women’s cosmetics.
 
 
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Hallie Rich: alternaVites

We have developed a network of true fans of alternaVites who have helped to spread the word about our products and validate its reason for being.
 

 
Simone Sneed

Simone N. Sneed: Catching Brilliance

For the past decade, I’ve worked in women’s philanthropy and social justice and have met phenomenal women doing important work.
 
 
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Carole Meier: A’vie Longevity Salon

When people ask me what I do for "work", I say I don't. I just have fun doing what I love to do!
 
 
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Ann Germanow: The Scensible Source Company, LLC

My product inspiration occurred in 2004, in the female restroom in my workplace. One day a sign was taped to the mirror, “Ladies: Do not flush tampons down the toilet-we cannot afford the plumbing bills!”
 

 
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Bernadette Doran: Equilibrium Energy + Education

Because this is a vision and a mission, not just a business, it took tremendous personal sacrifice, including virtually every penny I owned, a huge amount of credit card debt, and many, many personal lifestyle adjustments.
 
 
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A Safe Haven for Women: The Beauty of the Hair Salon

Aside from your new look, there's something else going on in hair salons that can make you feel better.
 
 
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Jennifer Garcia: JGDarling.com

As a survivor of Domestic Violence Ms. Jennifer Garcia the Founder and CEO of JG Darling.com began an online resource to Bring Awareness to Domestic Violence Against Women and Children in 2009.
 

 
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Kathy Hobbs: Virtuous Woman Lifestyle

I remembered how much my mom loved to smell "nice", and so I crafted a fragrance that would exemplify her spirit, character, and courage.
 
 
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Oreet J. S.: SharQui – The bellydance workout®

To change women’s perspectives on their bodies, to have fun while working out, to spend more time with family, to educate women on what bellydance is truly about!
 
 
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Aldona and Joanna: Gaiavita Ltd

We want Gaiavita to be an example of how to be transparent, ethical and to deliver organic, certified skincare with the results that women want!