The inventive women behind the crowdfunding campaigns featured in our latest column are encouraging people to work, play and live more thoughtfully.
Candice Helfand-Rogers
Candice Helfand-Rogers has worked as a journalist for some of the largest news organizations in the country over the course of her career, including CBS Local News and The Star-Ledger. She earned her B.A. in Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University. In her spare time, she enjoys singing with several ensembles in New York City and spending time with her son. Please contact [email protected] with questions or pitches.
Posts by Candice Helfand-Rogers
A Fashion Veteran Takes on a Tired Market With Chic Nightwear
Rebecca Smith launched Recliner, a stylish, millennial-focused sleepwear brand, to fill a market gap for affordable, quality clothing that’s made for rest and relaxation.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Making Moves
The female fundraisers featured in this week’s crowdfunding column are building ventures that help customers travel, exercise and move their mental muscles.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Stretch Goals
What happens when a crowdfunding campaign succeeds before it concludes? These five female fundraisers are showing their contemporaries how to take advantage of an enviable situation.
Constant Chill Gave This Woman a Hot Business Idea
Jaye Genung always felt cold. By starting Dragon Heatwear to make and sell self-heating coats and gloves, she solved her problem — and struck gold with people she never expected.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Taking Care
These female fundraisers are making people’s wellness a priority. Through their products and crowdfunding campaigns, each aims to provide innovative ways to stay healthy and happy.
At the Women’s Convention, Ire, Information and Action Plans
Passionate calls for political action were at the heart of the inaugural Women’s Convention, where thousands of women inspired by January’s Women’s March gathered to learn, network and get busy.
TSE Quick Take: Entrepreneurs at the Women’s Convention Say Don’t Wait Your Turn
Finding community, taking initiative and persevering were major themes among the female entrepreneurs and leaders assembled in Detroit for the Women’s Convention.
Providing A Way Forward From Hate
Angela King, co-founder and deputy director of Life After Hate, helps former white supremacists and members of hate groups become productive members of society. With hate crimes on the rise in the U.S., can she help turn the tide?
TSE Quick Take: How ‘Necessity’ Fuels Female Founders
A new report from the U.S. National Women’s Business Council examines the very definition of “need” when it comes to the reasons why women start businesses.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Solving Woman Problems
These crowdfunders are making products designed to meet specific, primarily female needs, ranging from tops that fit to tools for reporting assault.
Staying True To Her Roots Lets This Entrepreneur Handle Anything
Lois Hines cofounded Tropic Isle Living 25 years ago to make beauty products using Jamaican black castor oil. Her staying power — even through profound loss — comes from deep ties to her heritage, she says.
A Puerto Rican Founder Relies on Grit to Build a Successful Startup
Today, Julixa Newman runs a growing company, Stuff 4 Multiples, that caters to parents of twins and triplets. But first she had to overcome poverty, homelessness and fertility struggles.
The Sweet Success Story Of A Lawyer Turned Chocolatier
Maggie Callahan built Maggie Louise Confections into a million-dollar venture by offering Instagram-ready custom chocolates that can survive cross-country shipping.
This Designer Couldn’t Find Cute Shipping Boxes. Now Her Startup Makes Them.
Miriam Brafman, the founder of Packlane, saw a huge potential market for customized shipping boxes. Now, her young company provides them to 11,000 brands big and small, and pulls in annual sales exceeding $5 million.