The five women featured in our latest column have big fundraising goals, and even bigger aspirations for their ventures.
Maria Kleftodimou Smith
Maria Kleftodimou Smith, an intern with The Story Exchange, is at student at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She majors in Global Studies with minors in Anthropology and Philosophy. At school she is involved in Let's Get Ready, a program that helps local high school students prepare for the SATs and college applications. In her spare time, Maria enjoys vocal music and modern dance.
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5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Inclusion, Empowerment and Education
The enterprising women highlighted in our latest crowdfunding column are hard at work on products and ventures designed to inspire thought, creativity and acceptance.
This Entrepreneurial Young Woman Combined Two Loves — Art and Ocean
Audiences for Sasha Okshteyn’s New York-based Beach Sessions Dance Series, now in its third year, get an unusual opportunity to enjoy a free performance and help the environment.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Simplifying Our Everyday Lives
Whether they are aiming to change fashion or food, these fundraising women are using what they’ve learned from personal experience to make other people’s lives easier.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Bucking Industry Standards
Whether they started up in fashion, fitness, education or art, these fundraising women are trying to show their contemporaries newer, better ways of doing business.
TSE Quick Take: Why Women’s Businesses Remain Stubbornly Small
A new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy takes a stab at understanding the reasons why sales and employee numbers at women-owned businesses continue to lag those of men.