“Hearing the words, ‘You inspired me’ is the biggest success of my life.”
Victoria Flexner
Victoria Flexner is the editor of the 1,000 Stories Project and more recently helped launch, 1,000+ Stories Project. Victoria has a background in food and history. She is the founder of Edible History, a historical supper club based in Brooklyn and author of "A History of The World in Ten Dinners" to be published by Rizzoli Fall 2023.
Posts by Victoria Flexner
Lien Potgieter: Helping Women Heal After Abuse
“I want to inspire as many women across the globe to like or even love themselves!”
Dianna L. Flett: Empowering Girls Through After School Workshops
“In essence I took the leadership work I was doing and fashioned them into after school workshops to strengthen 4th and 5th grade girls and give them skills to use during those trying middle school years.”
Tori Levine: Mommy and Me Babywearing Fitness Classes
“There is a need in the ‘new mom fitness world’ for a program that educates new moms about the importance of their core and pelvic floor and how to strengthen these areas after pregnancy and birth.”
Shannon DePalma: Marketing Strategies for Creative Businesses
“I wanted to show other entrepreneurs that they didn’t have to struggle and they can get support.”
Petra Kassum-Mutch: An Online Publication for Feminist Entrepreneurs
“I also noticed start up culture was rife with sexism, inequality and lacked inclusiveness. And that media coverage of the space only served to amplify an ideal that many women did not relate to.”
Purnima Mandava: Holistic Weight Loss
“I thought it would be awesome if I could build a solution around this gap in the market for the right kind of women’s fitness by setting up an exclusively female wellness space.”
Mridula Agarwal: A Meal Delivery Service Comes to Mumbai
“People inadvertently tend to eat outside food, daily, as they don’t have time and energy to cook for themselves.”
Lily Yeh: Craft Kits for Kids Teach Importance of Giving Back
“I developed Little Loving Hands which allows children to have direct, hands-on impact to helping others and learning about who, why, and how they are helping.”
Lovern Gordon: Helping Survivors of Domestic Violence
“Success is being able to inspire someone with my personal experience in dealing with abuse.”
Siddhi Nawani: Event Planning Gets a Personal Touch
“There are many ways to be successful, but very few ways to be satisfied.”
Parisa Wang: Handbags with Messages of Hope & Love
“I think that entrepreneurship is about creating opportunities for yourself.”
Lisa Parsons: Finding Freedom Through Self-Employment
“As long as millions of women have hair that they want to style, there’s a market for my product.”
Claudia Gutierrez: Business Opportunity for Women with a Ready Made Brand
“Today ClaudiaG Collection is providing women a unique, life-changing career opportunity by allowing them to start their own business through ours.”
Shashi & Rama Pandey: A Second Career for Mother-Daughter Entrepreneurs
“When both decided to go for Infinite Mobility the rest of the family was really encouraging and ready to help.”