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1,000 Stories
More than 1,000 women entrepreneurs from around the world have told us about their personal business journeys. Here are their stories, in their own words. Tell us yours!
Imani Laners: Shinko Media — Sparking Emotion Between People and the Brands they Love!
I am passionate about online sales & advertising, and define my success in aligning brands with online contextually engaging experiences that enhance lives.
Hadayai Majeed: Encore Recycling– Fighting for Environmental and Social Responsibility
To help keep the environment clean and to help a non-profit charity raise funds to assist families struggling financial due to some form of domestic abuse/sexual assault.
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.
Heather Taylor: Archetypal Images — Breaking Through The Clouds
When discovering that there was an entire community of women supporting each other in aviation, I felt compelled to share the women’s story as they were incredible role models.
Lauren Little: Edible Arrangements– From Administrative Assistant To Small Business Owner
Being a leader of a small enterprise as well as managing two locations have been both my biggest successes and challenges.
Paula Jasinski: Be The Bay–Doing Good For The Environment
We started our brand, Be the Bay, around the Chesapeake Bay to celebrate the unique character of the region and raise money for restoration projects through profit donations.
Annu Insa: Domestic Help In India– Connecting Domestic Helpers To Jobs
I want to help poor domestic helper, because in India domestic helpers are in the worst conditions.
1000 Stories: H.S. Students Play Games to Learn Entrepreneurship
Leah Goold-Haws knew that the fastest way to her teenagers’ hearts and minds was through games.
Karen Milde: Reframe Marketing– Taking Risks and Dreaming Big
My top challenge has so far been staying committed to being a business owner while a majority of people around me tell me to go back and get a job and say why are you working this hard.
Dr. Leslie Grace: Elements of the Community–Success Through Helping Others
Success is learning how to make sure that HUMAN CAPITAL + SOCIAL CAPITAL = FINANCIAL WEALTH.
Barbara Alink: The Alinker Inventions Ltd.–Walking Made Easy And In-Style
Success ultimately is when people ‘get it’ that I am doing the business because I deeply believe that thousands of people can benefit from using the Alinker.
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.
Olusola Bankole: Bankys Private School– A School For The Children In Nigeria
To offer a cutting-edge, top of the range, quality education to the Nigerian child even at a time when standards are falling.
Surekha Waldia: ELNA– A New Model For Learning
Deep inside me I had always wanted to be independent and be free of restrictions, but at the same time do such work that would help change the lives of the people I worked with.