I wanted to create a beautiful shoe that could adapt to us so we don’t ever have to compromise between comfort and allure. (Tanya Heath Paris is a line of shoes with removable heels).
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!
Monika Labbe: CreativeM Photography Inc.
After having a gallery showing that sold out, I decided it might not be a bad idea to turn my hobby into a career.
Marissa Vicario: Marissa’s Well-being and Health (MWAH!)
I always had an entrepreneurial spirit and desire to help others but never knew how to turn my passion for health, wellness, fitness and cooking into a business until I enrolled in a health coach training program.
Tracy Brisson: The Opportunities Project
I was working as the Director of Recruitment for one of the largest employers in the United States, but I felt that I could offer more to the world as an independent voice about careers, work, and recruitment.
Susan O’Neil: @Website Publicity, Inc
This [business] fit my desire for a creative career and also met my desire to have time and flexibility for our family of five.
Katie Bressack: Balanced Beings
I was a stressed out woman living in NYC and needed to make a change. I found yoga and learned how to decrease my stress levels.
Wendy Jameson: Colnatec
My business partner and I met on Twitter, and I consulted to him on writing a business case for a new sensor.
Anne Zeiser: Azure Media
It simply came time to create Azure Media, producing transmedia projects ON AIR, ONLINE and ON THE GO that fuel impact IN COMMUNITIES, IN SCHOOLS and IN CAPITOLS
Lori Harris: Mary Jane’s
I was looking for an outlet of my creative nature and Park City’s Main Street was looking for a shoe store. It was a match made in heaven.
Lucy Miller: Lucy Miller Pure
I am a dog lover, a fair-weather surfer, a passionate paddle boarder and a modern-day alchemist perfumer obsessed with rare and pure scent.
Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes: mkc photography
When my first exhibit sold out on opening night, I realized then I might just be able to do this for a living.
Renee Wilbur: ReciProty.com
The sincere desire to help people succeed is the reason for ReciProty’s existence. What makes ReciProty unique is its blend of local personal and business support available FREE to all members 24/7/365
Michelle Hamman: MotherTongues
MotherTongues just released our first iPhone/iPad app, World Words. It teaches you one life-affirming word per day, with pronunciation and meaning. It is being downloaded around the world!
Vernetta R. Freeney: Women Are Gamechangers LLC
I started this as a platform to showcase women entrepreneurs and community leaders who were not receiving recognition. Also as a resource to help women on their journey.
Sherry Burton Ways: Kreative Ways & Solutions, LLC
I was listed as one of the Top 100 Designers in the Washington, D.C., region by Home & Design Magazine, with five of my designs featured in their Portfolio for 2011.