“Success for me is raising my beautiful family while enjoying the freedom to be creative, independent, and accomplished in business.”
1000 Children’s Goods & Services
Dr. Leslie Grace of Elements of Community Inc.: Inspiring, Empowering, and Enlightening Opportunities for Inner City Youth
“Success is learning how to make sure that human capitol + social capitol = financial wealth.”
Angela McIver of Trapezium Math Club: Making Math Fun for Kids
“We are figuring out just how far you can push kids in math (pretty far) and I’m constantly amazed at how happy children are when they are being challenged at a high level.”
Tiffany Ard of Nerdy Baby LLC: Science-Inspired Toys and Gifts for Children
“A is for Atom, B is for Binomial Coefficients, C is for Callisto… oh, they are terrible and wonderful and I love sharing them with young nerds everywhere.”
Sherri French of Spbang: Unique & Environmentally Friendly Reusable Snack Bags
“I was tired of throwing out plastic lunch bags nightly and could never get the fabric reusable snack bags clean. I knew I could make something better, both a mother and as a manufacturer.”
Sylvia Aghabekian Lowden of Smarty Womyn: Putting Strong Female Role Models on Your Clothes
“Smarty Womyn is one step of many that will change our culture and encourage girls to choose STEM careers.”
Laura Overdeck of Bedtime Math Foundation: Creative Daily Math Problems for Kids
“What started out as a fun mathematics activity for my children has now grown into a nationwide movement to make math cool and to get kids fired up about numbers.”
Lorraine Murray of Connected Kids Ltd.: Empowering Children and Adults Through Meditation and Mindfulness
“I truly believe that meditation saved my life.”
Sarah Peak & Whitney Nordmoe of Dean & Grace: Mompreneurs Create a Text Message Shopping Club
“When our vendors are successful and our customers are happy, that’s when we personally feel we are successful.”
Shrushti Shah of Name Dazzlers: Personalized Name Labels and Stickers for Every Occasion
“The goal was simple, to create a well-crafted personalized name label that is both fun and functional.”
Zaida Khaze of Wiggletot: Changing Your Baby’s Diaper Just Got Easier
“Nothing’s more convenient than changing a happy baby!”
Lisa Batra of My Kid’s Threads, LLC: Buy, Consign and Donate Your Children’s Clothing
“Having two kids of my own, who have gone through multiple sizes of clothing in just a few years of life, I know how time consuming it is to find the right clothing at the right price.”
Hannah Lavon of Hooray Hoopla LLC: Playful Socks, Mittens and More
“I decided I could do it too, why not me!”
Prepared for a Male-Dominated World
Shaan Kandawalla pushed gender norms in her native Pakistan. Now, she’s ready to take on the U.S. tech scene.
Gauri Nanda of Toymail: Keeping Families Connected Without More Screen Time
“We want to encourage open-ended, experimental play but do so in a way that is up-to-speed with advancing technology.”