“Success means being able to create change, not just for yourself but for a community.”
1000 Food & Beverage
Maria-Lola Edun of La Signorina Chocolates: Fashionable Chocolate for the Socially-Conscious Sweet Tooth
“I believe Fair Trade products can be a luxury item just like any other luxury brand.”
Mary Allstead of Mix Cupcake Co.: Creating Success One Cupcake At a Time
“I love being a business owner and I would never want to go back to a normal job.”
Debbie Blacher of Wholesome Tummies: Making a Difference in the Food our Children Eat
“I wanted my kids to eat right, but I was working and pregnant with my third boy at the time, so my frustration quickly mounted, until one day I created the concept of Wholesome Tummies.”
Starting a Pickle Company From Scratch
Jenny Fulton of Miss Jenny’s Pickles talks about exporting to China, her role model Sara Blakely and why she gets everything in writing.
Marlene Luterman of Calabasas Cake & Cookie Co.: Edible Happiness
“The world is a tough place and I want to make it a bit easier, even with just one bite of a cookie.”
Carol Mark of The Love of Tea: Social Change in Every Cup
“After a cancer diagnosis, my rediscovery of tea’s health benefits helped me focus on tea as a business opportunity.”
Monisola Banwo of Pastries 4 U: Cakes for all Occasions
“A definitive success of mine was when I finally bought a gas oven after saving up for more than 9 months, which helped me launch my business.”
Nicole Patel: Delysia Chocolatier — Baking Passion into Business Profit
Success for Delysia Chocolatier is watching the faces of patrons enjoying our chocolates for the first time.
Nilofer Saeed: The Hobnob Group — Introducing Pakistan to The World of Organic Foods
We face challenges that don’t exist anywhere else in the world.
Sarah Gross: Rescue Chocolates — Saving Animals by Selling Chocolate
Success is having enough of a profit each month to turn over a donation to an animal rescue organization, and knowing that my funds are used to save the lives of homeless or abused animals.
Tania Shehzad: The Kitchen at 225 — Son’s 1st Birthday Inspired an Entreprenurial Mama
I define success as achieving an end goal with a feeling of contentment, pride and joy.
Jung Kyung: Coffee Cafe Yeda – Purveyor in the Korean Coffee Beans Market
I realized the explosive increase of coffee bars in Korea and decided to advance in the distribution business of coffee beans.
Lucy Postins: The Honest Kitchen — Progressing the Pet Food Industry
The food actually spoke for itself in the way it tasted and the health benefits it yielded, so we grew dramatically by word of mouth and grassroots means – one shiny dog at a time.
Didem Altınbaşak Tulgan: Rafinera — Developed Turkey’s 1st Daily Meal Plan Service
Success is to reach targeted point in a best way. In my opinion, with the right strategy and the correct targeting, everybody can achieve their goals.