What happens when a crowdfunding campaign succeeds before it concludes? These five female fundraisers are showing their contemporaries how to take advantage of an enviable situation.
Posts by Candice Helfand-Rogers
Constant Chill Gave This Woman a Hot Business Idea
Jaye Genung always felt cold. By starting Dragon Heatwear to make and sell self-heating coats and gloves, she solved her problem — and struck gold with people she never expected.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Taking Care
These female fundraisers are making people’s wellness a priority. Through their products and crowdfunding campaigns, each aims to provide innovative ways to stay healthy and happy.
At the Women’s Convention, Ire, Information and Action Plans
Passionate calls for political action were at the heart of the inaugural Women’s Convention, where thousands of women inspired by January’s Women’s March gathered to learn, network and get busy.
TSE Quick Take: Entrepreneurs at the Women’s Convention Say Don’t Wait Your Turn
Finding community, taking initiative and persevering were major themes among the female entrepreneurs and leaders assembled in Detroit for the Women’s Convention.
Providing A Way Forward From Hate
Angela King, co-founder and deputy director of Life After Hate, helps former white supremacists and members of hate groups become productive members of society. With hate crimes on the rise in the U.S., can she help turn the tide?
TSE Quick Take: How ‘Necessity’ Fuels Female Founders
A new report from the U.S. National Women’s Business Council examines the very definition of “need” when it comes to the reasons why women start businesses.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Solving Woman Problems
These crowdfunders are making products designed to meet specific, primarily female needs, ranging from tops that fit to tools for reporting assault.
Staying True To Her Roots Lets This Entrepreneur Handle Anything
Lois Hines cofounded Tropic Isle Living 25 years ago to make beauty products using Jamaican black castor oil. Her staying power — even through profound loss — comes from deep ties to her heritage, she says.
A Puerto Rican Founder Relies on Grit to Build a Successful Startup
Today, Julixa Newman runs a growing company, Stuff 4 Multiples, that caters to parents of twins and triplets. But first she had to overcome poverty, homelessness and fertility struggles.
The Sweet Success Story Of A Lawyer Turned Chocolatier
Maggie Callahan built Maggie Louise Confections into a million-dollar venture by offering Instagram-ready custom chocolates that can survive cross-country shipping.
This Designer Couldn’t Find Cute Shipping Boxes. Now Her Startup Makes Them.
Miriam Brafman, the founder of Packlane, saw a huge potential market for customized shipping boxes. Now, her young company provides them to 11,000 brands big and small, and pulls in annual sales exceeding $5 million.
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Women Helping Women
These female fundraisers are putting their time, efforts and crowdfunded dollars toward projects that will help women lead happier, healthier, more enriched lives.
This Young Female Entrepreneur Aims to Modernize – and Personalize – U.K. Real Estate
Gemma Young, cofounder of real estate website Settled, wants to give people a new – and less stressful – way to buy and sell their homes.
How an Accidental Entrepreneur Created a $30 Million Online Business
Jane Lu, founder of Australian online fashion boutique Showpo, used internet smarts to grow a far-reaching, profitable brand. Now she’s paying her success forward through an irreverent, global network for women business owners: Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine.