“Success is being able to inspire someone with my personal experience in dealing with abuse.”
Victoria Flexner
Victoria Flexner is the editor of the 1,000 Stories Project and more recently helped launch, 1,000+ Stories Project. Victoria has a background in food and history. She is the founder of Edible History, a historical supper club based in Brooklyn and author of "A History of The World in Ten Dinners" to be published by Rizzoli Fall 2023.
Posts by Victoria Flexner
Siddhi Nawani: Event Planning Gets a Personal Touch
“There are many ways to be successful, but very few ways to be satisfied.”
Parisa Wang: Handbags with Messages of Hope & Love
“I think that entrepreneurship is about creating opportunities for yourself.”
Lisa Parsons: Finding Freedom Through Self-Employment
“As long as millions of women have hair that they want to style, there’s a market for my product.”
Claudia Gutierrez: Business Opportunity for Women with a Ready Made Brand
“Today ClaudiaG Collection is providing women a unique, life-changing career opportunity by allowing them to start their own business through ours.”
Shashi & Rama Pandey: A Second Career for Mother-Daughter Entrepreneurs
“When both decided to go for Infinite Mobility the rest of the family was really encouraging and ready to help.”
Georgene Huang & Romy Newman: Job Reviews For Women By Women
“I realized there weren’t any good online tools and career communities for women to learn about potential employers from a woman’s perspective.”
Somu Swapna: Hand Painted Women’s Wear
“I have been fascinated by the idea of starting my own enterprise for a long time; it’s a constant process of enthusiastically searching for exceptional ideas which will create value.”
Madiha Saad: Mompreneur Creates Online Platform for School Uniforms
“I have more than 5 years of experience working in the technology industry, so it occurred to me to find a digital solution to this problem.”
Dani Klein-Williams: A Photographer Gets Creative with Her Business Model
“I work hard to be a good provider and lead by example about what it means to be a dedicated business owner.”
Lucie André: Creating a NYC Based Creative & Digital Agency
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
Ciara Stockeland: Mompreneur Franchises Designer Clothes From Fargo
“I loved the idea of being able to offer others the opportunity to own their own business and use the blueprint that I had already created with my business.”
Sabina Montinar: Diversifying Fashion with Scholarships, Internships
“Making this idea a running non-profit was a small idea a year ago. Now I am a fully established nonprofit and with a 501(c)(3) status dreaming big.”
Chelsea Koglmeier: Building Bikes & Gifting Mobility
“To me, success is building a business that is good for the world, which means it gives back to the world intentionally, cares for our environment, supports localized structures, and builds community.”
Seema Khalil: Timeless Clothing Inspired by Indian Architecture
“We are born with a purpose and we can either let life pass by or do something constructive.”