Your Stories: The Latest From the 1,000+ Stories Campaign

Erin Baebler: Magnolia Workshop

Once I started my training, it became clear to me that helping other new mothers navigate their changed world was the way to go. I’ve been coaching for 10 years and absolutely love helping moms navigate life with children.

Elizabeth Legere: Alexandria Pet Care, Inc.

Anyone who takes risks, pursues their passions (for business or not), takes time to honestly evaulate what makes them happy and eager to greet each day: those are my role models.

Yvette Garfield: Handstand Kids Goods & Services

Yvette’s experience in children’s rights led her to create the Handstand Kids cookbook series with the intention to introduce children to the world through their own kitchen.

Sharon Starika: Sharon Starika

I was introduced to the Feldenkrais Method 29 years ago after a debilitating accident with a semi-truck. From my remarkable recovery, I found my passion for movement and realized that I wanted to teach others.

Karen Lea Belton: Beautiful Wreaths and Craft Creations

My biggest success is my unwillingness to give up on myself. Each year I embarc on making a way for my business to succeed.

Jody Coughlin: Chic CEO, LLC

I started a small business with no idea what I was doing. Now, I am completely fulfilled in that we get to help women accell every day and champion female entrepreneurship!

Stephanie Burns: Chic CEO, LLC

I was in grad school, getting my MBA while working full time when I realized that if someone had asked me, I couldn’t tell them what the first steps would be to start a business.

Alice Wang & Pegah Ebrahimi: Spark Box Toys

Our “aha” moment came at FAO Schwartz: to create a “Netflix for toys,” and build a global community of shared toys.

Jan Hansen: Jewels by Jan

Friends and family were so impressed and felt that my idea would become popular because beach weddings were just starting to become one of the most unique ways to get married.

Renee Zau: DonationMatch

There are so many companies that would give more if the process were easier, and there are a million events each year in the U.S. looking for them.

Margaret Kadi: Project Sierra Leone

Project Sierra Leone started as a result of the hardship that faces a lot of people in Sierra Leone, especially women.

Kellyn Timmerman: feNa

To work incredibly hard for something and have someone else determine my fate was the turning point for me, and the reason I started feNa.

Sandi Timberlake: A Little To The Left

I launched the business in September 2008, with 20 greeting cards for gay and lesbian couples for weddings, unions and anniversaries. I now have over 70 designs.