I was a stressed out woman living in NYC and needed to make a change. I found yoga and learned how to decrease my stress levels.
1,000 Stories
More than 1,000 women entrepreneurs from around the world have told us about their personal business journeys. Here are their stories, in their own words. Tell us yours!
Wendy Jameson: Colnatec
My business partner and I met on Twitter, and I consulted to him on writing a business case for a new sensor.
Anne Zeiser: Azure Media
It simply came time to create Azure Media, producing transmedia projects ON AIR, ONLINE and ON THE GO that fuel impact IN COMMUNITIES, IN SCHOOLS and IN CAPITOLS
Lori Harris: Mary Jane’s
I was looking for an outlet of my creative nature and Park City’s Main Street was looking for a shoe store. It was a match made in heaven.
Lucy Miller: Lucy Miller Pure
I am a dog lover, a fair-weather surfer, a passionate paddle boarder and a modern-day alchemist perfumer obsessed with rare and pure scent.
Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes: mkc photography
When my first exhibit sold out on opening night, I realized then I might just be able to do this for a living.
Renee Wilbur: ReciProty.com
The sincere desire to help people succeed is the reason for ReciProty’s existence. What makes ReciProty unique is its blend of local personal and business support available FREE to all members 24/7/365
Michelle Hamman: MotherTongues
MotherTongues just released our first iPhone/iPad app, World Words. It teaches you one life-affirming word per day, with pronunciation and meaning. It is being downloaded around the world!
Vernetta R. Freeney: Women Are Gamechangers LLC
I started this as a platform to showcase women entrepreneurs and community leaders who were not receiving recognition. Also as a resource to help women on their journey.
Sherry Burton Ways: Kreative Ways & Solutions, LLC
I was listed as one of the Top 100 Designers in the Washington, D.C., region by Home & Design Magazine, with five of my designs featured in their Portfolio for 2011.
Dawn Firsing-Paris: Dripsters
I started creating this product for my children. With the sticky, drippy mess of ice pops, I wanted something they could use that would save me a clean-up!
Patricia Raskob: Raskob Kambourian Financial Advisors Ltd.
We have saved numerous clients from making financial mistakes and assisted many in reaching their dreams which they never thought was possible.
Susan Nicholas: Qnova Health Inc.
I started Qnova Health (formally called DocPons Inc) to address the problem of affordable access to care for every person in America.
Linda Tong: KindNotes, LLC
It started as a handmade gift for my then-boyfriend-now-husband several years ago, a jar of 31 notes in mini envelopes to be opened each day or anytime he needed a smile.
Laurel Gunnarson: The Didi Jewelry Project
I started this business to help women facing hardship in India through selling their jewelry. I taught jewelry making to women who are working in brothels, HIV positive, widows, and/or facing extreme poverty.