“To me success is knowing that at the end of the day you have made a difference.”
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!
Gauri Nanda of Toymail: Keeping Families Connected Without More Screen Time
“We want to encourage open-ended, experimental play but do so in a way that is up-to-speed with advancing technology.”
Debra A. Woog of Connect2 Corporation: Fifteen Years of Successful Coaching & Consulting
“Although I could have continued coaching and consulting through other, larger companies, ultimately I wanted to be an entrepreneur to raise the ceiling on my earning potential.”
Mridula Arora of My Baby Cart: Empowering Indian Women Through E-Commerce
“Women often leave their careers when their baby is born, but they don’t have to leave their financial freedom.”
Samantha Abrams of Emmy’s Organics: Vegan, Raw & Gluten-Free Never Tasted So Good
“There are days when we look at financial statements and come up with a number of ideas but we still are not sure what the right move is! We address this by asking a ton of questions.”
Gin Nikoloff of Hire10: Helping Her Community Find Employment
“Hire10’s initiative is to bridge local applicants to local jobs.”
Deborah Mason Dudley of Deborah Mason School of Dance: 30 Years of Dance
“I’ve always known that the arts could be a force of change in children’s lives, and I wanted to reach out to the community I loved by sharing my passion.”
Walida Muhammad of Herspiring Business, LLC: Inspiring Women to Achieve Success
“My top challenge is building a network of women who really want to make a difference, with no excuses!”
Elle Black of Mimi De Luxy: Turning up the Heat Without the Sleaze
“I created Mimi De Luxe to inject some sexiness into women’s lives and relationships.”
Julia Warren of Celebrate! RVA: Giving Children the Birthday Parties They Deserve
“Age shouldn’t be an issue in our field, but it is. There is a stigma that young social entrepreneurs are just trying to bulk up their college resume or job resume.”
Sheena Allen of Sheena Allen Applications: An Empowered Female in the Tech Start-Up World
“I started Sheena Allen Applications after having a completely random idea for a checkbook app after leaving Wal-Mart.”
Amy Britt of Britt Banter: A New York Based PR Firms for No-Nonsense Women
“I wanted to work in a PR firm that was honest, ethical and void of drama.”
Jasmine Youssefzadeh of Filmanthropos: Telling Stories and Creating Change
“I had a passion and knack for storytelling and wanted to combine this with my desire to create an impact.”
Jackie Kellso of PointMaker Communications, Inc.: Leaving a Corporate Job to Work in Corporate Professional Development
“I define success by how much value I’m bringing in and how I’m helping others on their paths.”
Julia Pimsleur of Little Pim: A New Language Learning Program for Kids
“I discovered was that there were no high quality education materials for teaching toddlers a foreign language, so I set out to create them for myself.”