At age forty, KNOWHEN® founder and owner, Helen Denise, nearly died due to an ectopic pregnancy and post-operational complications.
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!
Michele Waldman: Max Your Media– Maximizing The Most Out Of Life
This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it allowed me to devote my full time to my longtime dream of building a business to satisfy the growing need of small businesses for online marketing.
Leesa Soulodre: BluePedal Group– Building A Global Operational Footprint On Good Values
I was inspired to open this company after having worked with the world’s largest multinationals on reputation management programs.
Sadie Kurzban: 305 Fitness– Fitness Made Fun
I started a business because I was tired of being miserable at the gym. As a young woman in college, my friends and I were all health (and self) conscious.
Jacqui Malpass: Jacqui Malpass– The Power Of Words To Heal
I knew from personal experience how dark thoughts could be transformed by putting pen to paper and how creating a book could ignite a brand, changing the authors life and business and so these concepts became a fusion for my brand.
Elyse Petersen: Tealet– Connecting Tea Growers And Tea Drinkers
We are a diverse team with one common goal: to create a bridge between tea growers and tea drinkers.
Debbie Sessions: Vintage Dancer– Specializing in Vintage Fashion
I came to the realization that I needed to find a career that was work from home friendly. Owning my own future seemed to be the only garantee I could get.
Helen Hogan: Sunset Financial Services– Protecting Families By Securing Financial Plans
I quickly realized that I could use my Project Management expertise to help people put together a financial plan for their own future.
Lisa Pearson: Plan Ahead Events Austin– Setting An Example For The Family
I had just wrapped up a graduate school program at the age of 42 and told myself I couldn’t settle for working for anyone else, but wanted and needed to challenge myself with this business.
Susie Hadas: Personally Cool– Makers of Coldfront, A New Category of Cold Therapy
We are changing people’s lives by providing a simple yet effective and elegant way of relieving heat, along with small aches and pains, without being tethered to a freezer.
Patricia Migliore: Roselight Studio– The Power of Creating Your Own Lifestyle
After a career as a corporate staff photographer, I decided to carve out my own business in event/portrait/wedding/theater photography in Central New Jersey to work on location.
Nadine Cino: Tyga-Box Systems– Best Plastic Moving Box
We started our company well before “green” was the “new black” back in 1991, after getting everything we deserved when we hired the low-priced mover.
Aruna Schwarz: Stelae Technologies Private– Software That Makes Content Conversion Easy
Stelae Technologies was born out of my experience as marketing director of a content management solutions vendor.
Koloud ‘Kay’ Tarapolsi: A Crafty Arab– Creating An Arabic Alphabet Animal Poster
My most important role model has been my mom. She is a strong Arab woman who raised a family while earning a PhD and has recently had to deal with the death of my father from cancer.
Rati Bahadur & Gayatri Khosla: Yatra Collection– A Respectful Nod To Hand-Craftsmanship And The Beauty Of India
The Yatra Collection is more than an artistic line of India-inspired apparel and accessories. Yatra is a story.