…to be the driving factor behind consumer trends. Companies started by women tend to have insight into what women consumers want, and many of them become highly successful by leveraging…
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On Supporting Black Women Entrepreneurs Beyond Black History Month
…Part of supporting Black-women-owned businesses means being an “ongoing, conscious consumer,” she says – and that’s gotten a lot easier, thanks to technology. For starters, to find a Black-woman-owned brand,…
Long Before Plastic Bag Bans, She Made the Original Eco-Friendly Sack
…a time.”). Her goal was to produce responsibly made cloth shopping bags that consumers could reuse. The challenge: It was 1989. George Bush Senior had just been elected. Bottled water…
Momtrepreneur Brings Jobs Back To US
…she prefers working with US factories. “There are things about use and consumer preferences that are obvious to US factory managers that would not be obvious to Chinese factory managers,”…
Stacy Rybchin: My Secret Luxury– Launching A Business In The Sex Toy Industry
…after only 5 months in business. What is your top challenge and how have you addressed it? Educating the consumer about the difference between high quality toys and regular cheap…
Singapore Dispatch: Anna Gong, the Turnaround Girl
…mainly due to high smartphone penetration in this region. The B2C [business-to-consumer] app was novel, and it made sense and brought value to many merchants and consumers. Over the course…
Meet the Men Who Invest in Women Entrepreneurs
…early-stage firm Lightspeed Venture Partners. During the past 5 years, he has put $178 million to work in companies founded by female entrepreneurs, most consumer-facing companies. Some 30 percent of…
She’s Got Everything You Need to Stay Healthy, All in 1 Online Shop
…you learn more from your consumer. When we initially launched, we were told consumers didn’t understand functional food and we should just market as healthy and use claims that every…
This Fintech Entrepreneur Is Banking on Disaster. Literally.
…the student loan market. A lot of families right now don’t really do the calculation of, “Does this make actual economic sense as a consumer, to spend $200,000 on a…
Hallie Rich: alternaVites
…that is something we are continuing to work on. Biggest Success I think our biggest success has been the overall response to the products. On the consumer side, it has…
Laura Garrett: Ondecision– Complicated Decision Making, Simplified
…“it depends” for me to wrap my head around. I had learned about a consumer preference measurement technique back in business school and thought, “I sure wish I could use…
Dog Food So Good You Could Eat It…Literally
…investors, including Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford, the owners of Clif Bar, and Alliance Consumer Growth, a private equity firm in New York, although she and her husband, Charlie, are…
Annie Tevelin of SkinOwl: Skincare With Real Results
…Los Angeles, California, U.S. Reason for starting: I am a consumer. I struggled for years with skin issues and after countless visits to dermatologists and tons of money thrown into…
Today’s Dose of Inspiration: Sarah Jessica Parker
…she’s launching a new shoe brand with Manolo Blahnik for Nordstrom retailers, which tries to take into account the mid-range consumer, or someone for whom a pair of luxury shoes…
She Quit Her Dead-End Job to Start the Company of Her Dreams
…Millennial Consumer How do you find inspiration on your darkest days? I try to be grateful for the simple things. As long as I have my dog, my family, my…