Amanda Bauer-Frisch is the CEO of Small Legacies. (Credit: Courtesy of Small Legacies) When Amanda Bauer-Frisch’s husband unexpectedly passed away in 2017 while she was pregnant with her second son,…
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She Created an Organic Sunscreen for Black and Brown Kids
Dalaise Hickey, founder of BabyDonna. (Credit: Courtesy of BabyDonna) Dalaise Hickey’s entrepreneurial journey was inspired by significant loss. Over the past few years, several close female relatives of Hickey’s passed…
Thea Myhrvold: IB Smart
Your Name: Thea Myhrvold Business Name: IB Smart Type of Business: Education and Technology Business Location: United Arab Emirates Website www.ibsmartapp.com Twitter @IBSMARTapp Facebook www.facebook.com/IBSMARTapp Reason for starting Helping others…
She Loves Creating Products to Accompany Baby’s Developments
Los Angeles, California-based mompreneur Maya Shalev has always loved problem solving and creating products that accompany each new stage of a baby’s growth and development. Her latest product is Grabease,…
Maya Rowencak: Maya’s Hope Foundation
Your Name: Maya Rowencak Business Name: Maya’s Hope Foundation, an organization that sends financial aid to orphanages around the world Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: New York, New…
The Women Behind Elf on a Shelf
It’s becoming hard to miss “Elf on the Shelf.” The popular toy, now a balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, is popping up on store shelves, inspiring Pinterest boards…
Danielle Gletow: One Simple Wish
Your Name: Danielle Gletow Business Name: One Simple Wish, a program that grants wishes to foster children Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: Trenton, New Jersey, United States Website…
Three Reasons Your Business Needs Good Design
…to grow from there somehow,” Feola says. Brainstorm makes prints, posters, totes, beanies, wrapping paper and home goods like glasses and mugs. The duo still values face-to-face interactions, attending craft…
They Wanted To Build An Affordable Spa For Everyone
…of the Curve with Compostable Home Goods What is your top challenge and how have you addressed it? The evolving repercussions of the pandemic have been the most problematic. We…
Walmart: Future Feminist Icon?
…where someone called investment in women’s empowerment a global stimulus package. There’s some truth in that. And so we’ve made some commitments about how we source goods, what we expect…
Nasreen Sheikh: Empowering Disadvantaged Women in Nepal
…handicraft skills. I was a child laborer in a sweat shop producing goods for export for a few years. My family started to arrange my marriage when I was around…
Laurin Hodge: Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Re-Enter the Workforce
…a program that works and allows women to sell goods on the open market (online via eBay and Poshmark); however, when we cannot ensure a base income, women are often…
Motherly Instincts Inspire Startups
…diapers, home cleaners and body washes she found it “challenging” to put together a safe assortment of goods, leading her to start Honest.com. Alba is not alone in finding business…
Small (Business) is the New Big
…consumers find specific goods at nearby locations (which was recently acquired by eBay), delves into the facts and figures behind the annual holiday’s benefits. It was discovered, for example, that…
5 Crowdfunders to Watch – Creature Comforts
…also go toward paying the cover artist, in addition to postage and packaging. 3. Protein-Packed Baked Goods (via Kickstarter) The Business: Andréa’s Protein Cakery, run by Andréa Marchese, creates all-natural,…