Ellyn Ito has always been passionate about helping others. From a young age she became involved with non-profit organizations that focused on at-risk women and girls. Around 2009 she found…
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She’s Created a Socially Responsible & Eco-Friendly Marketplace
…myriad of resources: an at-a-glance graphics for customers to assess a product’s footprint, glossaries and articles to dig deeper into understanding the complexities of our need for products and their…
3 Tips for How to Be the Arya Stark of Your Company
…experts and owners say. [Related: 5 Women Who Lead Authentically, On Purpose, Every Day] 1. Self-assurance First and foremost, take-charge women like Arya Stark need confidence — after all, it…
Kim Anthony of Fitness Galore: Creating a Virtual Fitness Community
…and didn’t know the first thing about developing one. All I knew is that I needed it done and hiring a web designer was not in my budget at that…
The Passionate & Purposeful
The Story Exchange presents “The Passionate & Purposeful,” our 2017 list of stand-out women entrepreneurs who have turned their passions and desires for purpose beyond themselves into successful, impactful organizations….
Building Schools and Futures in Central America
…she was flagging, and huge personal loss had her questioning the purpose and course of her life. “I lost a brother and both of my parents in two and a…
MacKenzie Bezos Pledged Half Her Fortune to Charity Before Her Ex Did. We Weren’t Surprised
…(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) This will make a difference. MacKenzie Bezos, author and now-ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, became one of the richest women in the world thanks to a…
She’s Providing First Class Services to Seniors in the African American Community
…placed in affluent communities where resources and funding donors are available to sponsor, build and sustain programs and services for those who are already tapped into community based resources and…
Yetunde Macaulay: Extracurricular Activities to Aid Success
…work with a number of young, certified and experienced teachers, mentors, counselors and administrators to run the affairs of MyDreamConnect. Related: Read about another Education & Training entrepreneur here. How…
How to Retire From Your Mission-Based Baby
…and anything that was creative. TEXT: Steffanie studied art at Northern Arizona University. After graduation she began a career as a graphic designer. In 1998 she moved to Seattle. Steffanie:…
Your Job Ad is Not a Hamburger
…this: Writing a job ad is like making a hamburger. The meat is a list of job duties that you probably have lying around already, and the bun is an…
The Independent Life – Vivien Francis
…in life and a rocky divorce after 12 years of marriage, and says she found solace time and again in “positive expressions.” “For much of my life, I have been…
Combining Cold Facts and a Warm Heart to Empower African Women
…whole new audience. A Purpose in Caring for — and Empowering — Women Wamina’s approach involves finding donors who buy and donate reusable sanitary pads to orphanages and other local…
Tamra Ryan: Ending the Cycle of Poverty
…challenge and how you have addressed it? We are challenged to find a balance between our business and our mission. We are a consumer packaged goods company and a human…
Ep.22: Horse Business
…through a group called the California Rangers. CHELSEA: They are an organization that was basically set up as a, almost a militant-style drill team for youth that are interested in…