…says, should be “starting small to meet the [financial] needs of their communities,” while ensuring them “safe, quality medicinal access” to cannabis, before they “springboard into an enterprise model, or…
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Opening the Eyes of High School Graduates
Through her social enterprise, Global Citizen Year, Abigail Falik hopes to train the next generation of leaders….
This Woman-Run Resource for Working Parents Just Got a $27.5 Million Cash Infusion
…by New Enterprise Associates and included investors such as Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. This comes in addition to raising $10.5 million in Series A funding…
Culture Shock Sparked This Fashion Entrepreneur’s Global Success
…is not a luxury — it’s a matter of principle, and one more way to better the lives of women through her enterprise. “I’m not destroying family life,” she says….
Tiffany Robinson: CHAOS Rewards
…sales of gift card to businesses in the CHAOS Rewards network. How do you define success? We at CHAOS Rewards will have achieved success in this enterprise when we have…
She’s Empowering Women Through Microfinance and Seamless Underwear
Renata Black is the founder of EBY, a social enterprise making seamless underwear and lifting women out of poverty….
This Young Female Entrepreneur Aims to Modernize – and Personalize – U.K. Real Estate
…left Google in 2013 to get to work on her own startup idea. After she developed a plan and secured funding through Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, a U.K. program that…
Creating a Billion Dollar Dream
…that Latina-owned business contribute to America’s economy each year. In fact, Hispanic-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of American enterprise, with Latina entrepreneurs leading the way by starting companies…
A Puerto Rican Founder Relies on Grit to Build a Successful Startup
…of twins, triplets or, simply, multiple children. Today, her company is a substantial and growing enterprise. She employs 25 people, not including independent contractors, and Stuff 4 Multiples is expected…
Bozoma Saint John is Now Officially a Queen
…for much of her childhood. It is granted in recognition of an individual’s demonstrated courage and intelligence, Akwasi Agyeman of the Ghana Tourism Authority told Black Enterprise. He added that…
The Independent Life – Judi Townsend
…discussed her former husband’s departure from the company and the energy new employees brought to the enterprise. But when we asked Townsend how entrepreneurship itself has enriched her life, she…
Elevating Millennial Women in the Workplace
Caroline Ghosn of Levo League talks to Claudia Chan about trying to help young women launch their careers. With a passion for social entrepreneurship, Caroline Ghosn co-founded Levo League with…
A Surprising Path Out of Domestic Abuse: Entrepreneurship
…coming to us.” In addition to food, the farm grows flowers, which it sells locally. Residents may choose to work in the flower business or in a separate enterprise that…
A Champion for Makers Reports Sales Spike, But Still Worries About Amazon
…in the USA or made sustainably or if it’s a social enterprise. And then we do produce original media—video, copy and campaigns. And really stick with these companies. TEXT: After…
A Nigerian Entrepreneur Teaches Women to Farm and Grow in Self-Confidence
…champion for Women’s Economic Empowerment. [Related: Meet 7 Female Founders Taking #MeToo and #TimesUp to the Next Level] Learning to Farm Beau Haven Farms, a for-profit enterprise, is part of…