Your Name: Margaret Kadi Business Name: Project Sierra Leone, an ethically made fashion accessories company Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone Website http://www.projectsierraleone.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com/projectsalone Facebook…
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Mary Mitchell: Made & Told
Your Name: Mary Mitchell Business Name: Made & Told Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: United Kingdom Reason for starting Made and Told was founded in September 2012. We…
Her Fashion Brand Empowers Women in Guatemala. Now, She’s Fighting for Change at U.S. Border
Enough is enough. For the past 15 years, Ruth Álvarez-DeGolia of Brooklyn, N.Y., has run Mercado Global, a social enterprise that connects women artisans in Guatemala with international fashion retailers…
Dawniel P. Winningham: National Day of Sisterhood
Your Name: Dawniel P Winningham Business Name: National Day of Sisterhood, an online dedication for the National Day of Sisterhood Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: United States Website…
Rita Kale: MoneyChat India
Your Name: Rita Kale Business Name: MoneyChat India, an online service to guide entrepreneurial women Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: Maharashtra, India Website www.moneychat.in Twitter @moneychat_india Facebook www.facebook.com/moneychat.in…
Gauri Singh: The Maids’ Company- Helping Women Get to Work
Your Name: Gauri Singh Business Name: The Maids’ Company, a domestic housekeeping service Type of Business: Social Enterprise Business Location: Haryana, India Website www.themaidscompany.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Maids-Company/ Reason for Starting As…
An Immigrant Founder Uses Food to Lift Up Her Latino Community
…to move her kitchen out of the basement. Funegra is the founder of La Cocina VA, a social enterprise that helps unemployed Latino immigrants find jobs in the food industry…
Women’s Stories Reveal the Richness of Female Entrepreneurship
…by this idea, in 2006, she founded Open Books Ltd., a social enterprise that collects donated books and sells them to fund or uses them for its literacy programs. But…
Carrie Miller: Our Home Transitional
Your Name: Carrie Miller Business Name: Our Home Transitional, a resource and assistance service for homeless single female veterans Type of Business: Social Enterprise/Nonprofit for female veterans Business Location: Detroit,…
‘Use Your Life Experience to Do Something Great’
…how difficult losing sleep can be. Just before starting up, the former product manager and social enterprise founder was going through menopause, as well as dealing with a thyroid issue….
She Started an Initiative to Help Women in Domestic Violence Shelters — It Grew Into A Sustainable Apparel Business
…have donated so far and continuing to grow her eco-friendly social enterprise. Santell’s story, as told to The Story Exchange 1,000+ Stories Project: A few years back I leared that…
Meet 10 Young Women to Watch in 2014
…online scheduling, and Ann-Erica Whitemarsh, whose social enterprise, Rascal Rodeo, allows special-needs people an opportunity to enjoy rodeos. Elizabeth Rees of Chasing Paper has invented a new type of removable…
How 4 Women Entrepreneurs Saved ‘6 Months of Errors’ and Scaled Their Businesses
…since evolved. “We’re now more focused on social mobility,” she explains, pointing out that people are often judged in job interviews and other social settings by the health and attractiveness…
Deborah Joyce Mitchell of Deborah Joyce Mitchell Media Associates: A TV Production Pro Enters the Field of Social Media Management
…Mom is very happy now! [box_light]Website www.deborahmitchellmediaassociates.com Twitter @SocialTVDeb Facebook www.facebook.com/DeborahMitchellMedia Tumblr socialtvdeb.tumblr.com Pinterest www.pinterest.com/socialtvdeb[/box_light] Tell us your story! Read about another design entrepreneur here Edited by The Story Exchange…
4 Social Media Trends for Connecting With Customers During Coronavirus
From Instagram to newer social platforms like TikTok, here’s the latest on social media marketing….