She Built A $350 Million Cannabis Edibles Empire By Will Yakowicz On a recent Saturday morning, Nancy Whiteman found herself stoned in a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket. Whiteman, 64, who cofounded the Boulder-based cannabis edibles company Wana Brands in 2010, was testing a new gummy her company had developed, and her product team asked her to identify what effects it had…
Rhode And Tower 28 Beauty Donate To Female Founders By Gabby Shacknai Amy Liu was going about her usual Friday business and gearing up for the weekend ahead when suddenly, she received some bad news: Silicon Valley Bank, the financial institution which held all of her company’s money, had collapsed. “It was pretty alarming,” the Tower 28 Beauty founder and…
The Pilates Class Opens Its First In-Person Fitness Studio By Yola Robert While there has been a continuous rise in online fitness communities worldwide, those communities also have the desire to work out together in person. Celebrity Pilates Instructor, Jacqui Kingswell and entrepreneur and global Influencer, Natasha Oakley, started The Pilates Class in 2021 as an online fitness studio. What was meant to be…
The Secrets To Financial Success For Women Entrepreneurs By Melissa Houston According to research, women-owned businesses are growing faster and generating more revenue than the overall rate of new business creation. However, despite the bright spotlights shining on female entrepreneurs, there still needs to be an inequality regarding shared access to capital, mentorship, and other essential ingredients of success. It’s…
Suneera Madhani Wants To Teach Women To Build Businesses With CEO School By Rebecca Suhrawardi Suneera Madhani and I are on a video interview. She’s coming off a couple of weeks of travel which included attending The White House’s Eid Dinner hosted by the President and Vice-President. We’re bonding over our choice of attire for the call–sweatshirts. Except hers is…
As Turkish Founder Gamze Cizreli Takes Her Company Public, Earthquake Relief Efforts Are Still Front Of Mind By Maggie McGrath In 2007, Turkish entrepreneur Gamze Cizreli was starting over from a divorce and in search of funding to start a new business. She’d run a successful cafe in Ankara in the 1990’s and was ready to build a bigger hospitality…
‘The Best Advice My Mother Gave Me,’ From 10 Top Female Entrepreneurs By MeiMei Fox “The most important thing parents can do is to believe in their child,” says Margot Machol Bisnow, author of Raising an Entrepreneur: 99 Stories from Families Who Did. “Parents tell me that of course they believe in their child. But actually, they don’t. They love them, they…
5 Strategies For Building Wealth As A Business Owner By Melissa Houston As a business owner, you have a unique opportunity to build wealth and secure your financial future. However, with so many competing priorities, figuring out where to begin can take time. Building wealth as a business owner requires a strategic approach and a commitment to action. Achieving financial…
Zarna Gard On Switching Careers, Storytelling, Strategy, And Success By Jia Wertz After being a stay-at-home mom for 16 years, all the while knowing she wanted to do more, Zarna Garg was pushed to try stand-up comedy by her children. Her daughter recognized that she had a real talent, one that she herself didn’t even consider. But with the encouragement…
Tips Black Women Business Owners Have for Black Female Entrepreneurs Black female entrepreneurs are leading the way in starting businesses, and the right advice and resources are key to their continued success. By Simone Johnson Black women in America share a unique experience as business owners because of the struggles they face, rooted in both systemic sexism and racism, often…
