4 Tips for Aspiring Women Business Owners Despite decades of corporate diversity efforts, change has come slowly. Women still hold just 25 percent of five critical C-suite positions in the nation’s 1,000 largest corporations, and the problem persists far beyond that. The drop-off of women in leadership starts with the first promotion to management, where a woman is 18 percent less likely to…
How This Female Founder Opened America’s First LGBTQ-Friendly Gym By: Nathalie Huerta I played college basketball for Dominican University of California, so fitness was always part of my life. But when I stopped playing, I gained 70 pounds. I went from a college athlete to weighing 250 pounds by graduation. I had no idea what I wanted to do with…
Ada Rojas On Catapulting Botánika Beauty To Instant Success Ada Rojas always wanted to be the boss. Growing up she often spent her nights accompanying her mother to her job cleaning office buildings, and immediately began to imagine herself in a position of power. After studying marketing and public relations in college, Rojas used her platform as a successful beauty…
Brooklinen’s Founder On How She Disrupted An Industry And Successfully Pivoted Her Career These days, most people are spending a bit more time at home, and in doing so, paying more attention to their surroundings. Personal sanctuaries have become much more of a focus, and consumers are narrowing in on the most personal place that exists within the home –…
I’m a Black Entrepreneur, Mom, and Wife. This is My Reality. Nyakio Grieco is the founder of nyakio Beauty (pronounced Neh-Kay-Oh), an award-winning skin-care brand that has been leading the clean beauty movement since 2002. This past month, Grieco fulfilled her lifelong dream of launching online at Target, only to face a profoundly challenging three months. This story was edited for length and clarity. Friday…
By Tamara Pridgett It’s no secret that health and wellness has an inclusivity problem. As a result, Black women are taking action and creating platforms — communities where they can feel safe and comfortable as they focus on their physical and mental health, like Black Girls Breathing. “Black Girls Breathing makes space for Black women to actively take care of their…
How This Entrepreneur Makes Six Figures As A Freelancer Here’s the real American dream: you can work from anywhere in the world (this laptop has lived a good, adventurous life), you get to make your own schedule, you’re always working with new clients, you’re your own boss, oh, yeah – and you aren’t strapped for cash, either! Isn’t that what…
Fashion Editor Esther Lee Leach: Community And Content Are King Building a brand online is no easy feat. While ease of accessibility to all the elements of starting a business, such as building a website, product availability, payment gateways, etc. make it seem simple, the truth of the matter is that it’s a very crowded space, making it quite difficult…
Black Girl Sunscreen Secures $1 Million From Female Investor Amid COVID-19 This month, Black Girl Sunscreen (BGS) secured a $1 million dollar investment from a private female funding source. Despite double minority-owned businesses typically having the most challenging time raising capital, BGS achieved this milestone with one single anchor product. Currently, BGS is the only indie black-owned brand carried full…
Women pay $15 per month to become a Tia member and have access to unlimited messaging with the care team. Once a member, women can use their health insurance for same-day appointments with an in-house gynecologist, primary care provider, acupuncturist and licensed clinical therapist.
