Black Women In Entrepreneurship: Sound Advice From The Front Lines In 2022 Fearless Fund CEO Arian Simone, the Social Educators Founder Glo Antanmo and fashion designer Nina Parker share a few insightful tips. By Ivory M. Jones There’s no shortage of obstacles that Black women can encounter on their path to entrepreneurial excellence. A lack of capital, support services and sometimes…
How This Tutoring Entrepreneur and Mom of 3 Brought in a Million Dollars in 5 Years Chelsea Arns set out to create a successful tutoring business, and by the fifth year, she hit her goal of bringing in a million dollars in revenue, all while raising three little ones. Here are her best tips for creating and succeeding in a business that ultimately works…
Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $7.2 Million Her Virtual Care Platform Aiming To Reverse The Autoimmune Epidemic WellTheory is a company on a mission to support those living with autoimmunity and, in turn, reverse the autoimmune epidemic, backed by $7.2 million seed funding round led by Accel, with participation from Box Group, Lux Capital, Scribble Ventures, Rock Health,…
The Sisters Creating Spirits Honoring 400 Years Of Mexican Heritage By Dr. Brittany Chambers While growing up in Washington State’s Yakima Valley, Rosalinda and Elizabeth Mendoza held dear to them the values their immigrant parents and grandparents taught them about farm work. The sisters witnessed these lessons first-hand by visiting rural Michoacán, Mexico, and seeing the diligence required by people…
Women Entrepreneurs of Color Share Biggest Business Hurdles Before you can succeed in business, you have to remind yourself who you are and that you deserve to be there. By Xintian Tina Wang More often than not, Black women entrepreneurs in America have felt the impact of their skin color acutely — and it’s not always a good feeling. In a recent…
Female Disruptors: Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek of Evvy On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry An Interview With Candice Georgiadis By Candice Georgiadis As a part of our series about women who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek. Priyanka is the co-founder & CEO of…
Women Business Owners, It’s Time to Honor Our Ambitions Here’s some powerful advice for new women entrepreneurs that want to fully honor their ambitions and reach their business goals. By Bianca B. King Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Ambitious isn’t a bad word, or is it? The gendered way many of us use language will ruffle a few feathers if…
True Grit Helped Stax Founder Suneera Madhani Achieve Unicorn Status By Geri Stengel This past March fintech Stax achieved unicorn status after raising $245 million. It also rose from sixth on the WPO’s 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies of 2021 list to third. The list ranks privately owned, women-led companies that have generated at least $500,000 in revenue in each of the past…
How Mompreneurs Are Winning It in the Startup World Some of the most successful entrepreneurs out there are moms — they have plenty of experience multitasking and working on tight deadlines. In fact, at least four out of every 10 new businesses are started by moms. By Lesley Pyle Moms are busy people. Between the kids, the household and the job,…
How Lunya’s Founder Structures Her Day For Maximum Productivity By Jessica Thomas Ashley Merrill of DTC darling Lunya made a name for her brand by rethinking sleepwear, but the founder quickly realized that the qualities of the pajamas she was making — comfortable and easy to wear, yet luxurious — were in short supply across all categories of clothing. So in the past 10 years of running…
