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…
By Anne Shoemaker Plenty of successful business women struggle to consistently maintain their confidence. They feel self-assured in one situation, then doubt themselves in another. They are the best version of themselves on Monday, then on Tuesday, they find themselves overcoming impostor syndrome. How can you claim your identity as a confident business woman and avoid this up-and-down cycle? There is more…
“Can you see my underwear?” It’s a question every woman has asked her friends at some point—one that Sara Blakely, billionaire, founder, and sole owner of shapewear empire, SPANX®, turned into a billion-dollar solution. As a matter of fact, in 2012, Forbes named Blakely as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire. While it’s difficult to imagine the funny, vibrant, smart, and candid entrepreneur destined…
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…
Discover valuable personal character traits that will set you apart as a leader. BY CHRISTINA-LAUREN POLLACK If there’s one iconic symbol of feminine power that most businesswomen can relate to, it’s Wonder Woman. Not only is she strong, perseverant and determined to make a positive mark on the world, but she also embodies other qualities that make her a true role model…
This Black Founder Was Gaslit By Her Doctor During Pregnancy. The Experience Drove Her to Create a Community for Expectant Moms. Here are three lessons Nathalie Walton has learned while building her groundbreaking app, Expectful. BY MITA MALLICK After I gave birth to my son Jay, one of the most unexpected and biggest struggles I faced was breastfeeding. In my experience, no…
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…
Support Is The Work-Life Balance Women Need By Sheffy Kolade When “work-life balance” first appeared in use, it was in the ’80s as part of the Women’s Liberation Movement, advocating flexible schedules and maternity leaves for women. But the concept precedes the liberation movement all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. Workers averaged about 100 hours per work week, and…