How To Believe In Your Idea (And Yourself) Even When Others Don’t By Megan Bruneau “The idea itself was absurd,” Zoe Sakoutis recalls as she tells the story of building the original cold-pressed juice brand on The Failure Factor podcast. She and her Earth & Star cofounder, Erica Huss, bootstrapped their first beverage business to a $26 million sale in just five years.…
3 Cold-Calling Secrets From Sara Blakely, Founder of Spanx By David Walter There’s a reason why Spanx founder Sara Blakely can teach us so much about cold calling, and it has nothing to do with how great she is at creating inventions. Before becoming an entrepreneur herself, she sold fax machines in Florida for seven years, where her insight into this specific…
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Meet The Skincare Founder Who Is Making Millions Converting Likes To Dollars By Lydia T. Blanco Some of the leading companies in the nation pride themselves on being formed in basements and in the kitchens of homes—tech companies, agencies, and beauty businesses alike. Britni M. Ricard, Founder and CEO of Cota Skin, prides herself on building her business acumen at a…
How to Start Investing By Sallie Krawcheck What is the best financial advice you’re not getting? It’s to invest. Okay, that was sort of a trick question, but it doesn’t make it any less true. People who keep their money in a standard savings or checking account and overlook investing have historically missed out on earning hundreds of thousands of dollars—for some women, millions of…
How You Can Penetrate New Markets By Leveraging An International Audience By Stephanie Burns Are you interested in growing your customer base? Are you creative? Resourceful? Multilingual? Gabrielle Breton proves that these skills and more can help you become a massive success in any industry. Breton founded her first company at the age of 20 in the fitness industry where she focused…
How This Hair Care Entrepreneur Teaches In Order To Sell Gillian Garcia launched her line of hair care products, Ju Poppin, in March 2020. As the pandemic set in, she (like a lot of other entrepreneurs) had to pivot to stay relevant. By Stephanie Burns When salon’s started closing down, Garcia decided to focus on teaching her clientele how to take…
Fashion Rebel Karla Gallardo on How to Start Your Own Business by Corinne Griffith Cole and reported by Jacqueline Dia WHAT SHE DID… In a world full of Zaras and H&Ms, 31-year-old Ecuadorian designer Karla Gallardo wants to create one-of-a-kind fashion. Her e-commerce brand, Cuyana, is an online dream for eco-conscious chicks who want a little style with their sustainability. Cuyana, Quechua for…
by Angela Priestley There’s a new unicorn in town and this time it covers a space that’s typically been underserved in the entrepreneurial and tech startup world: women’s and family health. This startup, Maven Clinic, was founded by Katherine Ryder in 2014, to offer an on-demand virtual clinic dedicated to women’s and family healthcare services, including pregnancy and postpartum care. It…
Someone at Nike looked at athlete Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in the storied history of American track and field, and told her to know her place. Felix made it clear that her “place” is wherever she wants it to be, including in the incredibly competitive footwear market.
