How This Founder Saw An Opportunity To Start A Company During The Pandemic Rashida Gayle, founder of Twenty Six Marketing Agency, has utilized her network and prior experience to turn a downsize into an opportunity. Through her six-plus years in the sports industry, mainly managing NFL players, she has developed relationships and strategies that have allowed her to maximize clients’…
Why The Founder Of ‘30 Under 30’ Fashion Startup Choosy Believes Reinvention Is Critical Can a startup be considered both a fashion company and a tech company? In the case of Choosy, that’s a resounding ‘yes.’ The brand that leverages artificial intelligence to identify fashion trends first launched in 2018, and has revolutionized the way women’s clothing is manufactured by…
When Lola cofounders Alexandra Friedman and Jordana Kier first started talking to Walmart about a potential retail partnership for their feminine care products company over a year ago, the world looked very different. Consumers weren’t hoarding toilet paper, companies across the U.S. weren’t working from home, and Friedman and Kier could dream of walking into a brick-and-mortar store and seeing…
Mental and physical health is incredibly important during this time of social distancing. Once shelter-in-place was enacted, fitness studios across the nation closed immediately. For small business owners, the pressure is high. With high rents in big cities and staff to pay, owners have shifted to their digital communities to continue classes and promote health and wellness. Forbes spoke with Burn CEO…
The rise of influencer culture has transformed the ways in which we interact with, and gain insight into, the lives of those we admire. As such, influencer followership can and does grow into the millions. An influencer’s appeal is largely linked to the high level of transparency that they provide on their platforms; a degree of authenticity that was not…
GC4W Entrepreneurship Program Cohort 2 Concludes at The Wing The Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W) created the GC4W Entrepreneurship Program to support founders in transforming their business and developing their business ideas. The 12 entrepreneurs of our second cohort embarked on their educational journey as the program guided them through engaging in-person lessons. The second cohort of the program,…
With many retailers currently forced to rethink their physical spaces, The Clear Cut is successfully sustaining its business via social media, online communication tools like FaceTime, and on the strength of its direct-to-consumer concierge approach. Let’s get something clear: its remote approach to selling is not the result of the new retail landscape presented by COVID-19. In fact, The Clear…
As the country navigates uncertainty and more companies apply work-at-home options for their employees, a new normal unveils. For many people, work-at-home is new territory and requires a shift in mindset. Working from home isn’t a new concept and presents new opportunities for individuals to excel. Chloe Urquhart, founder of Hart Media, a full-service social media and influencer marketing agency, leveraged…
Celebrity piercer, jewelry designer and creator of the curated-ear phenomenon, Maria has learnt the key to success is persistence, innovative thinking and doing what you love. Defining career moment? “It’s not any one moment. It’s really about doing cumulative good work in developing a solid and unique product and service. In my case, it was over the course of many…
If there was ever a time to spotlight Andrea Lisbona, Women’s History Month during the time of coronavirus is it. When Lisbona launched Touchland in 2019, she never could have guessed that hand sanitizer would soon become the most sought-after product in the world. With the recent coronavirus hit, the hand sanitizer began disappearing from store shelves and has had one of the…
