This Spice Dealer Is Redefining What “Made in South Asia” Means Diaspora Co. founder and CEO Sana Javeri Kadri is creating a more equitable spice trade — and the beauty industry should take notes. By Taylore Glynn Sana Javeri Kadri and I have been speaking for approximately three seconds before she starts hyping other people up. She’s also bleeding. “I was stupid.…
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,…
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…
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…
6 Lessons In Building A Successful Company From Nicci Levi By Megan Bruneau Nicci Levy has one of those stories that will inspire even the most discouraged entrepreneur: In middle school, she tried out for every team and didn’t make a single one. Unfazed, she joined the only team with no tryouts: cross country track. In her mid-thirties, with no…
Mia Ray Of Glam-Aholic Lifestyle Brand On 4 Ways To Exceed Sales Expectations By Pauleanna Reid “No paid influencers, no running ads, no viral moments. Just me … and you.” This note shared by Mia Ray to her Instagram followers in July illustrates the secret behind the Glam-Aholic Lifestyle brand’s unprecedented success. Armed with her love for fashion, her phone, and some…
How Carly Bigi Is Using AI to Eliminate Fashion Waste Problems By Amanda Breen It’s mid-July, and the yacht on the Hudson is called Praying for Overtime — an apt name for the boat hosting the Laws of Motion event, where founder Carly Bigi and her crew’s passion for beautiful, perfect-fitting clothing bubbles up alongside the Aperol spritzes at the bar. Bigi herself wears a vibrant…
How Greenberg Fosters Psychological Safety By Pauleanna Reid With 220 million meetings conducted each year, there is no doubt that it is an essential forum for exchanging information, building relationships and enabling collaboration in business. However, as essential as meetings appear to be to our professional lives, not all of them are as productive, impactful or collaborative as we intend. While the…
This Founder Developed A Device To Tackle Surface Germs Amid Covid By Monica Haider What started as grief over a friend’s staph infection that rapidly led to an emergency room visit and the friend’s untimely death turned into brainstorming and a new perspective on germs, healthcare and innovation by Debra Vanderhoff. The infection that gripped Vanderhoff’s friend had taken her…
Lemontree: This Founder Is Using Tech & Hospitality To Fight Food Insecurity By Shannon Farley During the pandemic, hunger in the U.S. spiked. 1 in 7 Americans experienced food insecurity in 2020, compared to 1 in 9 in 2019 (Feeding America). Covid-19 exposed glaring gaps in our social safety nets, and they still exist over two years into the pandemic.…
