At 16 years old, most of us were focused on getting our driver’s license or hanging out with friends—but Kaitlin Kao was starting her first business. As a junior in high school, she started selling secondhand clothing online with Poshmark and quickly realized her...
When women business owners think of advocacy, things like increased access to capital, tax incentives or procurement opportunities might come to mind. But for Florida’s Felicia Wright, The CROWN Act, which stands for Create a Respectful and Open World For Natural Hair...
Oftentimes, a successful entrepreneur is first a problem-solver. They see a need within the marketplace and bring a solution that fits. That’s exactly the case with Erin McCune. After a family emergency revealed a huge need in the estate planning industry, she...
Anne Staines didn’t start out with dreams of owning her own business. In fact, her parents were business owners and Anne often watched them struggle—forced to borrow against their home to make payroll or to pay taxes. “I thought I didn’t want to live that way,” she...
A Son’s Health Struggles Lead to Advocacy and Several Business Firsts NAWBO Kentucky’s Adriane PolyniakSometimes you have to help yourself to be able to help others, and for Adriane Polyniak, a member of NAWBO Kentucky and executive director of Bluegrass Hemp...
Here’s Where Degrees in Theology and History Converge Julie Bogart can offer you an education in more ways than one. For starters, her company Brave Writer can teach you smart and entertaining ways to homeschool your children. Just ask the hundreds of thousands of...
Jinah Kim-Perek, principal and executive producer of WorldWise Productions, LLC, knows how to tell a compelling story—no matter the lens. This NAWBO member knew early on that she wanted to pursue journalism, working for her high school newspaper and then the Daily...
One Young Woman Turns a Passion for Art Into a Thriving Sticker Business Growing up on a farm in Aurora, Oregon, Karly Bierma and her two sisters were introduced to art early on by their mom, who is a florist. They’d finger paint, draw with chalk and mold Play-Doh....
“When life gave me lemons, I turned them into superstar lemon bars and literacy.” —Renate Moore Renate Moore’s passion for food and cooking started early on in her family kitchen in British Guiana (now Guyana) in South America. Renate’s working mom loved to cook and...
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