With so many talented women founding companies, there are innumerable stories of female entrepreneurs creating a business or product out of thin air. But, because March is Women’s History Month, we’re happy to highlight and celebrate just a few of thes
In San Francisco, Michael is surrounded by a team of people who believe in his mission. At Kit HQ, 25 people work tirelessly, fuelled by Michael’s enthusiasm, to build upon his brainchild: avirtual assistant appthat gives time back to busy entrepreneurs. In the not-so-distant past, he ...
Nakavuma Mercy directs CLD’s Thread of Life empowerment program for single moms in Kampala’s Katanga slum. We met Patricia at Bless a Child, which serves cancer-stricken kids in Kampala, and Moses, who’s opening a second site in Gulu. We met young entrepreneurs Charles Mugabi and Richar...
“I’ve thought of myself as giving voice to people who normally don’t have a voice,” said Doll, a fine arts professor atCreighton University, where he holds the Charles and Mary Heider endowed Jesuit Chair. “My work has generally been about other cultures — about how other people li...
Having received funding from TOM Group under Cheung Kong and Hutchison, Malaysian sovereign fund and Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, WeLab is said to have become a unicorn (a startup company of less than 10 years with a value of over UDS 1 billion) in merely 5 years. The company made its way...
Brilliant Business Moms was initially a neighborhood begun by Beth Anne and her sibling. They had a podcast series where they were talking to one mompreneur weekly. Then, when they did a study of their audience to inquire for their greatest obstacle, their neighborhood requested for some method...
It reminds me of where I come from, and it’s nice because we’re on Turtle Island and it’s our last name. What are some of the strongest relationships in your life? What makes them strong?I got really close with my Aunty who started Urban Butterflies. She actually passed the ...
I don’t care who had the first fast-food restaurant in the world! Other entrepreneurs saw the idea and thought of unique ways for customers to experience quick & easy dining. If someone is doing something that you like and you can find ways to revitalize the idea and make it feasible,...
encounter with a hard, fast ball was when I was 6 years old. I was playing, hanging out with other kids in a rec center where parents dumped their kids while they went to the Piggly Wiggly or who knows what. This was the ‘50s; I’m sure the stay-home moms needed some time ...
She was the best of moms to three daughters, a hard working wife and partner on a small mixed farm in southern Saskatchewan and someone who found joy in the everyday of life. She had so manysayings that we carried with us into adulthood and now our children carry into theirs and so it...