Oprah Winfrey is definitely not what you would think of to be a typical entrepreneur. She doesn’t have just one great company or show. Oprah’s first big gig was her being on the local black radio station. The managers of the station were very impressed with her oration and passion on the station, which allowed her to be able to make her way up through the rankings of the radio station and than also allowing her to be able to make it onto bigger radio stations. Her appearance on the radio stations has definitely helped her career explode as a entrepreneur. She has been able to successfully build her own TV show called The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah is also the chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions. Harpo productions is a multi media production company that Oprah has created as a subsidiary of her entertainment and media company Harpo Inc.
Personally, I think that Oprah Winfrey has one of the greatest 
rags-to-riches stories. She had a very rough upbringing, her mother was an unmarried teen who was a housemaid which as you can imagine did not pay very well at all. She lived in such extreme poverty that she was bullied in school because she wore potato bags for her clothing because that is all that she had access to. Now Opera has a net worth of over $3 billion, she is the richest african-american of the 21st century, and she is arguably one of the many influential women in the world.
Oprah is also a very big influence with her journey with the Weight Watchers program. Once she was diagnosed with pre-diabetes she really started to take action on her weight loss journey. Through her journey not only was she able to be a great influence to many women throughout the world but she was also able to influence many of the entrepreneurial minded women because she was taking care of herself and she was still able to work on her career and her businesses.
Many people do not view Opera as an entrepreneur but she is a boss of her own life and she has been able to do many things for all of the companies, organizations, and shows/radio stations that she has worked with and for.
Sofia had first found the inspiration for her company when she had witnessed her older cousin put her phone in her boot because she didn’t have any pockets in her leggings to hold it. Since her cousin was older and was an influence to Sofia, she decided she would follow her footsteps and try it out too. As you would imagine it was very uncomfortable. Ever since that day when Sofia was only 11 years old, she has wanted to make life easier for active kids and better for kids in need.
to be able to hold their epi-pen or inhalers. In todays day and age where there is a large part of the population that have a multitude of allergies that can be a matter of life or death if they come in contact with their allergen.
Lily is a young entrepreneur that saw a need and filled it to the best of her abilities. Her grandfather was struggling with Parkinson’s disease and she began to notice that every time he went to take a drink he would always be spilling the beverage. Lily raised a little over $6,000 on Kickstarter to put it into production and the startup of her idea. She developed a three-legged cup so that the chances of being able to spill the beverage significantly decreased.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects the movement of the body. This disease can be very aggressive and progress quickly or it could be a mild case and take 15-20 to be to a point of immobility. The people that live with this disease struggle with every little thing that they do and Lily’s cup is eliminating one of those struggles. With her design, it is easier for someone to be able to less carefully place something down on a table and not have to worry about the beverage spilling. With her product, Lily is also spreading awareness of Parkinson’s disease and showing people that there are ways to make life a little easier for those that are battling the disease.
