At the young age of 14 years old, Nina Devani of London was a witness to one of the most modern crimes of our current times. This crime was her father’s Facebook profile being hacked. The hacking had caused her father much visible stress at the time. So much so, that Nina felt a calling to fix the problem herself. She wanted to rid the world of easily forgotten passwords and hackers who take advantage of them, for good. Especially since her father wasn’t the best at remembering passwords at the time of the hacking.

So, she set to work, trying to obtain 10,000 in whatever way she could. Her dream was to create an app that would prompt you to remember your forgotten password in a way that didn’t give it away too easily for hackers to get their hands on. Of course, Nina didn’t want it to only be a dream but a reality.

At first it seemed like an impossible feat for such a young girl. Creating a password management software meant to protect against the dark corners of the internet. But she didn’t give up, Nina created a prototype called “Prompt Me Nina” that helped users remember not only their passwords but also their usernames in a way that didn’t give too much information. Soon Nina was able to catch the interest of private investors and achieved her goal of 10,000. What is impressive, is that Nina did all this while studying for school and getting very high grades! her company now goes by a new name: “DevaniSoft Ltd.” And has continued to protect many password forgetters around the world. She has saved many accounts and will probably continue to do so for years to come.

Nani continues her business to this day and has many other projects in the works as we speak!

Girl Entrepreneurs: Nina Devani – Girl Museum

Nadja Piatka didn’t always have the high life as a successful entrepreneur. After some heavy misfortunes in her life, leaving her as a single and unemployed parent, she wasn’t sure what to do in order to support her family. Then, after Nadja had to hide from an angry bill collector under a table in in the dining room, she knew she couldn’t let herself or her kids live this life anymore.

Putting her favorite hobby of baking to use after finding that no one would hire her, Nadja figured she could bake for a living. Nadja baked a lot but would always be worried about gaining weight from the foods she loved. So, she got to work with a 100$ investment and tried to make a low-fat muffin. Nadja researched and experimented with scientific methods of controlling blood sugar and implemented her findings into a special recipe. This was when the famous Cranberry-Orange muffin was created! At first, she started small by sending her recipes to small cafes and coffee shops. After that, the muffin’s popularity grew, as did her recipes. Soon she was selling her recipes to McDonalds Canada and became the CEO of her own company: Holista Foods USA.

Holista Foods is a company dedicated to finding and creating healthier food options to combat the epidemic of obesity and high blood sugar levels. Creating low glycemic foods, they hope to battle obesity around the world with many newer recipes such as: low glycemic pasta noodles, low glycemic bread and low-fat brownies. They have also expanded to not only be suppliers of McDonalds but also Subway, Costanzo’s Bakery, and many more.

Nadja has come so far from where she started. She has even become a well-known author and has received many rewards and nominations in both the U.S and Canada.

Sources:

(5) Nadja Piatka – Inspirational Entrepreneur & International Food Supplier – YouTube

Holista Foods – Holista Foods

Nadja Piatka – Founder of Holista Foods USA (ideamensch.com)

(5) Nadja Piatka: Guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show – YouTuben