Archive for Women Entrepreneurs – Page 10

Jasmine Crowe: Goodr

Posted by lewiscm18

· Sunday, September 13th, 2020

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Jasmine Crowe is a female entrepreneur who uses her innovation and knowledge to make a huge impact on the food supply chain and hunger in America. In 2017, Jasmine founded Goodr, a food logistics company that takes excess food from large conference centers, airports, and companies, and redistributes it to people who struggle with poverty-related hunger. According to Feeding America, 37 million people in America struggle with hunger (https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/facts) and Jasmine Crowe believes that this number can be significantly lowered by distributing food correctly, instead of producing more.

How does Goodr deliver value?

Goodr has a “triple-win” solution that delivers value to customers, the planet, and those struggling with poverty-related hunger. By donating excess food to food banks and other donation centers, companies can increase their bottom line through charitable tax donations. Additionally, companies are no longer sending the excess food to landfills and creating more greenhouse gases, which improves sustainability in the company and benefits the environment. Finally, Goodr delivers value to communities in need by delivering the surplus food to those who are struggling. Goodr does not deliver the food to communities and leave, instead, they take a hands-on approach to ending hunger. The company produces pop-up grocery stores in low-income communities that allow community members to shop a variety of fresh foods for free. Many of these pop-up grocery stores are sponsored by local companies and corporations, enabling and encouraging these companies to give back and care about the community they are in. In addition to these pop-up grocery stores, Goodr provides demonstrations on how to cook healthy meals.

Goodr has donated over 2 millions pounds of food from companies such as Netflix, Hartsfield- Jackson International Airport, NFL, and many more.

Inspiration

This is not Jasmine’s first innovative approach to giving. She is also the founder of BCG (blackcelebritygiving.com), a non-profit philanthropic company that partners with black celebrities all over the world to use their influence and resources for good. Jasmine is an inspiration to innovators worldwide who seek to make the world a better place through entrepreneurship and service.

To learn more about Goodr and their mission, visit goodr.co

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Categories : Enviornmental, Food, Women Entrepreneurs

Nannies by Noa

Posted by coreyma18

· Friday, September 11th, 2020

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https://www.noamintz.com/

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This young entrepreneur named Noa Mintz started a business called Nannies by Noa when she was just 12 years old in 2012. She has made numerous appearances on various television stations and channels to talk about her service and has a wide following behind her business. As of 2015 her business had a net worth of about $375,000. Her business aims to find the best nannies and babysitters for families around New York City, the Hamptons and the Tri-state area. Noa is extremely driven by her passion for helping children and their families. Friends and family close to her would say that she has a niche for matchmaking people together which has aided her in finding nannies and babysitters that are compatible with certain types of families. Her idea is great and very interesting because it gives families a platform in which they can find reliable, fun, passionate, and trustworthy nannies that parents can feel safe leaving their children with and to help care for their children when they are unable to. They do a detailed background screening and even provide some educational services for nannies and babysitters to improve their skills. She ended up hiring a trained CEO to run the business for her because working 40 hours a week was interfering with her schoolwork. That being said, she clearly cares about her education in addition to her business. When she is not engaged in work for her business or school, she is also part of an organization called The Friendship Circle which pairs teenagers with special needs children and offers mentorship for them. She demonstrates innovation by providing this service to families all over New York City and the Tri-state area, which is a very large geographic area, that has a lot of people in need of this type of service. Her story and motivation is very inspiring to me and shows me that any business is possible to create and establish no matter what age you are.

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Categories : Business, Creating, Great Ideas, Helping Hands, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Nanny, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

The Founder of ‘Modern Picnic’

Posted by kolsoner17

· Friday, September 11th, 2020

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Ali Kaminetsky came up with the idea for her business, Modern Picnic, only a couple weeks after graduating from Lehigh University in 2016. Modern Picnic sells lunch boxes that are not only features practical features such as insulated interiors, but also is fashionable.

Ali says the idea for a fashionable high quality lunch box line came after moving to New York City and starting a job in retail. She realized that bringing her lunch to work every day was faster, cheaper, and healthier than buying food every day. Yet, only a week after being in her new job she saw a gap in the lunch box market. As a business professionals, she didn’t have a good option as to what to pack her lunch in. Carrying a plastic bags was not professional for the work setting and most lunch boxes on the market were designed with child-like patterns to appeal to children taking lunches to school. Ali realized that professional adults could use a high-quality, practical lunch box that was still sleek and stylish.

She chose to leave her traditional job behind after a few months in order to ensure that her new business would be a success. Her business, Modern Picnic, has grown exponentially and proved to be very successful. Since the start of the business Ali has expanded the business model by incorporating a goal of sustainability. Each of the products is made with sustainability in mind and every product that features leather material is vegan. Ali clearly shows her entrepreneurial skills by her identification of the problem and taking a risk to pursue solving it. She took an existing product that had not been redesigned for a long time (the lunch box) and put her own twist on it in order to penetrate an existing market (the working professional).

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Categories : Fashion, Female Empowerment, Women Entrepreneurs

Ellington Timepiece – Teri Elizabeth Wellington

Posted by busalacchiae19

· Friday, September 11th, 2020

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In 2017, 24-year-old Teri Elizabeth Ellington founded her very own watch collection, Ellington Timepiece, as a platform to raise awareness for mental health and support those who suffer from it. Using her last paycheck from a job she lost two months prior to Christmas, Teri launched her first watch design, The Grey Sheba, named after her own therapy dog, Sheba. Sheba became Teri’s therapy dog while she was deeply struggling through mental illness herself. Through Ellington Timepiece, Teri has found strength and purpose while also creating a brand that is passionate about raising awareness for mental health.

“If I can do it, other young people can too,” Teri preaches. Teri struggled with depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia in her past, which created her passion for spreading awareness to other people about these mental illnesses.

Ellington Timepiece is more than just a watch line. The watches serve a greater purpose than a mere accessory on someone’s wrist; The designs are meant to be a voice for those who do not have one. Each watch has a story and meaning behind it.

Through her successes, Teri even created a recent social media movement, #yourstoryetp. People who wear Ellington Timepiece designs share their own stories of mental health creating both a community of watch-lovers and a community for people to share their own journeys as well.

Teri is a truly inspiring entrepreneur for her ability to create both a successful business and a way to spread awareness for mental illness—something that many people struggle with on the daily.

To explore the designs from Teri, check out this link to her company’s website.

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Jewelry, mental health, Women Entrepreneurs

The Honest Company-Jessica Alba

Posted by Rachel Goetz

· Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

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Jessica Alba is a well-known actress starring in movies and television series such as Honey and Dark Angel. Her fame has helped her create her own company and become a successful businesswoman. In 2011, Alba founded The Honest Company, a company who focuses on selling safe and toxin-free items to use in households. Their brands includes baby items such as diapers and wipes, as well as beauty products and personal care.

Alba had a large following after starring in popular movies and used that fame to bring attention to her company. She started this company after becoming a mom and not wanting to use household or beauty items containing chemicals. She called her brand The Honest Company because there are no chemicals used to create their items. Instead, they use all-natural ingredients that are proven to be beneficial. She said, “I created The Honest Company because you shouldn’t have to choose between what works and what’s good for you.”

The Honest Company believes in creating sustainable and environmentally friendly products to help the earth. They hope to change the impact that all products have, especially towards the environment. For every purchase that is made through their company, they will support Social Goodness’ work. It helps them to research safe products to use, creating a positive impact on the world. Since 2012, The Honest Company has donated their products, money, or other necessities to organizations in need, especially for mothers and their children. Since 2012, they have donated over 20.6 million products to different organizations.

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/jessica-marie-alba-1819.php

https://www.honest.com/about-us/our-story.html

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Categories : Beauty, Celebrities, Health, Women Entrepreneurs

Catherine Cook – myYearbook

Posted by Payton Walker

· Thursday, December 5th, 2019

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In 2005, Catherine Cook and her brother, Dave, were flipping through their high school yearbook to see if they recognized anyone. While looking through it, Catherine thought of putting the whole yearbook online. This idea sparked a multi-million-dollar company in the years to come – and Catherine was only fourteen!

After coming up with the initial idea, Catherine contacted her oldest brother, Geoff, who was a sophomore at Harvard University. Geoff Cook was already on the road to making hundreds of thousands of dollars off his two websites EssayEdge.com & ResumeEdge.com, when his younger sister first told him of the idea. He immediately invested $250,000 into her idea and they began working with developers in India to bring the website to life.

Within one week of launching the site, Catherine & Geoff had 400 people with accounts – and it was confined to their hometown of New Hope, PA. Catherine would wear creative shirts that said things like, “Are you the prettiest girl in school? How about the dumbest? Find out!” By 2006, the website had over 1 million users. It continued to grow throughout the following years until, in 2010, it entered the top 25 most-visited websites.

In 2011, myYearbook merged with the Quepasa Corporation for over $100 million. One year later, they renamed the company to MeetMe. MeetMe still keeps some of the same features that made myYearbook so popular, but it now offers online chatting and connections with other people.

Katherine’s simple idea turned into a multi-million-dollar venture, something she says she definitely did not ever expect. myYearbook is a great example of the possibilities that can arise from a unique idea.

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Categories : Communication, Great Ideas, Social Entrepreneur, Social Media, Websites, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Savannah Britt: Youngest Magazine Publisher in the World

Posted by Emma O'Toole

· Friday, November 29th, 2019

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At 9 years old, Savannah Britt had her first job: a paid public writer for children’s book reviews for The Kitchen Table News, a local New Jersey newspaper. She loved to write and was gifted in her writing skills that a newspaper hired a 9 year old. The publication then went out of business, leaving Savannah unemployed. She was determined to develop her own voice through writing, so she decided to start her own magazine. She was very intrigued by the industry, and one day decided to make her own magazine that features things that real teens want and need.

At 11 years old, Savannah founded Girlpez, a online and print publication focused on fashion, beauty, and self-empowerment for teen girls. Girlpez quickly gained attraction and rose Savannah to fame. It caught the attention of Teen Vogue’s then editor-in-chief, Amy Astley, who named Savannah as the “Youngest Magazine Publisher in the World.” Savannah wrote and covered everything from celebrity interviews to front row coverage at New York Fashion Week. She wanted her magazine to have the ‘it’ factor. Following the online site, Girlpez then became a hard copy magazine.

After years of running her magazine, Savannah switched gears and ventured off to college at Rutgers University. With experience in magazine publishing, she found interest in communications which led her to public relations. In her freshman dorm room, she started her own PR firm, Brittprint. She became a serious networker, which has made her into a popular PR socialite. She has worked with big celebrity names and her firm specializes in brand management, marketing, content creation, and PR specifically with clients in the fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment industries.

Savannah capitalizes on her unique PR approach, veering from traditional mediums and zooming in on strategic communication through creative conceptualizing and vast powerful relationships across the globe. Through her roles in the magazine and PR firm, she is constantly redefining social visibility.

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Categories : Apparel/Accessories, Beauty, Communication, Fashion, Female Empowerment, Social Entrepreneur, Social Media, Women Entrepreneurs

Cherie Tan

Posted by Emily Fiol

· Saturday, November 16th, 2019

· 2 Comments

Cherie Tan at the young age of 14 started freelancing as a web designer. She loved creating beautiful virtual things that she and her virtual friends all enjoyed. Cherie went all in and taught herself Photoshop, CSS and JavaScript with the motivation of creating beautiful websites and this brought her her first paying client. At Newcastle University in the UK Cherie earned a second-upper honors degree in electrical engineering. During this time her freelance career had led her to stating the beginnings of her software development and design firm as well as taking on different challenging project from all over the world. In 2016 Cherie founded Mogul Tech International to help her handle all the requests she had started receiving. Modul Tech is a company where the employees are trained in remote work designing websites, products, growth strategies, and beautiful software for many different companies. Having a remote team has its challenges Cherie says but she says it is rewarding as well and she has seen it pay off many times with clients, the team members, and herself. In 2018 Cherie changed her focus and became certified and registered as an Associate Wealth Planner in Singapore, shifting to the financial industry. Now she is hoping to start a code academy for kids inside Singapore. Cherie is also very active in her community mentoring teens in the local public schools in Singapore as well as volunteering at local community shelters. Cherie Tan demonstrates so many entrepreneurial gifts and is doing amazing work.

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Categories : Beauty, Building, Business, Creating, Mentorship, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Online Companies, Technology, Websites, Women Entrepreneurs

Creating HAPPY- The Story of Halie Thomas

Posted by Ashley Ostrowski

· Friday, November 15th, 2019

· 3 Comments

Happy, it’s a simple, five-letter word that everyone wants, but might not know how to achieve. What does it mean to live a happy life? A good way to live a happy life, many say, is to live a healthy life. The idea of a happy life built from a healthy one is something Halie Thomas has thought a lot about. So, where do we start? Well, when we think of happiness, it sometimes happiness that inspires us to have great ideas. Halie’s story begins with something that brings a lot of happiness- food.

Hallie’s mother taught her to cook when she was five years old. In 2008, her father was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Since then, she and her family became devoted to living a healthy life, in their eating and lifestyle choices. Since then, they have been able to reverse her father’s diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

Diseases like type 2 diabetes come from obesity don’t just affect adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 13.7 million children and teenagers suffer from obesity. Studies show that obesity rates are higher in communities with social and economic disadvantages.

Hallie decided to confront this problem head-on, by creating HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth) when she was just twelve years old. HAPPY is an organization that strives to educate and empower people to make healthy lifestyle choices. HAPPY provides school visits, tours, and summer camps where they aim to empower kids by educating them about nutrition and self-care. Kids learn about concepts such as healthy alternatives to unhealthy foods in ways that are fun and engaging.

Since the start of her company Hallie, now 18, has connected with over 15,000 kids and thousands of adults. Over the years, Hallie has, though her programs, worked to empower young entrepreneurs to pursue their passions. She created her own podcast, called “Girl Empowered”, where she interviews girls and women of all ages about their experiences. She created a Gen Z board on her HAPPY website, which is made of young entrepreneurs and activists who are driven by a passion to make an impact.

Hallie really is an entrepreneur who empowers others to see their potential and inspires them to be happy.

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Categories : Charity, Food, Health, Healthy Lifestyle, Kids, Nutrition, Social Entrepreneur, Social Impact, Social Justice, Women Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

Tags : Healthy Lifestyle, Kids, Nutrition

Shawn Johnson East

Posted by Emma O'Toole

· Thursday, November 14th, 2019

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Shawn Johnson East has accomplished a lifetime of achievements that include 4 Olympic medals, two New York Times best-selling books, starting a business, a career in broadcast, and winning ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

After her gymnastics career, Shawn decided to focus on herself and her passions. She wrote 2 books, Shawn Johnson, Olympic Champion: Stories Behind the Smile and Winning Balance: What I’ve Learned So Far About Love, Faith and Living Your Dreams and became a philanthropist. In these books, she focused on her life and journey in the Olympics and how her intense training affected her personally and physically.

Her books led her to be the co-founder of The Body Department, a website dedicated to helping women accept and openly talk about self-image, health, wellness, and fitness. She realized that her entrepreneurial goal was to reach women that experienced and struggled with the same things she went through during and post Olympics.

She married her husband and NFL player, Andrew East, in 2016. Both Shawn and Andrew started a YouTube channel where they share about their everyday lives and Shawn’s Olympic journey. In 2018, Shawn launched her own fitness brand geared for women called Fyt. Fyt Life is all about positivity since she was constantly striving for perfection during her gymnastics career and got tired of it. She wanted women to have a real platform where they could feel safe and motivated. In 2019, Andrew and Shawn just launched their clothing line, The East Fam, which inspires people to use the influence they have in their daily life for good and to live an authentic life full of love, faith, and joy. They define this as FAMe, per the name of the clothing line.

Shawn has done a great job of sharing her struggles and her story with the world so her experiences can help others. Through her accomplishments and entrepreneurial journey, she was able to get to her goal of reaching women. Shawn recognized that there was a window of opportunity for her to share her story with others, and she did it very well and impacted so many women.

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Categories : Athletics, Celebrities, Female Empowerment, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Women Entrepreneurs