Florence Shin and Athina Wang want you to know they are absolutely not sick of each other. The co-founders and creators of Covry, a brand of handcrafted eyewear they launched in 2015, have been besties since high school class of 2009, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, as the two most interested in fashion in their larger group of friends.
Read MoreIt’s time to not only bridge but fill the gender gap in the world of small business. Male self-starters earn 300 times more in their businesses than women do in their own businesses, according to a new report out last week from the non-profit Corporation for Enterprise Development out of Washington, D.C. The study measured growth of small businesses from 2007 to 2013 and studied a variety of factors affecting economic growth, prosperity and equity.
Read MoreJennifer Hyman and Jenny Fleiss know a thing or two about entrepreneurship. The Harvard Business School grads cofounded the fashion-rental service Rent the Runway, one of the most buzzed-about startups of the past few years (with $80 million in revenue projected for 2015), and now they’d like to help other women follow in their footsteps.
Read MoreAccording to President Obama, “Women are powerhouse entrepreneurs.” That’s why his administration is about to make a big investment in women on a global scale.
Read MoreThere are some ideas whose time simply have come. Leadership parity, pay equity, access to affordable healthcare, things like this. Then there are those ideas in our own life that we’d like to move past the idea stage and make happen.
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