Turning a bad experience into a thriving business By Tonya Johnson Courtney Adeleye knows just what it takes to own and operate a successful business. Before she launched The Mane Choice in 2013, she had opened a photography studio and launched a clothing boutique. She learned...
A corporate scare turns an employee into an entrepreneur By Sheon Wilson It wasn’t easy finding a natural hair section in stores when Mahisha Dellinger started CURLS in 2002. National retailers weren’t offering much shelf space to products for customers with curly, wavy, and kinky hair who...
Growing up in Ghana, virtual reality entrepreneur Mary Spio learned that technology can be not only mind-blowing but also mind-expanding By April Kilcrease When Mary Spio was growing up in Ghana, members of the military took over the government. “Some of my schoolmates’ parents were shot to...
Unsure of her next career step, Lisa Skeete Tatum realized that many felt the same way—so she founded Landit, to help them navigate their career path. By Lindsay Gutierrez As a child, Lisa Skeete Tatum dreamed of being the first woman astronaut in space. Her life went...
As entrepreneur Star Cunningham demonstrates, personal need often launches the best ideas By Ruchika Tulshyan Star Cunningham wants you to know that women can build billion-dollar companies. She also wants you to know that health-care professionals do eat pizza. Occasionally. The Chicago-based founder and CEO of 4D Healthware,...
by Kimberly Olson Nawal Motawi started making decorative ceramic tiles in her parents’ garage studio and selling them at a local farmers’ market. Motawi, who comes from a family of American and Egyptian entrepreneurs, says business ownership is in her blood. Her companies, Motawi Tileworks and...