Tayelor Kennedy: How to Succeed as a Makeup Artist

The beauty business offers a lot of opportunities for women entrepreneurs, and one of the important niches of this segment is bridal make up. We talked with Tayelor Kennedy, a prominent celebrity and bridal make up artist based in Connecticut with clients in the Tri State area as well as Boston, on how to get started [...]

Cordia Harrington: From Rags to Riches Success Story

Success is often achieved when the person is able to go further than most people, breaking limitations imposed by their own economic, physical and cultural boundaries.  Cordia Harrington is a classic example of success, as she overcome poverty to become one of the most powerful women in businesses today.
A rags-to-riches story, Harrington overcame her difficult [...]

SHEEX: From Basketball Coaches to Multimillion-Dollar Bedding Business Owners

Sometimes, the best business ideas are staring you right in the face; you only have to look hard to see them. Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak realized that the fabric used in the finest athletic wear would work just as well as bedding and bedsheet materials. These performance athletic gears use fabric that wick moisture [...]

Bianca Whitfield: A Single Parent’s Success Story

Bianca Whitfield just got divorced and became a single parent. Looking forward to a new life with her daughter, she decided to start an accounting and financial consulting business. Learn how she overcome the obstacles she faced when starting her business, and how she grew her the business out of her bedroom.

Elizabeth Elting: Success in the Translation Business

Elizabeth Elting is the co-CEO of the TransPerfect, one of the five largest language service companies in the world with estimated revenues around $225 million. Together with the spinoff business translations.com, Liz’s company employs 250 full-time staffers and 4,000 subcontractors, with 31 offices worldwide offering round-the-clock translation service.
Despite the success of her business, TransPerfect had [...]

Haralee Weintraub: Turning Adversity into a Successful Niche Apparel Business

Haralee Weintraub understands that a business needs to address needs of its target market to be successful. As a cancer survivor and someone who suffered from hot flashes, she created a special line of sleepwear that helped women like her get a good night’s rest.

Learning From Small Business Women Entrepreneurs

As the year comes to a close, we’ve compiled into a PowerPoint presentation some of the very insightful business lessons, tips and advice from the small and home-based women entrepreneurs we’ve featured on WomenHomeBusiness.com. Learn from these wonderful women who shared their stories of success, startup challenges and strategies from their own small businesses.
Learning From [...]

Gabriela Chavez: Success in Connecting Women Entrepreneurs

Networking is an important activity for women entrepreneurs. Building connections and seeking out networking opportunities can result in enduring and mutually beneficial relationships.
Gabriela Chavez understands the importance of networking and finding like-minded individuals who can provide support, exchange of ideas and offer a sense of community. As such, she has created Beauties on the Go to give [...]

Sharifah Hardie: Success in the Professional Business Consulting Field

Entrepreneurial success starts with the desire to be successful. However, desire is just the start: the entrepreneur has to learn how to resolve problems, identify opportunities and learn to manage resources. Sharifah Hardie’s role as a professional business consultant is to provide the expert guidance that could help the entrepreneur reach their goals.

Suzanne Meyer: Success in the Personal Greeting Service Business

Moving to a new house can be an exciting experience — new life, new neighbors and even new friends. But it can also be a little daunting. There are transitional challenges, and the social and emotional changes can take some time getting used to.
Suzanne Meyer started The Welcome Committee http://www.thewelcomecommittee.net to help welcome newcomers to the [...]

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