Posts by Erica Spitzley
Ari Krzyzek of Chykalophia on converting your network into your net worth
Describe your business in a few words? Chykalophia (read: see-ka-lo-fia) is a creative and technology agency helping women-led brands in FemTech & DTC fast-forward their business through strategies, design and all things website. What made you take the leap to start your own business? My fiancé at the time (now my husband and business partner)…Read More
Monique Little of You Go Natural on the importance of planning for growth
Describe You Go Natural in a few words? YGN creates beautiful and innovative products that make natural haircare easier. What made you take the leap to start your own business? I started my business because there was a need in the market that needed to be filled. I did not want to let the opportunity…Read More
Alice Kim of Hanalei Company on collaborative processes that inspire great work
Describe your business in a few words? At Hanalei Company, we create gentle, restorative skincare products, inspired by Hawaii’s lush, tropical landscape and native botanicals, infusing everything we do with the spirit of Aloha. What made you take the leap to start your own business? While working in New York, my husband, Vira, and I…Read More
Betsy Fore and Sofia Laurell of Tiny Organics on creating meaningful impact in the world
Describe your business in a few words? Tiny Organics is the early childhood nutrition company building a healthier generation of adventurous eaters with vegetable-first foods for babies and toddlers. What made you take the leap to start your own business? Betsy: I am a serial entrepreneur and have always built from my own struggles, hopes…Read More
PR Expert Jillian Sanders on taking more risks and building balance into your life
Payge H. Kerman of Wink Digital on building an agency with personality
Describe Wink Digital in a few words? A marketing agency with personality. What made you take the leap to start your own business? I started Wink when I saw that there was a major hole in the market. When a client engages with an agency, especially for websites, they usually get one of two things: …Read More
Cultivating Your Relationship with Money, Business, People, and Yourself with Jacquette M. Timmons
Jacquette M. Timmons is the President and CEO of Sterling Investment Management, Inc., and the author of Financial Intimacy: How to Create a Healthy Relationship with Your Money and Your Mate. As a financial behaviorist, Jacquette is passionate about the “human” side of money and helping people manage their choices around their finances. To fulfill…Read More
Advancing Diversity in the Workplace with Shelley Zalis of The Female Quotient
Shelley Zalis is the Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient, an organization dedicated to the business of equality and advancing diversity and inclusion. As CEO of The Female Quotient, Shelley strives to unite leaders to advance equality across industries and close the gaps that continue to impede women in parity, pathway, pipeline, and policy.…Read More
Building Organic Traction through Passion and Social Support with Carolyn Aronson of It’s A 10 Haircare
Carolyn Aronson is the Founder, CEO, and sole owner of It’s a 10 Haircare, one of the few independent, Latina-owned professional haircare brands in the world. A self-made entrepreneur, Carolyn worked as a stylist and salon owner for more than 20 years before founding It’s a 10 Haircare and continues to hold cosmetology licenses. As…Read More
From Underestimated to Unstoppable with Jamie Kern Lima of IT Cosmetics
When Jamie Lima started experiencing rosacea at her dream job as a TV anchor and couldn’t find a makeup brand with the right coverage, she decided she had to launch her own line. After drafting a business plan on her honeymoon, she launched IT cosmetics, and the rest is history. Today, Jamie shares how she…Read More