In Conversation with Jennifer Brazer of Complete Controller

Describe your business in a few words? Complete Controller provides cloud-based bookkeeping services, record keeping, and performance reporting to small business owners, busy households, and trusts. We give our customers and their CPAs access to our platform where their QuickBooks, chosen payroll processor, integrated apps, financial documents and business services are all hosted securely for…Read More

In Conversation with Mory Fontanez of 822 Group

Describe 822 Group in a few words? A Transformation Consultancy built to guide brands and their leaders toward their purpose and a higher consciousness. What made you take the leap to start your own business? Realizing I had a special gift and a powerful purpose and there was no ready-made box for me to fit…Read More

In Conversation with Debi Yadegari of Villyge

Describe Villyge in a few words? We are a back-pocket resource, paid for by companies, to support their employees through working parenthood and to create parent-friendly workplaces. From breastfeeding and/or navigating teen hormones (with an almost 13-year spread between my kids, that was me!) to handling personal burnout and/or going after professional success, Villyge is…Read More

In Conversation with Ali Kriegsman of Bulletin

Describe your business in a few words? Bulletin helps brands build their retail empires. Our platform makes it super easy to launch a wholesale business – as a brand, you can get up and running and start connecting with store owners in a matter of days and begin selling in their retail locations. We host…Read More

In Conversation with Mollie Kehoe & Lynn Browne of BrandVerge

Describe your business in a few words? BrandVerge is a marketplace and analytics tool for premium marketing programs. What made you take the leap to start your own business? We both went to Penn State and majored in Advertising/Communications. After college we ended up on opposite sides of the Media and Advertising industry. Mollie started…Read More

In Conversation with Amanda Greenberg of Balloon

Describe your business in a few words? Balloon is a collaboration app that uses research-backed solutions to remove cognitive biases and other harmful group dynamics, ensuring every idea is shared, heard, and evaluated fairly, no matter who it comes from. Balloon reduces meeting time by 70%, and 80% of what is shared on Balloon is…Read More

In Conversation with Ari Krzyzek of Chykalophia

Describe your business in a few words? Helping women-led brands fast forward their business online. What made you take the leap to start your own business? There’s a backstory on what inspired me to start my own business. My fiance at the time (now my husband and business partner) suggested that I should try freelancing…Read More

In Conversation with Fatima Zaidi of Quill Inc.

Describe your business in a few words? Quill is the world’s first marketplace and full service agency for podcasters. What made you take the leap to start your own business? I was born and raised in the Middle East to Pakistani parents who invested their life savings into giving their children a world-class education. I…Read More

In Conversation with Ushma Pandya of Think Zero LLC

Describe your business in a few words? Waste reduction and zero waste advisory firm. What made you take the leap to start your own business? Several factors – I was looking to break into the environmental space but was having a hard time finding a role; I realized that waste was my area of passion…Read More