Category: Entrepreneurship
Pashmina Chaudhary: Founder of Indian Bento
“[We have] no sales people, no marketing department, no ad spending…venture capitalists have invested over a hundred million dollars in Bay Area-based food businesses. [We]have had the same success, except completely bootstrapped”. Pashmina Chaudhary shares her journey from being a first class flight attendant to a successful food entrepreneur in the San Francisco Bay Area.[…]
International Women in Technology – Opportunities & Hurdles
International Women in Tech – the opportunities and hurdles? Immigration is an interesting experience. If you think about it, it takes a great amount of bravado to leave what you’ve known your entire life, your family, your friends, and your country, to make a life in a foreign country. A strange thing happens to expats,[…]
Evgeniya Usmanova, Founder of CareLuLu
Evgeniya (Jen) Usmanova is a mother of two, and the founder & COO of CareLuLu (www.carelulu.com) – an innovative business which creates an online marketplace to help parents find the best daycare & preschool for their children. She is originally from Tajikistan, but considers herself to be citizen of the world as she lived and[…]
Awatif Yahya, Founder of Moyoni
Awatif Yahya, originally from Dubai, brings you tantalizing treats with a twist. Moyoni is a Swahili word meaning “from within the heart”. It is with this passion that Awatif offers her selection of cookies, dumplings, donuts and cupcakes through her business ‘Moyoni’. She infuses her delectable desserts with the Arabic, African and Indian flavors she grew up with.[…]