“[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[…]
International Women Entrepreneurs – 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 living in a foreign country. A strange thing happens to expats, quite often,[…]
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, 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.[…]
When it comes to starting a new business, networking is key. You never know who might have that one piece of information that could take your company to the next level. Whether you are in the brainstorming phase or have been running your company for ten years, exchanging information among peers never seems to get[…]