Tanya Van Court: Sowing the Seeds for a Brighter Future She spent decades climbing the corporate ladder, but now Tanya Van Court sees an opportunity to fix a broken gift-giving system and she just can’t pass it up.
Bonnie Moore: Bringing the Shared Housing Movement to Boomers At 70 years of age, this retired accountant is just getting started with her new business venture that helps mature adults find shared housing solutions.
Pam Holland: Moxie and Tech, a Recipe for Success Meet the lawyer with an entrepreneurial streak who jumped off the corporate cliff at 50, starting a business teaching tech to late adopters.
Nichole Montoya: “Nacho” Ordinary Payment System This former marketing guru is taking on the big guns in online payments and successfully recruiting moms to her cause.
Calee Blanchard: Leaving Teaching to Test Her Talents This former teacher saw an opportunity to put her talents to the test creating an online services marketplace and hasn’t looked back since.
Nelly Omondi: Unemployment Unleashes Entrepreneurial Passion An in-house cosmetics start-up expands into an international chemical company.
Julia Westfall: Building a Community of Women Though she could have coasted to retirement, this former director of finance and human resources is on a mission to create not only a workspace for women, but a community.
Marlo Scott: The Sweetest Revenge is Just Being Happy Fed up with bad bosses and dysfunctional work environments, this media maven struck out on her own and opened a restaurant pairing gourmet cupcakes with beer and wine.
Sumeera Rasul: For the Love of Handmade An appreciation for fine handmade items and a desire to promote mindful consumption led this high-level executive to step off the corporate ladder.
Leslie Fishlock: The Geek on a Mission to Take the Terror out of Technology With close to 20 years experience in IT and start-ups, she launched a social movement to close the tech gap among women.
Melanie Werner: See a Gap and Fill It! Former art gallery owner and Francophile, she developed an innovative packaging design for fragrances that we’ll soon see on the market.
Chanel Turner: Giving the Vodka Industry a Shot in the Arm When this IT specialist wanted a better-tasting vodka, she didn’t hesitate – she created one.
