In such a demanding and competition-inviting environment, it is absolutely difficult to understand and learn how to start something of your own. Since there is no shortcut to success and the road to female entrepreneurship is not an easy one; all the businesswomen out there need to put on their armor and hit the battlefield like a soldier! However, it is very important to find a mentor, a coach, who would guide you further no matter what stage of leading a business are you on.
Even after facing every sort of hurdle in the way of becoming a successful female entrepreneur in this so-called man’s universe, some radiantly confident women have been seen breaking every sort of stereotype there may exist! The ladies we are all set to talk about in this article have left no stone unturned. So, without any further ado, let’s get to know the most appreciated young female entrepreneurs in the USA!
1: Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Christina Amoruso is an American businesswoman. At age of 22, she came with a brilliant idea of starting an online eBay store and selling vintage clothing and other items, which she chose to name as “Nasty Gal Vintage“.
After receiving a successful response on her online store Sophia, later on, founded Nasty Gal whose vision was that of a women’s fashion retailer. This venture went on to be later named as one the fastest growing companies in 2012 by Inc. Magazine. Moreover, in 2016 she was entitled as one of the richest self-made women in the world by Forbes.
2: Sue Bryce
One of the most appreciated and recognized photographers in the industry, Sue Bryce built her own studio platform for educating photographers the best photography lessons there may exist! She also focuses on empowering businesses internationally.
3: Anit Hora
Anit Hora is the initiator of extravagant, vegan apothecary line, Mullein & Sparrow. Miss Hora was Born in Bombay and now lives in Brooklyn. After spending a long journey in backpacking throughout South America after leaving a stressful career in fashion, Anita ultimately returned to New York to concentrate on the Ayurvedic philosophies she grew up with.
She enrolled herself at the Aveda Institute to gain more knowledge about holisticism and herbalism whilst consecutively studying to become a yoga teacher and creating her very own brand. Her products are now successfully being carried at Anthropologie, Birchbox and several local retailers across the United States!
Anit’s Advice for Entrepreneurs: “I wish had known that building this business would completely take up my life and that balancing everything would be extremely difficult. As a business owner, there will never be enough time in the day, so you have to create the time you want”
4: Lexie Komisar
Lexie Komisar a senior head and founding member at IBM’s Digital Innovation Lab, which recently released tools to facilitate developers so that can use Watson, IBM’s advanced AI platform. Erstwhile, a lot of work is going on digital health and innovation for the Clinton Foundation. Nonetheless, she is also running the Lady Boss Collective networking resource for women who are in business.
5: Blair Brettschneider
Blair Brettchneider is a founder of Girl Forward. Blair began educating a teen refugee girl who was the inspiration behind what would become Girl Forward. All of this happened soon right after she started a position at a refugee resettlement agency in Chicago in 2010. The 5-year-old nonprofit has successfully facilitated approximately 200 female refugees in the U.S. mentorship, schooling and governance prospects.
6: Joanne Yuan
Joanne Yuan is an associate partner at Cowboy Ventures. Yuan who became a part of the $95 million raised VC fund in January 2015 after working almost thirty hours per week for the female-centric firm while still being a permanent student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has successfully sourced contracts including Branch Metrics and founded the Investment Committee of the Women’s Building, which facilitates about 20,000 women and families every year.
7: Tiffany Angeles
Tiffany Angeles is a dream mentor for every other new entrepreneur; teaching them how to best invest their own money. She is not just a coach but a businesswoman and a public speaker as well. She is one the most talented and charming full-time professional photographer. Her work has been greatly recognized and has been featured in Rangefinder magazine, Bravo, Wall Street Journal and more! She has also been named under the Top LA kid’s photography by CBS.
8: Jessica Chou
Jessica Chou produced her first film which became the target of critical acclaim: A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story winning ten awards from nine different festivals. The champion of storytelling that inspires women and girl empowerment, former head of production of Women Rising, is now dedicated to her Jessicann YouTube channel which heartens more women to learn about cars.
9: Amanda Nguyen
Amanda Ngyuen initiated Rise after being subjected to the broken rape survivor justice system. Organization Rise is dedicated to write, and implement, the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights, which passed through Senate, and was signed into law to protect victims’ rape kits, and other requirements. Before giving Rise all of her time and attention, Ngyuen would handle and invest her time in it before and after her day job, previously serving as the Deputy White House Liaison for U.S. Department of State.
10: Pamela Slim
Pamela Slim is not only a brilliant author but also a former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. At the beginning of her business venture, her major focus was on creating and delivering training programs and public speaking seminars for huge companies as 3Com, HP, Cisco System, Charles Schwab, and Chevron.
Nonetheless, more than 11 million U.S. firms are now retained by women, hiring nearly 9 million people and generating $1.7 trillion in sales, according to 2017 data from the National Association of Women Business Owners; women empowerment at its best.
Therefore, our heartiest appreciation and love goes out to all those female entrepreneurs who are constantly on the run to achieve their targets, to make their dreams come true, and leave their mark on this planet Earth before they leave. If it was not for them we would still be stereotyping women in our society. Therefore, it becomes really important to bring under the limelight our young female entrepreneurs who are definitely inspiring role models for all of standing in the line of becoming successful one day!
