Women Who Achieve

A New Generation of Advocacy for Women Business Owners

Shine Registry
Pittsburgh, PA

Emily Wazlak began mobilizing communities as a field/campus organizer for the 2012 presidential campaign. Today, she’s mobilizing communities of business and industry experts, family members, and friends to support women-owned startups. This time, her platform is her own startup, Shine Registry. 
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The Wired Orthodontist: Getting Social with Clients and Peers

Yummy Dental and Orthodontics for Kids
Chicago and Glenview, IL

Grace Yum is often approached by the media as a subject-matter expert. And while this publicity is certainly good for business, Grace attributes the ongoing growth of Yummy Dental and Orthodontics for Kids to her more personal communications. From texts and emails to social media, she connects with her clientele in a way many doctors and dentists shy away from.
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Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Camp Bow Wow
Lawrenceville, NJ
Philadelphia, PA

"My husband and I were driving too far and paying too much to board our two dogs when we went on vacations,” she shares. “I realized our local market needed its own dog daycare and camp.” Louise researched the pet care industry to find it was thriving and virtually recession-proof, and then identified Camp Bow Wow, an established national franchise, as an opportunity to enter the field quickly.
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