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Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business

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September 2014

Helping Women Harmonize Life and Business

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/21.jpg”] Luisa has a remarkable story that starts with learning that she had cancer right before she was about to leave for a year studying…
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1-3 years, 50s, 50s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Children Had Grown Up and Left So Started Business, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Online Retail, Overcame a personal challenge, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by age, Search stories by country, UK

September 2014

Starting a Twins Gift Company

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/The-Twins-Gift-Company-founders-Lindsey-and-Karen-respectively.jpg”] Karen Davidson and Lindsey Civil are twins and together they’ve built a business that offers gifts for other twins, triplets, and their families. They started completely…
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30s, 5-10 years, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Duration of Business, Graphic Design & Illustration, Industry, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Quit Their Job to Start a Business, Search stories by country, UK, Unemployed to entrepreneur

September 2014

Paid to Draw Pictures

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/IMG_04651.jpg”] Eli’s entrepreneurial journey started with a book that inspired her to live her life on her own terms. Now she gets paid to do…
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1-3 years, 30s, All Stories, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Fitness, Health & Wellbeing, Industry, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, Travel, USA

August 2014

Igniting Your Bliss

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/melissa_012-001-1.jpg”] After realizing that many of the women she saw around her were “unhappy for one reason or another,” Melissa decided that she wanted to…
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1-3 years, 30s, All Stories, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, mum entrepreneur, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Personal Development, Search stories by country, UK

August 2014

Bloom Wide Open

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/bnw.jpg”] Abigail overcame a troubled past and has embraced a life of GIVING. Blending psychology with soul, she helps women use their personal stories to…
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30s, 30s, 5-10 years, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Creating jobs for others, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, Marketing, mum entrepreneur, Mum entrepreneur, Overcame a personal challenge, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by age, Search stories by country, UK

August 2014

Think Big, Dream Big

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/550091_10151237437627466_2145926536_n.jpg”] Saija’s story shows great insight into the the everyday life of an entrepreneur. Having grown up in a family of entrepreneurs, she’s able to…
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20s, 20s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Duration of Business, General, Industry, Left job and started business, Less than a year, Marketing, New Zealand, Overcame a personal challenge, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Quit Their Job to Start a Business, Search stories by age, Search stories by country

July 2014

Playing it Safe is not Living

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/halleyheadshotsquare.jpg”] Halley Gray knows from intimate experience that life is too short to play it safe. She left her office job and embraced the adventure…
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1-3 years, 40s, All Stories, Australia, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Coach/NLP, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Industry, mum entrepreneur, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country

July 2014

We Can Always Choose Our Attitude

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Ros-pics-013-Copy-2.jpg”] While in the midst of overcoming breast cancer, Ros Cardinal resolved to do the things she had put putting off for “another day.” One…
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30s, All Stories, Australia, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Fitness, Health & Wellbeing, Had Children and Started a Business, Industry, Less than a year, mum entrepreneur, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country

June 2014

Helping Women Master the Art of a Healthy Pregnancy

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Fi-head-shot.jpeg”] Fiona and her husband created a special app to help women take control of their well-being during and after pregnancy. In doing so, Fiona…
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March 2014

Stop Feeling “Vanilla”!

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/60W0250-copy.jpg”] Steph Robson was inspired by the challenge of starting her own business without compromising her family life. After her 40th birthday, she embarked on…
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1-3 years, 50s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, Fitness, Health & Wellbeing, Food & Catering, Industry, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, USA

March 2014

Embracing a Low-Carb Life

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/jaynes-headshot.jpg”] Jayne Wood found that a low-carb, sugar-free lifestyle produced great benefits for her in her personal quest to heal herself through nutrition and fitness.…
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1-3 years, 40s, All Stories, Being My Own Boss, Case Studies, Consulting, Doing What I Love, Duration of Business, General, Industry, Overcame a Personal Challenge and Started a Business, Search stories by country, USA, Working and Running a Business

March 2014

Center of Gravity

[kleo_img_rounded src=”https://femaleentrepreneurassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/Geva-Salerno-2014_Alex.jpg”] Geva Salerno found herself burnt out at work and thus proceeded to do an experiment that helped her find balance. Now she teaches other…
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