Women to Watch
It all starts with an idea. With tenacity and passion, these women entrepreneurs followed through on theirs. Here, we highlight small businesses that inspire us and the amazing women behind them.
CHRISTY TURLINGTON BURNS
Founder, Every Mother Counts
Director & Producer, No Woman, No Cry
Equal parts beauty, brains and heart, supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is raising global awareness about the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) through Every Mother Counts , a campaign to end childbirth-related deaths. She spoke to us about her own journey as a mother as well as what inspired her to film the documentary No Woman, No Cry, which has been viewed everywhere from the Tribeca Film Festival to Harvard Medical School to the World Bank. Read More
JESSAMYN RODRIGUEZ
Founder & CEO, Hot Bread Kitchen
Jessamyn Rodriguez’s Hot Bread Kitchen is a social mission first and bakery second, investing in job creation through business development and skills-training programs for talented yet underutilized chefs-in-the-making. The business is funded by sales from its handmade cross-cultural breads, inspired by the international entrepreneurs in HBK’s programs. Read More
FAIZUN KAMAL
Founder, sourceFK
Faizun Kamal leveraged her global mindset (she’s lived on three continents) and diverse business experience (World Bank, Johns Hopkins University, Verizon) for good. Last year she launched sourceFK to bring artisanal designs from Bangladesh to the international marketplace — making global feel local. Read More
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Author, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
Eight years after meeting Kamila Sidiqi and two years after telling her extraordinary story in The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, journalist and author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon talks about how Kamila's journey changed her life and inspired women and entrepreneurs the world over. Read More
NOEL PIETSCH SHAW & STEPHANIE PIETSCH GAMBETTA
Owners, Wahoo's Fish Taco Hawaii
When the craving for a burrito stuffed with wild caught Cajun fish hits, head to legendary Wahoo's, a taco spot with a Mexican-Brazilian-Asian menu and a Hawaiian surf-inspired vibe. Its two Honolulu-based franchises are owned by sisters Stephanie Pietsch Gambetta and Noel Pietsch Shaw, who spent 10 minutes with us. Read More
JESSI WALTER
Founder, Taste Buds Kitchen
Formerly a VP at Bear Stearns, Jessi Walter took what started as baking tutorials to a new
level — Taste Buds Kitchen, her NYC cooking school for children. We sat with her for 10 minutes.
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