According to many banking sources, Colorado is leading the way as the best state for women entrepreneurs. It has the highest percentage of women-owned businesses in the country, at 10.39%, so any female entrepreneur who launches a business here will be in good company. The state has a 76.86% startup survival rate and one of the highest percentages of new businesses nationally.
That’s why Sarah and I are talking about women and entrepreneurship and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship’s role in creating more women entrepreneurs in Colorado. In our conversation, Sarah introduces CU Denver's new master's degree, Masters in Entrepreneurship.
Sarah Beatrice Soenke is the Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications at CU Denver’s Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship. Since joining in April 2019, Sarah has helped the Jake Jabs Center launch a new Master’s in Entrepreneurship program, grow its annual pitch competition THE CLIMB, and launch a number of cross-disciplinary programs such as the Rutt Bridges Venture Fund (RBVF) and a local chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO).
Prior to CU Denver, Sarah worked at a variety of Denver-area tech startups and wrote for magazines such as Denver’s City magazine 5280 Magazine; the Northwest Quarterly in Chicagoland, and InStyle Magazine. Sarah earned her MBA at CU Denver in 2022 and her BS in Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2015. Her passion for storytelling and content creation now informs her work in creating brand narratives that resonate.
CU Denver and the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship were the lead sponsors for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Colorado (WED CO) 2023 Summit Jan. 20, 2023. Junior Achievement sponsored several high school girls from Green Mountain High School and Mapleton Career Prep. The Jake Jabs Center hosts Junior Achievement’s Business Bound summer camp. Sarah explains how the partnership came about, how long the summer camp has taken place, and what’s involved with it. Sponsoring and hosting events like the WED CO Summit and Junior Achievement Business Bound summer camp gives young female entrepreneurs a taste of what it is like to attend a world-class university entrepreneurship program.
To contact Sarah you can connect with her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/sarahsoenke or at Business CU Denver https://business.ucdenver.edu/sarah-soenke.
Anna Brekken is a GenZ high school entrepreneur from Denver Colorado. She is a speaker with a passion for creative writing. Anna believes everyone has an important story to share, and creative writing is the tool to uncover your voice and stand out. With only three greeting card designs Anna opened her Etsy shop, AnnaMade Design Co. She has created over 150 cards, developed her writing skills and met some amazing young entrepreneurs. These young entrepreneurs were great at designing products but struggled with business skills and growing their businesses. Anna saw a need and hosted Soaring Together 2022, an online event in March with over 300 teen attendees and 15 speakers. Contact Anna at hello@annamadeblog.com and follow her on Instagram at Soaring.together and AnnaMadeDesignCO.
Meet Alyx van der Vorm, CEO and Founder of the app Clyx, the newest way to find out where your friends are hanging out or places to meet potentially new friends. Why is it easier to order food than to connect with friends. Alyx is from London England and now based in Miami Florida. She attended Harvard and during the pandemic spent her free time developing the new app. Check it out at https://www.clyx.app.
If you have questions for Alyx or want to connect reach out to her at alyx@clyx.app or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyxvdv/
16-year-old Emma Biggs is a podcaster, blogger, public speaker, and published author (Gardening with Emma. Grow and Have Fun). She is an entrepreneur and gardener with 150 varieties of tomatoes in her garden. Seeds for these tomatoes are available through Emma's website, https://www.emmabiggs.ca. Follow Emma on Instagram @emmabiggs_grows.
You can find them on https://hyphenbox.com and on Instagram at the_hyphen_box. To contact Deena and Shahira go to the website's contact page at https://hyphenbox.com/contact.
Creating Your Circle of Leaders While Networking for Success
Meet Bailey Rose an 18 year old entrepreneur from Bali with an highly successful business. After high school graduation she worked with her mother, another accomplished entrepreneur. There she learned how to launch and grow a business.
The interviewer, Addie Carmichael is a junior in high school in Denver Colorado and a Young Woman Ambassador with Girls' C.E.O. Connection. She brings an enlightening perspective on what listeners want to hear from Bailey Rose.
Contact Bailey on her Instagram account @baileyrose.co and her website at https://www.baileyrose.co.
The hostess for this episode of the Enterprising Young Females is Sylvia Scott, Founder, CEO and Chief Visionary Officer of the Girls' C.E.O. Connection.™ Sylvia shares with the audience 12 questions to reflect on 2020 and then to recharge spirit, mind, and body for 2021. These power house questions were shared by Jean Marie DiGiovanna to friends, followers, and clients in her end of the year mailing and social media posts. Jean Marie is a great friend of Sylvia's and Girls' C.E.O. Connection. She is the author of Stop Talking Start Asking. Great Leaders Ask Great Questions.
After you listen to the podcast and answer the questions for yourself, why not contact Jean Marie and let her know what you think. Jean Marie also suggests you ask yourself, "what brought you the most joy in 2020 no matter how big or small? How will you bring more of that joy into 2021?" Sylvia wants to know what you might do to recharge your body, mind and spirit so you can go into 2021 with clarity and vitality.
To learn more about the book visit www.stoptalkingstartasking.com. To connect with Jean Marie on Instagram and Twitter it is @jeanmariespeaks and visit her at https:/www.jeanmariespeaks.com; Phone: 1-720-295-3104 and Email: jeanmarie@jeanmariespeaks.com;
Our sponsor for the show is Tish & Snooky's Manic Panic, N.Y.C., https://www.manicpanic.com. Tish and Snooky's book Manic Panic: In Living Color-A Rebellious Guide To Color and Life is available at https://manicpanic.com/products/manic-panic-living-in-color-a-rebellious-guide-to-hair-color-and-life-book
For more information on Girls' C.E.O. Connection check out our website at https://www.girlsceoconnection.com or contact us by email at info@girlsceoconnection.com
Sylvia Scott, Host of Enterprising Young Females and Founder, CEO, and Chief Visionary Officer introduces the Girls' C.E.O. Connection new two-month coaching package: Realizing a Vision & Communicating with Confidence.
The program is designed for young women between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Its is an education they won’t get in school. This is about teaching young women how to become proficient in their communication skills both verbal and visual.
It’s important to create a dynamic, expressive persona that radiates that with authenticity and uniqueness. They will learn how to disrupt the secret self-doubt that’s known as the imposter syndrome! It’s the limiting belief and self-doubt that makes them feel like a phony and undermines self-confidence, which causes them to overlook the fact that their skills, talents, or accomplishments are the reason for their successes.
For more information on the coaching package contact Sylvia Scott at 303-775-9243 or by email at sylvia@girlsceoconnection.
Our sponsor for the show is Tish & Snooky's Manic Panic, N.Y.C., https://www.manicpanic.com. Tish and Snooky's book Manic Panic: In Living Color-A Rebellious Guide To Color and Life is available at https://manicpanic.com/products/manic-panic-living-in-color-a-rebellious-guide-to-hair-color-and-life-book
For more information on Girls' C.E.O. Connection check out our website at https://www.girlsceoconnection.com or contact us by email at info@girlsceoconnection.com
Laura Gallagher and The Creative Company: Loving What You Do And Becoming The Best.
Laura Gallagher is a visionary business and community leader with expertise in entrepreneurship, marketing, public relations, digital media and leadership. Laura began her business right out of college and has grown it over the past 30 years into a leading public relations, social media and web development firm. Even at 23 years old when she began Laura knew she needed a team of creative people to work for and with her. The Creative Company give its clients a full service experience.
Laura is one of 90 women in Wisconsin to be recognized by the Governor as a Trailblazer in Wisconsin. She is the SBA's 2019 Women's Business Champion of the Year. She is a proud alumnus of the Goldman Sach's 10,000 Small Businesses Entrepreneurial program at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
One of her most recent roles was as a North American Regional Ambassador and Spokesperson for Women's Entrepreneurship Day, a global movement empowering and celebrating women worldwide. She served as a Global Ambassador representing the United States and Wisconsin from June, 2017 through June, 2019.
Learn about The Creative Company at https://www.thecreativecompany.com
Laura's book 180 in 120 Days, Recharge Your Business In 120 Days is found at https://www.180in120.com. or on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/180in120-Recharge-Your-Business-Days/
Our sponsor for the show is Tish & Snooky's Manic Panic, N.Y.C., https://www.manicpanic.com. Tish and Snooky's book Manic Panic: In Living Color-A Rebellious Guide To Color and Life is available at https://manicpanic.com/products/manic-panic-living-in-color-a-rebellious-guide-to-hair-color-and-life-book
For more information on Girls' C.E.O. Connection check out our website at https://www.girlsceoconnection.com or contact us by email at info@girlsceoconnection.com
Thank you to Dani Dresdner, Hadley Shalowitz, Addie Budnik And Maddie Gordon for your time as Young Women Ambassadors and members of our Teen Editorial Board. You are greatly appreciated.
Grace Elsner is a high school senior at Visitation Academy in St. Louis MO. She began babysitting in 4th grade. For the past eight years Grace has grown her babysitting gigs it into a full service babysitting, animal care, and nanny service. Along with all of this she has created Dine & Drop, a unique Saturday night game night for children from toddlers to 6th graders. Parents drop off their kids for an evening of games, crafts, movies and the Glow stick dance party.
Grace can be contacted on LinkedIn, through her website at https://www.graceelsner.com and email at gelsner@visitationacademy.org
Tish and Snooky Bellomo had wanted to write a book yet it never seemed like the right time. When Black Dog & Leventhal gave them a proposal the sisters knew it was the right time.Three years in the making, Tish and Snooky wrote their story with the help of their Manic Panic family and editor. Stylists and their hair color specialists worked with them to create the how to guide.
Learn the process of writing a book when two phenomenal women entrepreneurs are running their global business, traveling for business and as entertainers and spending time with family.
Manic Panic Living in Color is both the rollicking origin story of the Tish and Snooky's punk rock roots combined with a fearless guide to finding your color in the rainbow. This guide provides unique and fail-proof methods to achieve the perfect shade or combinations of colors that express the inner you, as well as maintenance, effects, tips, products, remedies, and attitude.
To order the book from Manic Panic: https://manicpanic.com/products/manic-panic-living-in-color-a-rebellious-guide-to-hair-color-and-life-book
It's also available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Sylvia Scott, author of Realizing A Vision, Your Toolkit For Success. Words Of Wisdom For Young Female Entrepreneurs is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Girls' C.E.O. Connection.
In this episode of Enterprising Young Females, Sylvia shares with listeners an excerpt from her book on choosing a mentor and creating a team. This is a topic Sylvia finds important for young women in high school and college. A key point Sylvia makes is that having a mentor is one of the most Important things you can do for creating and building a business. A mentor may act as guide in how to become more efficient with behaviors, skills and strengths.
Sylvia invites listeners to contact her with comments and suggestions for young female entrepreneurs they would like to be interviewed for a video or podcast. Applications are being accepted for Young Women Ambassadors of the Girls' C.E.O. Connection. They need to be in high school (grades 9-12).The current ambassadors are shown on the Girls' C.E.O. Connection website's page: https://www.girlsceoconnection.com/young-women-ambassadors/
Sylvia's email is sylvia@girlsceoconnection.com.
Enterprising Young Female's podcasts can be found on iTunes and the Girls' C.E.O. Connection website at https://www.girlsceoconnection.com/podcasts/.
Sylvia Scott, author of Realizing A Vision, Your Toolkit For Success. Words Of Wisdom For Young Female Entrepreneurs is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Girls' C.E.O. Connection.
In this episode of Enterprising Young Females, Sylvia shares with listeners an excerpt from her book on effective communications. This is a topic Sylvia finds so very important to master, especially for young women in high school and college. A key point Sylvia makes is to have healthy and productive relationships, don't make assumptions.
Sylvia invites listeners to contact her with comments and suggestions for young female entrepreneurs they would like to be interviewed for a video or podcast. Applications are being accepted for Young Women Ambassadors of the Girls' C.E.O. Connection. They need to be in high school (grades 9-12).The current ambassadors are shown on the Girls' C.E.O. Connection website's page: https://www.girlsceoconnection.com/young-women-ambassadors/
Sylvia's email is sylvia@girlsceoconnection.com.
Enterprising Young Female's podcasts can be found on iTunes and the Girls' C.E.O. Connection website at https://www.girlsceoconnection.com/podcasts/.
Enterprising Young Females-Conversation with Tish and Snooky, the Co-founders and owners of Manic Panic® NYC and sponsor of Girls' C.E.O. Connection™
Maddie Daniel and Jamie Plafker, Ambassadors for Girls' C.E.O. Connection,™ sit down with Tish and Snooky to learn the sisters to becoming leaders in the global beauty industry.
Tish and Snooky Bellomo took their passion and over 40 years of business built an internationally renowned creative hair color and cosmetics company. Since its beginning, Manic Panic products have remained 100% vegan and cruelty-free.
The original Manic Panic® boutique became an icon of "first generation punk", as is well documented in countless books.Tish and Snooky introduced their customers to wild Manic Panic® hair dyes in every color of the rainbow, even with matching colors for lips, nails, and eyes. The popularity of their products soared in the late '80s, and they began distributing their line, out of the little store.
Tish and Snooky continue to deliver their rock n’ roll lifestyle to the world through their iconic brand. The legendary hair colors have helped celebrities including Cindy Lauper, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Cardi B, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian stand out in the crowd.
For more information about Tish & Snooky, Manic Panic® NYC, and the complete product lines of creative hair color and cosmetics visit https://www.manicpanic.com.
Madison Daniels, intern for Girls' C.E.O. Connection interview with young female entrepreneur Stacey Ferreira is entitled Plugging into People: The Importance of Becoming a Pro in Networking, Connecting, and Communicating. Stacey is the CEO of Forge which is her second entrepreneurial venture. She speaks around the world on the importance of youth entrepreneurship. Stacey and her brother co-founded MySocial Cloud, an Internet security platform when she was 18 years old. Stacey is one of the young women included in the documentary, She Started It and is the co-author of the best selling book, 20 under 20 Million.
Stacey's contact information: Stacey@staceyferreira.com Her business Forge, is found at www.joinforge.com
Maddie Daniel interviews M.J. Logan about being a successful teen author and young female entrepreneur. The conversation covers how M.J. developed her communication skills at such a young age. She is from Colorado and entered high school in 2017.
M.J. wrote her first mystery novel, The Death Call, while in middle school. It is Volume 1 in The Death Call Series of young adult mystery novels. Volume 2 in the trilogy is Camp Signal and is written for high school students.
Death Call is available on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Edition.
A video version of M.J.'s interview with Maddie is on the Girls' C.E.O. Connection website at http://www.girlsceoconnection.com
M.J. maybe contacted on Facebook at Author M.J.Logan https://www.facebook.com/authormjlogan/
Chef Remmi Smith began cooking at the age of eight. She is the co-founder and CEO of Cook Time with Remmi;a health based company and cooking show established in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hosted by 18 year old Remmi Smith, the show is based on concerns for the current childhood obesity epidemic. Remmi’s objective is to get kids excited about cooking, and to link the skill of cooking to improved nutrition.
Remmi has authored two cookbooks for kids and then for teens: Global Cooking with Remmi and The Healthy Teen Cookbook. She also created a Remmi's Italian Dressing, dry salad dressing that is sold through Whole Foods and Wal Mart. Contact Remmi on her Facebook at Cook Time with Remmi, Twitter @cooktimewithremmi, and Instagram at cooktimeremmi.
Young entrepreneur Quincy MacShane took her passion for reading Nancy Drew books and invented the Nancy Drew Board Game.Then she founded the company Sutherland Games LLC. This began when she was 14 years old. Very few Generation Z high school girls will persist to get approval to use graphics from a company like Scribner. The podcast comes from our video interview with Quincy. Check it out on the Girls C.E.O.Connection website (www.girlsceoconnection.com). To contact Quincy for more information and how to create a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign: quincy.macshane@gmail.com. The Nancy Drew Board Game can be purchased on www.nancydrewboardgame.com
In July 2013, Alexandra Hoang and Kelly Trinh interviewed Catherine Cook Connellly about her journey on creating MyYearbook. Alexandra and Kelly were Ambassadors for Girls' C.E.O. Connection and were recent high school graduates. The original video interview is still available to watch on the Girls' C.E.O. Connection YouTube channel.
Follow along with Alexandra and Kelly as they learn how Catherine and her brother Dave grew myYearbook from a small startup in 2005 to a major competitor of Facebook in just six years. In November 2011 MyYearbook merged with the Quepasa Corporation and in June 2012 rebranded to MeetMe, Inc. Imagine starting a business at the age of 15 in your bedroom and growing it to be a $33.6 million. Then selling it for $100 million!!! The best part for Catherine was to sell it while continuing to be an executive with the company.
This is the first part of a video interview we did with Zandra Cunningham. It was so interesting I decided to share it with our followers as a two-part podcast.
Zandra Cunningham is an award-winning 17-year-old entrepreneur from Buffalo New York.
Zandra is also the founder of The Zandra "TLC" Foundation, a philanthropist, public speaker, civil rights-education activist. She is an Ambassador for the International Day of Girl and founded the Day of the Girl, Buffalo. Her mission is to connect girls with their community, educational options, and ideas while helping them discover their own potential for personal and professional success. Zandra encourages youth to be change makers and make positive differences in her community. She uses herself as an example and donates up to 10 percent of her company's net profits to support girl's education.
Contact Zandra through her website, Twitter, and Instagram.
Website is https://www.zandrabeauty.com;
Twitter @twitter.com/zandrabeauty
Instagram www.instagram.com/zandrabeauty/
This month I chose the topic of You are the CEO of Your Life and Juliette Brindak Blake, is the perfect example of a female entrepreneur being the CEO of her life and the business. Juliette is the Co-founder and Partner Miss O & Friends and Moms with Girls. She is exceptionally passionate about the mission of helping tween girls navigate those confusing years. Juliette was 13 years old when she approached her parents with the idea for the business. Miss O & Friends was officially launched in April 2005. Throughout her college years and beyond Juliette has been the face of the business including participating in economic forums and social entrepreneurship awards. Miss O & Friends has been her passion every day of her life and as she says it will continue to be so for a very long time. The Miss O & Friends was formed by girls for girls and is the most popular “Girls Only” website with over 2 million unique visitors. Contact Juliette through her LinkedIn account at Juliette Blake or on the Contact Us page of the Miss O & Friends website, https://missoandfriends.com
Marisa Anne Cummings, Owner, Creative Thursday has been an entrepreneur for 18 years. She is an artist, fabric designer, consultant, teacher, web series host, author, and podcaster. The name of her business came about when Marisa decided to have Thursday as the day to take time for herself and be creative. All of Marisa’s products and businesses are under the Creative Thursday brand she launched in 2004. Her passion is to inspire and empower creative entrepreneurs to thrive in both life and business. Contact Marisa through her Twitter account @creativethurs or sign up for the Creative Thursday email list at https://creativethursday.com. Follow Marisa on her YouTube channel Creative Thursday.