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Top enterprising women!
Day Three of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009: Women’s Enterprise Day!
Who is your favourite enterprising woman and why?
Submitted by davidjose on Thu, 04/02/2010 - 08:51.
How long have you been in
How long have you been in this field? You seem to know a lot more than I do, I’d love to know your sources!
Jack,
Submitted by Jessica Chapman (not verified) on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 15:53.
Griselda Barajas in the US
We’ve got amazing women entrepreneurs in Sacramento, California and we’re holding our “I’m Every Woman” event tonight to celebrate them for GEW. Out of the four panelists, Griselda Barajas is my favorite. She runs a bustling catering conglomerate, does work with the State Capital, and is incredibly plugged in to local non-profits that serve our less fortunate. Patricia Hudak is my next one on the list. 26 years old and has a national booming company, Real World 101. Jessica sacgew.com
Submitted by mattblack on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 13:24.
Anita Roddick
She ran founded a multinational, multimillion pound that competed with the all major players in the beauty sector. And it was a social enterprise. Remarkable achievement and something i would love to emulate.
Submitted by Polly on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 14:05.
Anita Roddick
I agree Anita was an amazing pioneer but surely we cannot forget her selling out to L'Oreal!
Submitted by Alex Ritchie on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 15:05.
Anita Roddick
But selling out to L’Oreal, although you may not agree with it, doesn’t make her a bad entrepreneur it could arguably makes her a better entrepreneur…i.e. knowing when the right time & the right deal comes to sell-up!
Submitted by mattblack on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 17:56.
Anita
Agree with Alex. Social entrepreneurs shouldn't be afraid of making money. When she sold I'm sure she preserved the values of the business in the contractual agreements with L'Oreal
Also big business isnt inherently bad. Major corporations are arguably the only bodies that have the scale to tackle major problems. Uniliver won an award this week for a product Unilever purifying water. Massively useful in the third world, the R & D cost them £50m- could an organisation any smaller afford to focus on something like that?
Submitted by Polly on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 17:56.
Anita Roddick
Fair point, a good entrepreneur takes on a good opportunity but at what cost?
Given Body Shop's USP was based on ethical & fair trading it does seem somewhat hypocritical that it would then be sold to a large multinational who had a track record for animal testing.
I guess, what I am saying here is, when does an ethical business stop being ethical and at what cost?
Submitted by Xavier (not verified) on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 13:23.
Anna Bance from GirlMeetsDress.com
My favourite by far is Anna Bance from Girl Meets Dress. A faboulus concept and an amazing customer service. Hands down one to watch. Check it our for yourselves: www.girlmeetsdress.com
Submitted by Alex Ritchie on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 12:41.
Nine Women Entrepreneurs
I’m attending the Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening tonignt at the British Library where nine of our amazing UK women entrepreneurs will be hosting tables and sharing their stories & top tips. The line up includes.. Polly Gowers – founder of Everyclick - a social enterprise that is leading the way in enabling charities to raise money Laura Tenison MBE – founder & MD of jojomamanbebe.co.uk – the maternity, baby & nursery specialists with website, catalogue and 25 stores across the country. Karen Darby – founder of Simply Switch which she sold for a reported £22m Natalie Ellis – inventor of Road Refresher and Dragons Den rejectee who went on to conquer the United States market Rachel Elnaugh – founder of Red Letter Days, Author of Business Nightmares, former Dragon and leading business mentor Karen Hanton – founder of Top Table. The UK’s leading online restaurant guide Saira Khan- founder of Miamoo, and runner up on the 2005 show The Apprentice Kanya King – founder and CEO of the MOBO Awards Gita Patel – CEO and founder of Stargate Capital and one of the most influential Asian entrepreneurs in the UK These are just the hosts, the event will be jam packed with many, many more women entrepreneurs, there is no shortage of top enterprising women out there doing great things.
Submitted by Ala'a Hamdan (not verified) on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 12:35.
Nisreen Sweidan
Nisreen Sweidan
Submitted by rstrudwick on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 12:10.
Michelle Mone
Michelle Mone has got to be near the top of the list. She’s got an amazing story, she went through a lot of adversity and battled on to get Ultimo up and running …..and she puts great effort into promoting enterprise, especially womens enterprise - she’s a star!
Submitted by Zarina on Wed, 18/11/2009 - 11:43.
Not Kate Moss, Cheryl Cole or Victoria Beckham
They’ve done well, but they are not exactly business women are they? Choosing items from your own wardrobe and making a collection for top shop (prob designed by someone else) is not exactly enterprsing is it Miss Moss?
Perhaps Stella McCartney. Anita Roddick too.
Submitted by Emily Jayne Phillips on Thu, 19/11/2009 - 23:56.
Agree - don't know if you saw
Agree - don't know if you saw the documentry on Kate Moss at Topshop but she definitely 'directed' the line at Topshop, not designed!
I think that every woman who has the guts to start her own business is an entrepreneur to be admired! (sorry is that a cop out??!)
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