Tag: Female Entrepreneur
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Meet UC Berkeley alum Rhonda Nassar, Co-Founder of Celia Chocolatier
Tell us about your company: Celia’s guiding principle is to create clean, premium, and natural chocolates — with a focus on both taste and ingredient integrity.Our chocolates are made with single-origin cacao beans from Ecuador (specifically Ecuadorian Nacional cacao), prized for naturally fruity and floral flavor notes.We avoid common “fillers” and additives. Our bars are…
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Meet Northwestern alum Mara Smith, Founder Inspiro Tequila
Tell us about your company: Inspiro Tequila is a clean, additive-free tequila brand that is crafted with discerning female consumers in mind. We not only offer impeccable, meticulously crafted tequilas, but we are also providing more female perspectives to the spirits industry by being distilled, owned and led by women. What inspired you to start…
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Meet UCSB alum Jodie Dolan of DOLAN Scrubs
Tell us about your company: DOLAN makes the world’s best fitting medical scrubs. We leverage our 20 years design, manufacturing and expertise to create the highest quality and most comfortable scrubs on the market because the 15 million Americans who wear and buy scrubs everyday deserve to feel and look their best. We engineer scrubs…
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Meet UCLA alum Lizzie Brown, Founder of Yoga Wake Up
Tell us about your company: Yoga Wake Up transforms the way people start their day by offering a simple, mindful morning routine that promotes mental clarity and physical well-being. Our app delivers 10-minute audio-guided yoga and meditation sessions designed to help users wake up gently and with intention. As the first-ever yoga alarm clock app,…
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Meet USC alum Jodie Mannis, Founder of Good Vibes Cookie
Tell us about your company: My name is Jodi and I am the mastermind & confectionary heARTist behind all the magic of Good Vibes Cookie Co. We have created an elevated magical experience that shows food can sparkle with heARTistic flair & still be delicious. Good Vibes Cookie Co was created to elevate the gift…
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Meet Northwestern alum Erica Bethe Levin, Founder Globowl
Tell us about your company: Globowl is an internationally inspired baby and toddler food company introducing babies to big flavors, safe textures and common allergens when they are starting solids to help prevent picky eating and texture aversions, while mitigating the likelihood of future food allergies. Our pediatrician-approved, chef-curated meals give kids the chance to…
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Meet USC alumni Shelby Sims, Co-Founder Quincy
Tell us about your company: Quincy offers the ideal ratio of olives to premium, from-the-barrel brine, makes the perfect dirty martini for every occasion. With zero waste. What inspired you to start your business? As martini enthusiasts, my Co-Founder Halli Sigel and I noticed the lack of an easy, sustainable option for making premium-quality dirty…
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Meet Northwestern alum Tathyane Vosgerau, Co-Founder Gifted Breads
Tell us about your company: Gifted Breads is a women-owned artisan bakery based in Chicago. What began in a local food incubator has grown into a company with products now available nationwide. From the start, our goal has been to create bread that delivers the same joy and experience as traditional bread—without sacrificing taste or…
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Meet UCSB alum Lindy Pearson, Founder of Oxygen Yoga & Fitness Agoura Hills
Tell us about your company: We are a FAR-Infrared yoga and fitness studio empowering our community to discover movement, mindfulness, & gratitude. With over 24 different formats to choose from we always have a class for you to join. Far infrared is a type of radiant heat that is invisible to the naked eye. Unlike the…

