article thumbnail

How Maya Penn Became One of the Most Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs of Gen Z

Success

In 2008, eco-fashion was nowhere near a mainstream topic, so I wanted to create a better alternative,” she remembers. At age 11, she appeared in a 2011 Forbes article about grade-school entrepreneurs—the first of many interviews she’d give.

Clothes 246
article thumbnail

Celebrating New Talent: Emerging Entrepreneurs Shines a Light on Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurs

Success

Take Jamie Kern Lima, who left behind her dream of daytime TV to create a makeup line for people with skin conditions after her rosacea began affecting her live interviews as a news anchor. “In Together with her husband, Kern Lima launched her company, IT Cosmetics, in 2008 out of their apartment living room in Studio City, California.

UPS 245
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Interview with Steve Pritchard from hiremyparents.com

The Small Business Blog

4 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 4 Responses to “ Interview with Steve Pritchard from hiremyparents.com &# Ray Said on December 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am Steve is right on the money saying there needs to be a market for your business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

article thumbnail

Patrice Washington Is Redefining Wealth By Scaling Joy

Success

The crash of the housing market in 2008 and subsequent recession decimated her business, leaving her on welfare and food stamps and—eventually—sitting across from a generous Harvey who offered to create a job with the sole purpose of helping her get back on her feet. And it was gone overnight.

Finance 312
article thumbnail

The US Has the Highest Recidivism Rates In the World—Here’s Why

Success

A 2021 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 66% of people released from prison in 24 different states in 2008 were re-arrested within three years. Many of these arrests led to reincarceration: parole and probation violations and new sentences led 61% of prisoners released in 2008 to return to prison within a decade.

2021 278
article thumbnail

Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

The Small Business Blog

Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 16, 2009 Following on from my interview on CNBC, I came under fire with some criticism for suggesting the banks and the government is failing small business with access to affordable finance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

Finance 100
article thumbnail

Paid To Exist: Interview With Jonathan Mead – The Illuminated Mind

Brilliantly Better

There were a few bumps on the road, as expected, but I finally managed to arrange for an exclusive interview with Jonathan. Yeap, an exclusive interview with Jonathan Meads, how about that? It was around the beginning of 2008 that I begin seeing blogging as a platform for building a business and personal brand.