This year, I decided to stop playing small and go full-time on my business. For Women’s History Month, I wanted to honor amazing women entrepreneurs that have inspired me to take the leap of faith. Watching them grow your brands and seeing them succeed has given me the courage to know that I too can do it. Entrepreneurship can sometimes feel lonely, but it feels so much larger knowing I am in community with so many other dope women chasing their dreams. Check out some of the below BIPOC-female founders that have inspired me on my journey across food & beverage, lifestyle, and beauty and wellness. Food & Beverage: Andrea and Robin McBride The McBride Sisters Wine Company Denise Woodard Partake Foods Jessica Spaulding Harlem Chocolate Factory Fawn Weaver Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey Lifestyle: Kalilah Wright Mess in a Bottle Lenise Williams Made Leather Co Nicole Gibbons CLARE Lisette Scott Jam + Rico Valerie Madison Valerie Madison Jewelry Uchenne and Chioma Ngwudo Cee Cee's Closet Candice Adams ChicGeeks Denequa Williams-Clark Lit Brooklyn Kelli Ulrey Pretty Please Teethers Nickey Ramsey Junobie Tomide Awe Olori Stephanie Summerson Hall Estelle Colored Glass Aliya Wanek Aliya Wanek Ruth Martin-Gordon CODDLE Tash Prendergast Lucy Lue Organics Chari Cuthbert BYCHARI Mimi Striplin The Tiny Tassel Tricia HashTree Fairfax Crystal Etienne Ruby Love Shobha Phillips proclaim Cynthia Watkins and Kathryn Burnett HarperIman Dolls Beauty & Wellness: Cora Miller Young King Hair Dorian Morris Undefined Beauty Shontay Lundy Black Girl Sunscreen Deepica Mutyala Live Tinted Myleik Teele CURLBOX Bea Dixon The Honey Pot Co Aliyah Marandiz Sugardoh Jamika Martin Rosen Skincare Trinity Mouzon Wolford Golde Melissa Butler The Lip Bar Kelley Williams curasalve Rachel James Pearnova Karen Young OUI the People Nadine Joseph Peak + Valley Victoria Fazio Propa Beauty
