Enterprising Young Females

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/zandrab

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 Contac

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.

Sylvia Scott is also the visionary and producer of the Realizing a Vision conference series and co-author of Realizing a Vision, Your Toolkit for Success. Words of Wisdom for Young Female Entrepreneurs. Sylvia discusses how a signature style is created to define a brand. How a young woman is perceived will influence how people will support her as a young entrepreneur. It is essential to take control of the perception or someone else will do it. Sylvia has been an entrepreneur for nearly 20 years. She has worked closely with women entrepreneurs from those who are just launching a business to those who are highly accomplished in business and their communities and industries. www.girlsceoconnection.com.Contact Sylvia at sylvia@girlsceconnection.com.

Lizzie Marie Likness is founder of Lizzie Marie Cuisine and Wandering the Gap.Lizzie discusses the development of her business for healthy cooking and eating. She owned Lizzie Marie Cuisine from the age of 8 to 16. Lizzie closed her business in 2015 to focus on studying for graduation and decide how to proceed with college. Lizzie has taken a gap year between high school and college. Wandering the Gap has become a conversation with Lizzie’s followers on how she handles the challenges and experiences on her decision for a gap year. Contact Lizzie Marie by email at lizzie@WanderingTheGap.com

Isabella Rose Taylor, Founder and Creator of Isabella Rose Taylor Designs for teenage girls. She discusses the development of her business with her perseverance, self-discipline, and collaboration.  Contact Isabella Rose Taylor through her Facebook account at IsabellaRoseTaylorDesigns message board, personal Instagram at isabellarosetaylor or her business Instagram at irtthebrand

Sylvia Scott, Founder of Girls' C.E.O. Connection™ is also the creator and producer of the Realizing a Vision conference series and co-author of Realizing a Vision, Your Toolkit for Success. Words of Wisdom for Young Females Entrepreneurs. Sylvia has been an entrepreneur for nearly 20 years. She has worked closely with women entrepreneurs from those who are just launching a business to those who are highly accomplished in business and their communities and industries. www.girlsceoconnection.com. Contact Sylvia at sylvia@girlsceconnection.com

Morissa Schwartz, Founder of GenZ Publishing is a best-selling author, media personality and a Voice for Generation Z. Morissa is a strong advocate for high school girls to become online entrepreneurs. She discusses taking hold of one opportunity after another to become the successful entrepreneur she is today. Contact Morissa through her websites https://morissa schwartz.com or https://genzpublising

Amanda Faye Martin is the Co-founder, co-director, and co-producer of Wormwood Theatre Collective in Denver, CO. Amanda discusses how she developed her success skills and became the business leader she is today. She also discusses how important teamwork it is when working with her co-founder, actors, and musicians to make Wormwood Theatre Collective successful. Amanda Faye Martin began her entrepreneur journey at the age of 13.  She created a jewelry business, Pick Me Jewelry, and ultimately donated 20 thousand dollars of the proceeds to various charities. Now, she is the co-artistic director of Wormwood Theatre collective in Denver and a freelance theatre practitioner, currently directing a show at the Hampstead Stage Company in New Hampshire, writing a play for Brandeis University that premiers at the end of October 2017, and starting to develop a project at Harvard University. She graduated from Harvard University 2016 with a MFA in dramaturgy.Contact Amanda at amandafayemartin@gmail.com

Ana Rivas discusses how her vision to be a fashion designer and photographer has changed into the expansion of her photography business into social issues and weddings. She explains how perseverance and going the extra mile helps to create a business and keep it going. Ana shares how her vision now includes producing tabletop books that tell the stories of others she has met. Ana touches on how she looks at everything around her including jobs that don’t pertain to her photography to grow. It is a way for other young women to decide what type of business to create. Ana emphasizes for young entrepreneurs to continue looking at everything around them as a way to grow. Contact Ana through her website http://anacristel.com  

Catherine Cook, Co-founder and Vice President of Brand Strategy of MeetMe. Catherine discusses her journey of communicating effectively from the beginnings of MyYearbook as it became re-branded to MeetMe. The company has built one of the top mobile apps for Millennials. https://www.meetme.com; Contact Catherine through her Twitter account @cncook. She will set up a time to connect.  

Julie Weston, San Francisco fashion designer and founder of Weston Wear. From Passion to Vision-Creating dance-inspired womenswear from a passion for colors, fabrics, and dance and building a well established fashion business from it.  www.westonsf.com. Contact Julie through her email at jw@westonwear

Sylvia introduces her show and explains what it's all about and how it can help high school girls and young women develop the traits and behaviors of accomplished female entrepreneurs.