Victoria Flexner

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Adrienne Bitar and Jenny Han are the co-founders of Seen Nutrition, an all-natural calcium chew for women. Adrienne Bitar, a food studies lecturer at Cornell University, and Dr. Jenny Han, a clinical pharmacist, believe that women’s poor bone health has been accepted as an inherent part of aging for too long. Dr. Han herself was diagnosed with osteoporosis at age 29, while Bitar’s mother has suffered from osteoporosis and fractures since she was in her 40s.

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Christina Spaulding started Manzanita Marketing to make the web more accessible for non-English speakers. “Over 50% of the web is in English, but only 20% of the world’s population speaks English,” entrepreneur Christina Spaulding recently told The Story Exchange.

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Kris Scheufele of Garden Harvest helps homeowners and schools install custom kitchen gardens with native herbs and vegetables. Kris Scheufele believes that the positive impact a native plant garden can have on a local environment is exponential. In 2024, Scheufele, who has spent most of her professional life working in sales and business development, decided to take her passion for gardening and plants and turn it into a business, Garden Harvest.

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Heidi Clemons of Managed Expectations is a money coach helping clients understand their financial behaviors, habits and pain points. Heidi Clemons has worked in finance for years. But it wasn’t until colleagues and friends suggested that her “superpower” was helping others understand their spending habits that she began to realize could advise people in a non-traditional way.

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Danielle Peplinski’s Chillin Sports Mom apparel line creates stylish waterproof sideline jackets for moms who spend their weekends at the game. There are tons of warm-up outfits and cool-down clothes for student athletes, but does anyone think of the moms? A frustrated (and cold) Danielle Peplinski was prompted to start up her business after spending hours in the wind and the rain, watching her children’s sports games.