“The following article published by Founding Mothers Group” In our fourth Founding Mothers blog post we talk to Joanne Sonenshine, the Founder + CEO of Connective Impact, an advisory firm aiding organizations in addressing social, environmental and economic development challenges using partnership strategies. Joanne is a development economist, as well as mother of two boys and the author […]
Category archives: Entrepreneurship
When Motherhood is Inseparable from Business
“The following article published by Founding Mothers Group” In our ongoing series of interviews with Founding Mothers, we spoke with Olayinka Credle, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Melanin Essentials. Her entrepreneurial story is entwined with her motherhood one. From single mom undergraduate with a dream to a fully fledged business owner and dynamic Mother of three, hers […]
CEO of All Good Brand on Taking Smart Risks to Build a Good Brand
“The following article published by Founding Mothers Group” Since posting my first interview on this blog, Confessions of a Founding Mother, I have been laying the groundwork to connect more ‘Founding Mothers,’ particularly those in the B Corp world. Ahead of International Women’s Day I reached out to Caroline Duell of All Good, hoping she would share her experiences as a […]
Confessions of a Founding Mother
“The following article published by Founding Mothers Group” Earlier this year, I participated in a panel discussion organized by AIGA DC titled Founding Mothers: A Conversation with Female Founders, which asked the question – Is starting and running a business really all that different for women? RoundPeg is, in many ways, typical of a Founding Mother enterprise, so […]
Youth Entrepreneurship’s Role in Mitigating Climate Change
As Greta never ceases to remind us: today’s “young people” are those that carry the heaviest burden when it comes to climate change. Why youth? Indeed, these “young people” do not yet have the level of expertise needed to provide our global leaders with persuasive statistical evidence and dense academic research. In most cases, they […]