Ashley Slocum: Building a Beautifully Blended Business
byAshley Slocum, owner of Blended in Hilldale, talks about what it took for her to build her beautifully blended business.
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Rye Kimmett: From Book Lover to Business Owner
byRye Kimmett has taken her love of books and made into her own business with Kismet, a Madison area bookstore.
Cassie Redmond: Shaping Her Own Stylish Future
byCassie Redmond is achieving a “pie-in-the-sky dream” after years of hard work.
Marina Bloomer: From Aerospace Engineer to STEAM Pioneer
byMarina Bloomer is helping local girls and non-binary youth take flight.
Building Trust and Breaking Barriers
byHow the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation has helped countless female entrepreneurs over its 36-year history.
Courtney Ellington: A Fresh-Faced, New Beginning
byCourtney Ellington launched Luscious Beauty by Courtney in 2022 with customized skin and body products that she sells online and at local pop-ups.
Finding Home
byFour Madison immigrants share their journeys to the capital city, and why they’ve chosen to stay.
Linda Vakunta: Leading Multicultural Madison
byIt’s time Madison started viewing itself as a multicultural city. So says deputy mayor and Cameroonian-born immigrant Linda Vakunta.
Fabiola Hamdan: Creating Connections
byHamdan’s own scrappy experience is why she became a social worker and now helps others make their way in this country.
Sehade Carter: The Economy of Empathy
byGrowing up in an Albanian Muslim immigrant family, Sehade Carter found middle school especially hard. Her classmates made fun of her name so often that she started going by Sarah.