Emily Best, 30s, Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark

What is your name, age, and location? Emily Best, 32, Brooklyn, NY – United States. What is your profession? Founder and CEO, Seed&Spark, which brings together crowd-funding, gamification, and streaming digital distribution to help independent films build and monetize deeply engaged audiences. What did you study in school and what degrees do you have? I … Continue reading »

Holly Lynch, 30s, Communications Entrepreneur

From the archives: this interview originally appeared on the site on November 8th, 2011. What is your name, age, and location? Holly Lynch, 35, New York, NY. What is your profession? Founder and CEO of The Good Girls – the first branding firm focused on women-led enterprise and social innovation. What did you study in … Continue reading »

Lexa Hillyer, 30s, Entrepreneur & Editor

What is your name, age, and location? Lexa Hillyer, 31, Brooklyn NY – United States. What is your profession? I’m the cofounder of Paper Lantern Lit, a boutique literary development company. We come up with story ideas or “sparks,” plot them extensively, then match them with aspiring and talented writers. We support the writers and … Continue reading »

Ines Almeida, 30s, Social Entrepreneur

I first came across Inês’ wonderful work two years ago, while researching girl empowerment communities for my documentary project The Illusionists (for which Inês eventually became an ally, supporter and sponsor). I was instantly captivated by Inês’ vision, drive, determination, and altruism. Her enterprise 7Wonderlicious is focused on overturning gender stereotypes, empowering girls to achieve … Continue reading »