Lisa WELCH, Founder, BornFit
A passion for fitness and inspiring women to lead active lifestyles gave Lisa Welch her winning idea. BornFit was founded on the belief that a strong body produces a confident spirit.

CARLEY RONEY, Co-Founder The Knot
Wanting to get out of the work-for-hire world, Carley Roney launched The Knot with her husband and two other partners. Their idea to provide innovative, at-your-fingertips wedding information spawned popular sites dedicated to marriage and pregnancy.

Joan LUNDEN, Good Morning America
After leaving Good Morning America, Joan Lunden channeled her passion for women’s health and well-being into creating Camp Reveille, a wellness retreat designed to help ladies renew, refocus and recharge.

Dr. Lissa RANKIN, Founder and Pink Director of Mojo – Owning Pink
This women’s health visionary, and Incubator Intensive grad, took a huge Pleap (a pink leap of faith) by leaving the medical profession, but soon found that she could quit her job, but not her calling.

By following her environmental passions, Kyle Smitley started Barley & Birch, a company that does its part to save the planet and keeps kids in 100% certified organic cotton clothing.

Jennifer VanDerHorst-Larson, founder of Vibrant Technologies, Holland Center and St. Croix Solutions, has experienced business success and personal challenges. Learn how she built two multi-million dollar companies while facing her son’s heartbreaking diagnosis.

Featured Lady Julie Azuma started Different Roads to Learning when she couldn’t easily find educational tools for her autistic daughter. Initially met with skepticism by people she wanted to partner with who didn’t understand the need for this type of service, Julie persevered. Ten years later, DRL offers 450 items to a customer base of 22,000 and is projected to generate $2.25 million in revenue this year.

When Julie Dix and Danielle Ayotte launched Taggies in 1999, they had no idea how much their concept would aid in children’s social and emotional development…

Documentarian & Author, The Business of Being Born
www.mybestbirth.com

Founder,
CPi of Richmond, Tekna, Posh Tots, Genesis Marketing