Idea Makers: 15 Fearless Female Entrepreneurs [Hardcover]

Entrepreneurship can change your life—and even the world
 
Idea Makersshares the incredible stories of 15 women who changed the world through their entrepreneurship. Author Lowey Bundy Sichol presents five industries that women are leading in recent years: food, fashion and clothing, health and beauty, science and technology, and education.
 
Jenn Hyman brought couture fashion to everyday women with her idea to Rent the Runway. Morgan DeBaun supports Black journalists through Blavity. And Sandra Oh Lin is inspiring kids everywhere with KiwiCo activity boxes.
 
Readers learn about how the women featured risked their early careers, gave up their salaries, and sometimes even went against the approval of their families to follow their passions and start their own businesses. Today, these women are modern leaders worth billions of dollars and employing tens of thousands of individuals.
 
Young women today are embracing innovation and idea making, and the women profiled inIdea Makerswill show them how that can change the world.
 “Informative and inspiring,Idea Makerstells the transformational stories of 15 amazing women entrepreneurs. Lowey Sichol skillfully brings each of those stories to life with lessons of creativity, perseverance, and passion.”—Kevin Lane Keller, E. B. Osborn Professor of Marketing, Dartmouth College“This book is amazing! It is full of empowering stories that are sure to inspire a new generation of creative thinkers and future entrepreneurs. I was delighted to learn the captivating histories behind some of the world’s most well-known brands. Readers are going to love it too!”—Todd Burleson, 2016 Librarian of the Year,School Library Journal“Idea Makers: 15 Fearless Female Entrepreneursleads with the notion that in growing the entrepreneurs of the future, represental£$