Michele Rice (CEO); Melissa Rice (COO)
Rice Enterprises, LLC
29 Years in the Business (started at ages of 15 and 14 respectively)
OW: What has been your greatest inspiration?
M&MR: Our family. We have a very entrepreneurial, hard-working, and loving family. They started businesses with a dream, talent, and fearlessness. In our family,...
By Janet M. Taylor
Growing the business, eating healthy, exercising, spending time with family, spending time with friends, decorating my home, speaking, consulting, producing and hosting a podcast are a few things on my mind. There were times when my body was so tired after a long day I crawled...
Stephanie Durrett President and CEO
SD Transit, Inc.
16 Years in the Industry
OW: What has been your greatest inspiration?
SD: My husband, Kenny Durrett. Although his passing was the saddest time in my life, it motivated, inspired, and challenged me to continue the good work he began: making SD Transit the best possible...
La’Tasha D. Mayes Founder and Executive Director
New Voices for Reproductive Justice 16 Years in Social Justice
OW: What has been your greatest inspiration?
LM: My greatest inspiration has been the legacy of my ancestors and witnessing the power and potential of Black women and girls. We always lead and we always...
By Janet M. Taylor
In 2015 I celebrated 21 years in business so I decided I would end the year sharing 21 tips that can help you organize your office and clear piles from your desk.
I challenge you to take one of the tips and use it before the end...
Celebrate yourself, or some other entrepreneurial mom. Go to our website and leave information about your business in the comment section of this post. We may contact you to be featured in our next newsletter, or post your story on our sites.
Whether you are going solo, in a...
I don't care how much you love doing what you do, you still have to handle the business end of managing your business. If not, it will catch up with you later.
You need to organize your paperwork. Stay on top of your financial obligations. Watch your budget, and by...
By Marty Stahl
Entrepreneurship employs no guarantee of survival. It could be a losing proposition. So why do so many people choose to launch their own business?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that less than 50% of all small businesses successfully make it past four years of operation and yet...
By Renee Galloway
Think of "personal productivity" as one's ability to complete tasks efficiently and with quality results. It's good to periodically evaluate productivity versus busyness. Productivity equates tangible results, while busyness typically just results in exhaustion
Steps to increase personal productivity may include:
Draft a personal vision statement as a guide to...
LaKeisha Wolf is the Executive Director of the Ujamaa Collective located in Pittsburgh, PA. They just embarked on a new venture to create their own private line of skirts and accessories that just happen to be flying off the shelves. Royal Roots Collection is brand that can add style and...
Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. --Henry Brooks Adams
By: Bonita Lee Penn
Virtuous Academy's Founder and Executive Director, Iyana Tennon's story is a testimony to perseverance and extraordinary strength rooted in faith. Her support of education for Mon-Valley youth is not an 8am-3pm with summers off...
Gwen’s Girls proudly announces that Dr. Kathi Elliott has been selected to serve as the organization’s executive director. Dr. Elliott’s mother, the late Gwendolyn Elliott, one of the first African American female police officers in 1973, and eventually the first woman promoted to Sergeant and ultimately Commander founded the...
