Loren’s World compiled a list of our top 10 young female entrepreneurs on the rise! Enjoy and hope to see you on our list soon.
Sarah Prevette
Company: Sprouter.com
Age: 28
Sarah Prevette wanted to find a better way to get answers to her pressing business questions so she started an online community for it called Sprouter. Sprouter is a fast paced environment that focuses on connecting entrepreneurs to socialize and share tips. Sarah has grown Sprouter to 10′s of thousands of users and is backed by angel investors. The community has been featured in numerous publications and is posed to grow as we continue to see growth of online communities and networking.
Ashley Qualls
Company: Whateverlife.com
Age: 20
Ashley started Whateverlife.com back in 2004 at only 14 years old and has been working with websites since the age of 9. The site was meant to provide free Myspace layouts and HTML tutorials for her age group. Now she has turned down offers to buy the company for as much as 1.5 million. According to the site the company receives anywhere from 130,000 – 360,000 daily visitors.
Catherine Cook
Company: MyYearBook.com
Age: 22
Catherine founded MyYearBook.com with her brother David Cook and has grown it into the most popular teen site in the world and a top 30 website overall. The site boasts over 25 million members since it was founded in 2005 and has revenue of over 24 million. With over $17 million in funding and a passionate user base the two founders look to keep building the platform to serve their community.
Justine Ezarik
Company: iJustine
Age: 26
Justine Ezarik is the definition of internet celebrity. Justine has over 1.2million Twitter followers, 400,000+ Facebook fans and almost 1 million subscribers to her YouTube channel all from creating viral comic videos online. In 2009 it was estimated her videos had been viewed over 64 million times and she makes over $75,000/year just from YouTube. This celebrity status has also led her to numerous appearances in movies, tv shows, and commercials all while she keeps producing her own videos that brought her to this fame.
Lauren Bush
Company: FEED
Age: 26
FEED is non-profit organization that in only a few years has had a major impact on the world by providing over 50 million meals worldwide. The idea is simple, FEED manufactures and sells reusable bags that resemble feed bags with half of the proceeds going towards feeding the hungry.
Lauren co-founded the company with Ellen Gustafson in 2007 and with a partnership from the United Nations World Food Program is pushing forward by producing more unique bags for people to buy. You can also now buy a variety of other items like bracelets, backpacks, t-shirts and other things at the online store.
Alexa von Tobel
Company: LearnVest
Age: 26
Alexa started her career at Morgan Stanley but left the job and invested $75,000 into her company Learn Vest. Learn Vest quickly recruited advisers like the former CEO of the Huffington Post and former COO of Daily Candy. After securing $1.1million in funding in 2009 the site launched and has signed up over 100,000 members.
Learn Vest focuses on helping young women develop good financial habits early on in life. Today the company has raised over $5.5million in funding and with an experienced team behind it they are poised for growth.
Jennifer Hyman & Jenny Fleiss
Company: Rent the Runway
Age: 29 & 26
Ever dream of always having access to the latest fashion and hottest trends? Rent the Runway lets you rent dresses and accessories from over 100 designers and brands. The company has over 500,000 members to its member only platform and sees 20,000 more join each week.
With over $15million in funding and being called the Netflix of fashion the sky is the limit for these two ambitious young women.
Kyle Smitley
Company: Barley & Birch
Age: 25
Barley & Birch is an organic clothing line for kids founded by Kyle Smitley in 2008. The clothing line was quickly picked up by mommy bloggers and outlets that focused on eco-friendly products.
In 2009 Kyle led the company to over $400,000 in revenue and to the shelves of 25 stores.
Company: M3 Girl Designs
Age: 15
Maddie Bradshaw is the founder of the $1.6million a year company, M3 Girl Designs. What started as simple locker decorations has turned into a thriving company for young girls. The companies necklaces and designs are sold throughout the U.S. and they sell over 50,000 necklaces a month.
Maddie has plans to expand the company into other accessories beyond just necklaces in the near future.
Danielle Snyder and Jodie Snyder
Company: Chic Events
Age: 27
Rachel Hollis founded Chic Events in her basement back in 2004. Her passion for throwing parties and putting some of the best events together has grown the company into a team of 4 and revenue close to a million dollars.
The company is based in L.A. and focuses on high end events like movie premiers, destination weddings, and just plain awesome parties!
