HOLDETTE-ING IT ALL TOGETHER
WOMEN@WORK: WINDSOR HANGER WESTERN
Windsor Hanger Western is the Co-Founder, Publisher & President of Her Campus Media. She founded Her Campus alongside Stephanie Kaplan Lewis and Annie Wang during their time at Harvard University and they have since led the team for the last 11 years. Windsor sat down with Holdette to talk about all things business development, starting a Media Company, and self care.
WOMEN@WORK: YU TING LIN
Yu Ting Lin is a young entrepreneur en route to her next venture. After starting her first business at 19, Wrooof, Yu Ting Lin is a rising senior at Northeastern University involved in the entrepreneurial space. She sat down with us to talk about all things business, Tik Tok, and dogs!
WOMEN@WORK: RAQUEL PHILLIPS
Raquel Phillips and her sister, Nicole, started Qatch to help find a solution for how overwhelming online shopping can be for women. After graduating from Babson in 2017 with her Masters, Raquel moved to New York City for work. While in New York and still working in accounting, Qatch came together: a site where...
WOMEN@WORK: ALICE LEWIS
Alice Lewis is the founder of Alice’s Table, which empowers women to start their own flower-arranging workshop businesses. Alice’s Table was on Shark Tank and a part of the 2017 Techstars Boston class.
WOMEN@WORK: RACHEL LEINER
Rachel is a Boston University senior with a thriving photography business. She sat down with us to talk about all things freelancing, networking as a young business owner, and finding your brand.
WOMEN@WORK: BRIANNA DICKEY
Brianna is the founder of Coffee Connections. She is currently working with the Ethiopian government, among others, as an advocate for sustainable supply chains (both environmental and personal for the farmers).
WOMEN@WORK: KAITLYN MEROLA
Kaitlyn Merola is the founder and head marketing maven at Möve Marketing. Primarily Boston-based, Möve tackles client-based digital marketing strategies. When Kaitlyn is not working on her new business, she is a spin instructor!
WOMEN@WORK: CAROLINE MEAD
Caroline Mead is the designer, creator, and founder of Moona Custom. Her company creates hand-made clay earrings in an array of colors and shapes. Caroline founded her company on the purity of self-expression, love, and vibrancy.
CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE OUTLOOK
The first step is to think critically. Then, shop critically.
WOMEN@WORK: ELYSE BUSH
Elyse Bush is the Marketing and Programs Manager at BU Spark! and a Boston College aluma. Elyse is also the founder of Justus, a platform that brings “transparency to employer diversity and inclusion through the reviews by members of affinity groups” for over a year now.
HOW I STARTED VIV FOR YOUR V BY KATIE DIASTI
Viv was born in a class project my senior year of college. “Find a problem, then come up with a solution to that problem.” was the guideline. The project lasted the entirety of my senior year fall semester, turning into a hobby that I never stopped wanting to work on.
WOMEN@WORK: CHINWE OPARAJI
Chinwe Oparaji is a creative who owns the tech space and has completed multiple graphic design and web development internships. On the side she has founded the The Smile Market, a nonprofit organization, which assists young artists in publicizing their work. She is also a current Boston University student, successfully juggling academics, career and side hustle.
FIVE TIPS FOR STARTING YOUR PASSION PROJECT WHILE WORKING FULL TIME BY SARAH GANZENMULLER
It is easy to come up with a great idea. Okay, so maybe not easy, but when compared to the effort it takes to make that same idea come to life, it is. While I was studying abroad in Antibes I wrote an entire business plan for my Entrepreneurship class which essentially outlined a service that was a combination of Wanderu and Grabbd, two very successful companies today. I never ended up seeing my idea through because I thought it would be too difficult to execute. Someone…
WOMEN@WORK: SARAH GANZENMULLER
Sarah Ganzenmuller currently works in Digital Marketing over at 829 Studios, but when she is not working her day job she is working to ameliorate the daily effects of “the coffee run”. Establishing her passion project, Rippl or @therippleffect, Sarah is combining coffee, technology, and values all in one program.
WOMEN@WORK: SHENA LOHARDJO
Shena Lohardjo a recent Boston University grad and a program coordinator at MassChallenge FinTech sat down with Holdette to talk all things startup, the importance of getting involved in communities and why pockets are a daily essential for her work life.
WOMEN@WORK: GILLIAN DUNN
Gillian Dunn, an alumna of Kent State University, is a new member of the WS Development team where she works as a digital content coordinator creating and strategizing content for Boston’s Seaport neighborhood as it expands. Gillian sat down with Holdette to talk all things influencer, social media, and creativity after your 9-5. She is also my [aka Harper] old manager at my last internship!
30 WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES YOU SHOULD SHOP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
With the holiday season approaching, the scramble to find last minute gifts for friends and family can seem like a daunting task. Instead of purchasing from power-hungry, male-dominated businesses, why not purchase from badass women perfecting their craft? Over Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I comprised a list of my favorite women artists, businesses, and creatives and shared their handles on Instagram. All of them are women-owned, philanthropic..
Women@Work: Tori Deems
Tori Deems is a UMass Amherst alumni currently working in the Big Apple for Deloitte as a part of the SHINE Marketing Excellence rotation as an Associate. She talks with us about her side hustle hopes and what it is like working for one of “The Big Four” in New York.
WOMEN@WORK: ALYSSA ESPIRITU
Alyssa Espiritu is a Solutions Consultant at Adobe. A recent Boston University grad of the College of Communications and a California native, Alyssa chats all things tech, PR, and female communities with Harper, our content writer below!
WOMEN@WORK: LINNEA KENNISON
Linnea attended Bridgewater State University (in Massachusetts) and studied Corporate Communications and Public Relations. She now works as a Social Media Queen over at Wayfair.