Veronika Scott thought she’d come up with a pretty good idea. She had designed a heavy winter coat that could turn into a sleeping bag, giving people living on the streets of Detroit a way to stay warm during freezing nights. She’d spent months working on the design, visiting shelters and asking people what they … Read more
In 1976, Lillian Lincoln Lambert walked into her boss’s office expecting to discuss the small cleaning company she had started on the side. Instead, she walked out knowing she was about to lose her job. Lambert had been honest with her employer about her plans. She didn’t want him hearing from someone else that she … Read more
Long before Eren Ozmen became the owner of an aerospace company worth billions, she was cleaning its offices at night. She was a graduate student from Turkey, studying for her MBA at the University of Nevada, Reno. Money was tight, and she worked several jobs to pay her expenses, including making baklava to sell at … Read more