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Dr. Anne Le - Gigantest

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The Cake Studio

Like most in the food industry, we were hit pretty hard during the pandemic. A lot of us had to make the difficult choice to close down. At the time, I was an employee of The Cake Studio, and I was in talks with my employer about taking over the business. When COVID hit, that put a stressor on things. She was willing to help me ease into taking things over and help me finance the business. However, we had to make the difficult decision to close our doors. She was amazing, though. While the pandemic played out, she let me keep everything in storage to see if I could re-open on my own. I waited

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Women SCORE Higher Conference

This year's, "Learn, Earn, Return" themed conference will feature keynote speaker Anita Oberwortmann, 8 interactive breakout sessions, and a panel focused on cultivation, rewards, and giving back.

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Gigantest

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Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV)

Women’s Economic Ventures is dedicated to the economic empowerment of women — cultivating the power within each woman to succeed on her own terms.

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Women's Roundtable

Please join us and discover the strength behind building a strong network, and see how today's businesswomen are accomplishing more than ever before.

Through our open discussion you will have the opportunity to:

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Sunshine Flowers International

Our company has existed since 1986 and has been at the San Francisco Flower Mart since 2008. We are a mother-and-daughter-owned business servicing many loyal customers over the past 30 years. I am a native of Bogota, Columbia, and founded Sunshine Flowers International. In the mid-1980s, I moved to California and completed my degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, with an emphasis in importing and marketing. After that, I embarked on importing cut flowers from Colombia. I was the first female business owner and flower importer at the San Francisco Flower Mart

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Artisan Pastry Chef (More Than) Ready to Open Her Bakery

I started a cottage industry and am now about to open a storefront bakery in Owings Mills. I have had several wedding cake tastings and three orders on the books. I recently exhibited at the Baltimore Wedding Expo, was on WBAL TV in December 2022 and had one of my cakes featured in the Winter/Spring 2023 Baltimore Weddings magazine.

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'ByeByeCry': Local mother creates noise machine to help fight colic

Samantha Myers joins "Good Day Philadelphia" to discuss her ByeByeCry invention which helps soothe babies with colic.

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A Toast to Wine Importers' Early Success

SCORE was with us from the start. Under SCORE's mentorship, we've applied and received our LLC designation, ordered and received two shipments of wine which is now being carried at almost 40 (and growing) retail locations and restaurants in Maryland and Washington, DC, and working our way to profitability. Personally, the success of our business venture has helped us to reconnect as a family, having lived on two different continents for the last 30 years.

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