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300 Investors Said No. Katrina Lake Said Yes to Herself and Changed Fashion Forever.
The pitch deck was pristine. The spreadsheets were bulletproof. Katrina Lake had thought through every objection — the thin margins, the logistics nightmare, the fact that
They Took Her Name. She Started Over at 62 and Won Anyway: The Bobbi Brown Story
Bobbi Brown built a billion-dollar cosmetics brand, had it taken by Estée Lauder, and at 62 launched Jones Road Beauty from scratch — proving your philosophy can't be acquired in any contract.
She Started With $1,500 and a Borrowed Fax Machine — Then Built a $1 Billion Company: The Janice Bryant Howroyd Story
In 1978, Janice Bryant Howroyd opened a staffing firm with $1,500 and a borrowed fax machine. Forty years later, she became the first Black woman to own a company that crossed $1 billion in revenue.