A half day conference & workshop designed to encourage women to get started and make the leap into entrepreneurship while understanding their unique advantages and challenges.
Three years ago, Kerry Knee wanted to try out a sexy fitness class after seeing actress Teri Hatcher on The Oprah Winfrey Show talk about hers. Unable to find any similar classes in her hometown of Toronto, Kerry and her sister quit their jobs to open Flirty Girl Fitness, a fitness and lifestyle facility that specializes in unique workouts. Bob talks with Kerry about Flirty Girl Fitness' target audience and class offerings, including pole dancing, belly dancing and hula hoop routines.
Maliha, a new arrival to Chicago, is co-founder of SPARK Chicago—an event that will help launch three startups from scratch (July 2011 at Merchandise Mart). Maliha enjoys everything from marketing, sales, project management, filming, crunching numbers, to doing whatever needs to get done for a startup to discover an exciting business opportunity.
Prior to SPARK Chicago, Maliha was working in a fashion accessory business, and continues to provide consulting services to local... Read More →