50 Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us

We're thrilled to announce the latest issue of Self-Made Magazine, which launched last week, and we're especially excited about our cover story, "50 Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire Us." While gender is hopefully becoming less and less of an issue in today's business world, and while every entrepreneur who achieves success is inspiring, we recognize that women still have many unique obstacles to overcome as entrepreneurs, and we wanted to recognize those who have broken through barriers and found the ultimate success in entrepreneurship!

The lists includes:





Rhonda Byrne – Author, "The Secret" (One of our favorite book, yes!) 
Listed among Time Magazine’s 2007 roll of 100 people who shape the world, Rhonda Byrne is the author of the wildly successful book, "The Secret," and the producer of the movie by the same name.  Additionally, Byrne is the founder of a television production company, called Prime Time Productions.




Rachel Ray – Rachel Ray Digital, LLC (the famous-fun-female chef)
Rachel Ray is the Emmy Award winning host of three Food Network shows as well as her own daytime talk show. Additionally, she has authored a number of books and has a magazine, Every Day with Rachel Ray. Twitter: @rachael_ray




Arianna Huffington – The Huffington Post (we adore HuffPost much, one of the most important growing media)
Named as one of Forbes' Most Influential Women in Media in 2009, Arianna Huffington is the founder of The Huffington Post.  Prior to The Huffington Post, Huffington hosted a website called Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was a website called Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton. Twitter: @ariannahuff


 
Sara Blakely – Spanx (we bet every girl in US-or soon to be whole world, will be thankful for the Spanx)
2002 Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner Sara Blakely says on her Spanx website, "With $5,000 in savings out of the back of my apartment, a whole lot of internet research, patent writing, cold-calling, less-than-shy demonstrations for buyers, and a call from Oprah…Spanx was born!"  Sara has also formed the Sara Blakely Foundation, which focuses on supporting and empowering women around the world. Twitter: @SpanxINC


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