Entrepreneurship is a twisted knot itself. However, just like many women in business, every female entrepreneur knows how to untangle these knots, rightly balance the personal & professional life and bring the best to the table. With so many first time female entrepreneurs or mompreneurs, women have successfully imprinted their presence in the business world. Redefining the crazy world of entrepreneurship with their unique perspectives, here’s a list of top 20 female entrepreneurs who knows how to nail the game of business!
Heidi Anderson
Heidi Anderson is not your ordinary PR professional. She’s a former Big Brother contestant and well-known breakfast radio presenter. She has also harnessed the power of public relations to transform her brand into a multi six-figure business.
Known for her confident, successful and passionate journey of self-love after she publicly spoke about her anxiety in a teary, candid and motivating way – live on radio. She is committed to supporting others on their self-love journey and disrupting PR as the world knows it.
Heidi’s not your average thinker. She has a niche that other PR professionals don’t have – the first-hand experience in the industry. She launched “How To PR The Shit Out Of Yourself” by flying a plane down the Western Australian coast with the words: Heidi Anderson The Queen of PR. She makes PR look easy, teaching her clients to think outside the box and that no idea is too big. With self-belief and consistency, you will make an impact.
Heidi’s not your average speaker. Her practical, entertaining way of delivering raw and honest information engages every listener. She’s the Hype Gal (and BFF) we all need to show us how to think outside the box… all the time!
Rosie Chehade
Rosie Chehade, USA Today Best-Selling Author of The Younger Self Letters: How Success Leaders and Entrepreneurs turned Trials into Triumph and Leading Transformational Success + Master Coach is creating huge waves of change in the Coaching and Business industry!
She has empowered hundreds of Leaders + Entrepreneurs globally to grow their impact-driven business and quantum leap into their next-level success through unlocking “their true selves”.
Her unique approach to outer success through the inner journey has not only powerfully skyrocketed her own business during the global pandemic, but positively impacted thousands of others in 12 countries worldwide through their own healing. She is internationally renowned for her Rise + THRIVE program, leading the best women’s spiritual retreats and transformational group intensives in the world and is a spiritual advisor and business coach for some of the highest level CEO’s and conscious entrepreneurs, authors and multiple 6 + 7 figure businesses.
Her powerful work is the first of its kind rewiring conscious and sub-conscious reprogram-ming with step-by-step strategies. She takes a D E E P holistic approach to biz by blending the mental, emotional, financial AND spiritual worlds.
Tessa White
Tessa White bills herself as a “straight-talking reformed executive” who has worked at the highest levels in corporations leading human resources and who decided to start protecting the interests of employees rather than the company. She left corporate life to help people get the job, get the pay, and accelerate their careers. She offers innovative rent-my-brain private sessions, small group mentoring groups, and hands-on masterclasses that teach people how to navigate today’s complex workforce.
She started her career working with leadership legend Stephen R. Covey, and after a 20-year track in human resources leading fast growth, innovative companies, she pivoted to speaking, writing and teaching people how to become more promotable and companies how to re-engage their workforce. During the pandemic, she moved her teaching from live sessions into social media. Her content has struck a chord with people, and she has amassed over 300,000 loyal followers primarily on Linked In and TikTok, with millions of views on social media channels. She has been featured on Good Morning America, The Doctors and written about in CNN, Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
While she is dedicated to helping all people in the workforce, her beginnings as a single working mother have influenced her mission to help women in business. She donates 10% of her profits to female entrepreneurs, start-ups, and organizations that support womens education and return to work initiatives.
Dr. Christine Manukyan
Dr. Christine Manukyan is the founder of the Functional Medicine Business Academy™, best-selling author, STORRIE™ podcast host, and an international speaker. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she spent 13 years in corporate America. In the midst of a global pandemic, she made the wild decision to leave her reputable job as a Clinical Pharmacist to start her virtual practice. She is now disrupting the way clinicians are able to make an impact by coaching and mentoring them through the foundational steps of holistic practices and entrepreneurship. Dr. Christine created the world’s first Functional Medicine Certification Program which is a business incubator for clinicians to launch and scale their Functional Medicine Practice as they become Certified Functional Medicine Specialist™. Her mission is to pave the way for other burned-out medical professionals struggling to balance family, career and their health to take control of their freedom and create their Functional Medicine Legacy.
Jocelyn Thomas
Jocelyn Thomas is finding a new way to hold people accountable for their fitness goals at Legendary Health and Fitness, LHNF. “I personally check in on my clients at least twice a day”. I do this by bringing the gym to them in a multitude of ways (online training – which includes meal plans and fitness plans, 1 on 1 training, group sessions, and training via Zoom). I also exercise my voice through various platforms of social media to help educate my followers on the importance of finding their center of wellness- all is well within yourself. This is done by finding the right balance of creating a healthy mindset, a healthy diet, and a healthy fitness regiment. My overall end state is to “bring the gym to you”. That simply means that I want to bring the personal training experience right to your doorsteps. That’s right! My thought process is that convenience will make people want to live a healthier lifestyle.
Diana Rocca
Diana Rocca is a visionary brand strategist and founder of DREROC Marketing Strategy. Classically trained in marketing, Diana gained more than a decade of corporate marketing experience working with some of the world’s most sought-after brands. She now shares her trade secrets with entrepreneurs and business owners, guiding them to build remarkable brands that consumers easily say “yes” to. Through her private and group coaching programs, online courses, and masterclasses, she helps clients unlock the true power of their brand while saving them time, energy, and money over the long haul. Diana transformed her own online business during the recent global pandemic, and she has been a catalyst for helping her clients navigate change and recognize marketing opportunities in the face of uncertainty. Her proven methods have helped to build local and global brands that customers crave, return for, and enthusiastically share with others.
Kate Butler, CPSC
Kate Butler is the creator of the Inspired Impact Book Series, a #1 International Best-selling Series that has published over 300 authors. Kate is the #1 International Best-selling, Award-winning author, speaker, and TV expert and personality. As a CPSC, Certified Professional Success Coach, she offers dynamic live and digital programs creating transformational experiences to ultimately help clients reach their greatest potential and live out their dreams, including becoming a #1 Best-selling Author through her mentorship. Kate believes in learning the tools to help create those “Made For Moments” in your life. Her passion is teaching others how to activate their authentic mission, share it for massive impact while also creating a lucrative business.
Kate’s expertise has been featured on Fox 29, GoodDay Philadelphia, HBO, PHL 17, the RVN network and many more tv and radio platforms. Connect with Kate to learn more about how you can achieve your ultimate potential.
Nina M. Luppino, MPH
Nina M. Luppino, MPH, Principal of Azira Coaching, LLC and a Certified High-Performance Coach™, is dedicated to empowering women to rise up to their highest potential. Unlike most coaches, Nina trains women in exciting types of strategies that have been cultivated from experts that she has worked with over the years.
From her experience, Nina has found herself often looking too close at the tree or too widely at the forest. Over time, everyone develops better skills that help direct and focus their abilities. Inspired by Churchill’s quote, “success is the ability to go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm,” Nina demonstrates her practices into very organized teaching principles, allowing clients to apply what she had to learn the hard way. “When you honestly accept yourself and pivot towards your natural talents, then you will be in alignment.” Nina helps clients gain clarity, congruence, and purpose in life.
Stephanie Marie Lowe
As a child, Stephanie had aspirations of being someone who really made a positive difference, and “saved peoples lives” with her work. Never in a million years did she think she’d stumble into the real estate industry, but you can’t always predict where or when you’ll discover what you’re meant to do in life. With a background in Health, Fitness & Rehabilitation Stephanie knew her Wholistic approach to buying and selling homes would set her apart; to her, selling homes is about helping people reach their goals in a wholistic fashion. It’s not just about buying, selling or investing; it’s about creating generational wealth, creating freedom, success, education, and empowering her clients on the use of Real Estate as a wealth-building vehicle. With her passion for people, and a true LOVE and knack for marketing and social media she has become an award-winning realtor and industry leader. #HealthWealthRealEstate is her platform as she sets a Higher Standard in the Luxury and Preconstruction market; and, it is the inspiration for her work as she strives to help her clients and followers achieve ABUNDANCE in Mind, Body & Bank Account. As her career continues to advance, she has found her stride working with investors in the preconstruction industry, doing listings in the Luxury Market, and, hosts seminars, webinars and community events to educate and inspire as a top sales and marketing agent across the GTA and Golden Horseshoe.
Antonia Durisch
The up-and-coming Swiss innovator Antonia Durisch is shaking up industries.
Review: Already in 2019, she inspired as a female film producer at the prominent HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood. Followed by massive success at the Tribecca Film Festival, as well as winning other prestigious awards, she gained worldwide attention.
According to our sources, Durisch is working as a co-founder on a new success project in the field of basic research that is open to investors from the amount of 50 million-plus. Her company can demonstrate a voltage difference at a load without a bipolar electrical energy source. It gets even better, as according to the latest symposium details, the company can complete a charging process 60x faster than Tesla’s Supercharger. Durisch is keeping details of the new unicorn under wraps, but this much is certain: the A-series funding round for 2022 will turn the electricity, charging and car industry upside down.
Soline Bossis
Soline Bossis is an inspirational coach for the female organic winemaker and founder of ”LaRoutedesVinsBios®”. Born in the vines from 2 generations of winemakers, with worldwide experience, a former tour guide at Château Mouton Rothschild, she understood very soon that women empowerment in this historically male lead wine industry was a wonderful challenge and mission. Her vision is to help female winemakers to have a sustainable business and to succeed.
Known for her tailor-made coaching programs to accompany women to shine, be legit, visible and sell their wine directly to consumers. Since her creation in 2019, she helped several dozens of female winemakers to scale up their business all around France. Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Loire Valley, Alsace and Savoie. Through individual online coachings, brainstormings between peers to share experiences, one-day individual coaching at the estate to bring relevant strategy, clarity, vision, impulsion and inspiration. Soline ensures personal and business growth.
Dr. Shilpa Wadhwa
Dr. Shilpa Wadhwa is creating waves as a founder and creator of Soul Worthy Transformation. Known for her success as a Rapid transformation therapist and mindset shifter, She helps women entrepreneurs up-level every area of their life by working on their self-worth and wealth rewiring.
“Most women no matter how beautiful, brilliant, qualified or successful fail to realize their inherent worthiness & feel unworthy of having the life they truly want. This is usually due to unprocessed emotions about the experiences we have lived during our upbringing and these shape our beliefs about ourselves”.
She noticed the missing link to having the life you truly deserve is feeling worthy of having it all as she started her journey to bridge the gap between unconditional self-worth and unconditional wealth. Within a few short months of showing the first glimpse of her work on Instagram, Dr. Shilpa captivated huge attention and is adapting by launching a group program to scale up. Since its creation in 2020, her company has grown to include a worldwide network of clients from different countries including the USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, India and Australia, who all received therapy virtually, leveraging the advancements of the digital world during the global pandemic.
She is known for collapsing timelines as the healing and shifts clients get through her programs in a matter of WEEKS, others spend their whole life in therapy yet never get this level of healing.
The financial results and thriving relationships come as a side effect to the deep inner work and transformation.
Her biggest “WHY” as a mom and a therapist for her own healing and that of her clients is to break the cycle, heal generational patterns and establish new narratives, the ripple effects of which will impact the future generations to come.
Bianka Aversente
Bianka Aversente has extensive experience in climbing hurdles, personal development, crossing one’s own limits, the human psyche and interpersonal communication. That made her what she is today: empathetic, motivating, experienced and enormously networked.
Since 2012 she has been advising companies in the SME segment on the entire repertoire of their corporate communication and business expertise; training managers and conducting communication training, including as a specialist lecturer in communication and presentation (IHK and BME).
Due to her expertise, she has been appointed to the board of the last business association in Germany- the Federation of Self-employed, where she has been the deputy chairwoman of the board since 2020. Bianka started working in politics; in 2020 she convened the CDU Berlin Reinickendorf economic committee as the citizens’ deputy, becoming a member on the board of the Economic Union.
In 2021 Bianka runs for the Berlin House of Representatives and the District Assembly with economy, education and sustainability being her primary objectives.
Shantel Reitz
Shantel Reitz is a Holistic Life Strategist and Business Coach, international speaker, owner of Core 7 Fitness, creator of Fueled mentoring and coaching program, and retreat facilitator. Shantel first opened her business in 2013, and while she has accomplished some remarkable things over the years, 2020-21 have challenged her in ways she never imagined. It forced her to bring some creative energy into her business again, and in doing so, it opened up a new realm of opportunities. Shantel loves to push the limits and challenge societal “norms.” The only way to stand out from the crowd is to be unapologetically yourself. You can create the life you have always dreamed of. At the core of everything she does, she is passionate about empowering people to unleash their untapped potential by showing them how to shine authentically and release the expectations of who we or others think we should be.
Taaya Griffith
Taaya Griffith is an accomplished illustrator and the founder of Swanky Giftbook, a company that provides custom illustrated books for customers to gift to loved ones.
Since launching her uniquely illustrated books in 2016, Taaya has gained widespread recognition. In 2020, she was invited to speak about her mission on BBC TV and Radio during the pandemic. Her books are now internationally sought after by customers of all ages across every continent on the globe.
As a social justice advocate, Taaya creates inclusive books that transcend cultural and generational divides through her personalised illustrations. With her talent and determination, Taaya has shown that there are no limits to what can be achieved with her incredible books and has ambitious plans to extend her influential reach even further and publish books in multiple languages.
Robin Crawley
Robin Crawley, also known as the “Mobile Home Queen,” has brought a new light to this Real Estate asset class. She uses social media and virtual events to share with others!
Distressed properties can often be fixed and sold as affordable homes. This is a great way to give back to the community, enabling people to own a home.
According to Robin, “You can buy a property, fix it and rent it out for less than $10,000. This process is a fantastic opportunity and becomes an attainable goal for someone that wants to get into real estate investing.”
Robin is a force to be reckoned with: quite a disruptor, indeed, but definitely not someone you would try to put in a box! In addition to being a mobile home investor, she coaches mobile home investing. She is also a transformation life coach, an author, and she owns a tech start-up.
Susanna Beatrice
Susanna Beatrice is Scandinavias leading transformational expert, sacred sexuality teacher, mentor and public speaker – dedicated to human potential and global awakening.
At 17, Susanna followed her calling to explore the mysteries of life, the world and business by starting her first company designing jewelry and clothes in Bali, distributing worldwide.
Today, 24 years, many traditions and 54 countries later, Susanna has a very unique life experience, a multi 6-figure company, and has inspired and trained 1000´s of people internationally to combine purpose, pleasure and profit.
Her work emphasizes bridging integrated spirituality, heart-centred, powerful, unapologetic feminine leadership, and conscious sexuality into the modern world
She says: Stop following the stories and dreams of other people and start writing your own story – trust your intuition and dare to walk your own way. Own your sexuality, your creative life force – it’s your superpower.
Jessica Hobbs
Jessica Hobbs is the owner of Social Savvy HQ, a social media marketing company specializing in helping service-based entrepreneurs grow on social media through content that converts and proven organic strategies.
She went from side-hustling while working a corporate marketing job in NYC. to having a team of content creators and a full client roster that has been booked out for months in advance for done-for-you services. Since starting her business, she’s helped clients sell out their launches using organic strategies only, become booked out themselves, and grow into an authority in their space with media outlets requesting interviews and features.
If you’re tired of the endless hamster wheel of downloading free content calendars, and binging every marketing podcast on the algorithm, it’s time to take a different approach to your Instagram account.
Cynthia M. Videau
Cynthia Videau is one of the MOST sought-after expert Web Designers in the country. She is the CEO and founder of C.Beyond Marketing Resource Center, LLC.; a multi-dimensional marketing proprietor, offering state of the art web design, marketing, and other business essentials, to a diverse clientele.
C.Beyond Marketing Resource Center, LLC., has been reputed as a top-tier specialty, maintaining 5- star consumer ratings, an A+ BBB Accreditation, and an extensive portfolio, filled with celebrity artists, record labels, finance companies, schools, realtors / real estate investors, authors, international speakers, ministries and more. Cynthia, often regarded as “The Website Whisperer,” has established both public and professional respect, through her unyielding commitment to excellence.
To name a few accomplishments, Cynthia has been awarded Top 25 Women in business for 2021 by Courageous Woman Magazine, nominated for Female Entrepreneur of the Year by Catalyst in Huntsville, Alabama, is a 2021 Women of Black Excellence Honoree, by Jesus Coffee & Prayer Christian Publishing House and more.
Danielle Doan
Danielle Doan is a young entrepreneur and founder of Paradise Artistry, which is becoming one of the leading brands in the beauty industry for eyelash extensions.
Danielle was an aspiring lawyer, spending six years studying before making a transition into the business industry. She is known for her passion for self-development and high-performance growth. In a short period of time, she has built a business to inspire others. She is a firm believer in the power of helping other women gain confidence through empowerment and the law of attraction. As an educator, Danielle’s goal is to ensure that her students gain knowledge and understand what entrepreneurship is about.
She is dedicated to scaling to be one of the top high-level business entrepreneurs. Currently, she is working on a project that will serve more people on a wider spectrum in another sector.
Final Thoughts
Undoubtedly, there’s still more space to make for female disruptors in the industry. While these female entrepreneurs are inspiring many out there, they keep adding a fresh breath of air to the industry. Be it pulling off motherhood or nailing that pitch deck, their promising presence is enough to create a new wave of female entrepreneurs in the business world.
