When Bolaji Akintola opened Divine African Market in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the goal was practical: make African food staples accessible in a city where newcomers often struggled to find the ingredients that felt like home. What emerged instead was something deeper—a community anchor built on empathy, service, and quiet leadership. Founded in 2018, Divine African Market is a specialised African grocery store serving both the African diaspora and a wider Canadian audie

With Mountain Love, Smt. Aradhna Painuly is proving that value addition—not migration—is the future of rural India. In the hills of Uttarakhand, where apples ripen slowly and livelihoods are often fragile, Smt Aradhna Painuly saw both a problem and a possibility. For decades, small and marginal farmers—especially women—did the hardest work in apple cultivation yet earned the least from it. The value chain ended too early, profits leaked to intermediaries, and entire famili

When Erika L. Binger talks about fitness, she is rarely talking about aesthetics or performance alone. She is talking about safety. About confidence. About equity. And, ultimately, about community survival. As the Founding Director and Coach of V3 Sports, Binger has spent nearly two decades building something North Minneapolis had long been denied: a world-class, community-centered health and wellness ecosystem designed with the neighborhood, not imposed upon it.

Through Clearview Coaching Group, Ireland’s most recognisable career coach is helping professionals navigate change, pressure, and ambition with clarity and confidence. For more than two decades, Jane Downes has been at the centre of one of the most personal—and complex—questions professionals face: What do I really want from my career, and how do I get there without losing myself along the way? In 2004, she founded Clearview Coaching Group in Dublin, long before career c

With Caroline’s Club, the former City lawyer is replacing passive networking with strategy, psychology, and digital visibility. For decades, professional advisers were told that growth came from relentless networking, endless coffee meetings, and the quiet hope that referrals would eventually follow. Caroline Garnham knew from experience that this model was inefficient—and, for many, quietly exhausting. In 2021, she founded Caroline’s Club, an award-winning digital mark

Through Herber Consulting, Amanda Herber blends data, leadership insight, and human-centered strategy to help growing companies scale without burnout. For many founders, success arrives quietly handcuffed. Revenue grows, teams expand— and suddenly the business owns the calendar, the energy, and the headspace of the person who built it. Amanda Herber has made it her life’s work to change that reality.

Through Limitless Leadership LLC, Luz Andrea Beck is turning financial literacy into a tool for dignity, stability, and generational impact. For many families, money is not just a numbers problem—it is an access problem. Luz Andrea Beck understands this intimately. As the founder of Limitless Leadership LLC, she has built a bilingual, community-centered financial education and services firm designed to help families and entrepreneurs understand, grow, and protect their mon

In an industry often driven by speed and speculation, Sandra Rathe has built something rarer: durability. As the founder and team owner of The Sandra Rathe Team, she has spent more than a decade quietly compounding trust, results, and leadership in one of the most competitive real estate markets in the United States. Founded in 2009 and based in Weston, Florida, The Sandra Rathe Team helps individuals and families achieve personal, financial, and long-term wealth goals thr

Most sunscreen brands promise protection. Sarah Miller set out to deliver something harder: protection without collateral damage. As the founder and CEO of EthoSun, Miller is building a new category of mineral sun care—one that treats skin health, environmental safety, and product performance as inseparable. EthoSun entered a crowded, highly regulated market with a clear position. Its formulas rely on medical-grade, non-nano zinc oxide, verified reef-safe ingredients, and

For many small businesses, finance is something managed at the edges—until cash flow tightens, growth stalls, or decisions start to feel reactive. Annabel Norris built Next Level Business Insights to change that equation. Founded in 2023 and based in Blandford Forum, the UK consultancy delivers Finance Director on Demand services—strategic financial leadership without the cost or rigidity of a full-time executive. In just its first year, the business reached £100,000 in tu

Most life coaches focus on optimization. Alexis Hughes-Bakjian focuses on something far more confronting—and far more powerful: mortality. Based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hughes is the founder of Without Fear Strategic Coaching, a strategic life coaching and end-of-life support practice launched in 2021. Her work blends leadership strategy, grief literacy, and legacy planning to help people live with intention rather than arrive at the end carrying regret.

In a marketplace crowded with tactics, tools, and noise, many organizations struggle not because they lack ideas — but because their efforts are disconnected. Jess Koscher has built her career solving that exact problem. Based in Elkhart, Indiana, Koscher is the founder and CEO of Write Connections | strategy + design, LLC., a strategy and design consultancy launched in 2019. The firm works with businesses, nonprofits, municipalities, and community-driven organizations to

For many entrepreneurs, accounting is something to endure rather than understand. Tanya Hilts has spent nearly three decades changing that relationship — turning finance into a source of clarity, confidence, and resilience. Based in Belleville, Ontario, Hilts is the founder and CEO of Cloud Business Services Inc., a Canadian accounting and advisory firm she established in 1997. What began as a bookkeeping practice has evolved into a future-focused Client Accounting Service

Cancer treatment often ends long before recovery does. For many patients, rehabilitation support is delayed, fragmented, or simply unavailable. Kelly Dodds has spent her career working inside that gap — and, in 2024, decided to redesign it. Based in London, Dodds is the founder and CEO of Ori Rehab Ltd, a healthtech platform built to deliver specialist cancer rehabilitation digitally, at scale. Ori Rehab combines personalised exercise programmes, nutritional guidance, and

In a time when children are surrounded by screens, speed, and constant stimulation, Rashmi Kulkarni has chosen a very different path. Her work slows things down — returning learning to stories, symbols, art, and values that have shaped Indian civilization for centuries. Based in Belgaum, Karnataka, Kulkarni is the founder of Studio Tarang, a purpose-driven cultural and educational studio established in 2012. Studio Tarang works with children and young adults to make India’s

Small businesses rarely fail because of bad ideas. More often, they fail under the quiet weight of paperwork, compliance, and decisions made without clear financial visibility. Philippa Rickards has built her career helping business owners remove that weight — patiently, methodically, and without drama. Based in Geelong, Australia, Rickards is the founder of My Bookkeeping Buddy, a boutique bookkeeping and business advisory practice supporting SMEs across Australia. Her wo

Most growth decisions don’t fail because teams lack data. They fail because too much confidence is placed in the wrong signals. Deborah O'Malley has spent more than a decade watching this pattern repeat — and quietly building an alternative. Based in Ottawa, Canada, O’Malley is the founder of GuessTheTest, a global experimentation and conversion optimization platform that helps teams test ideas without ego, bias, or unnecessary complexity. Since launching in 2018, the plat

Across the world, women+ continue to face a fundamental gap in education, care, and support when it comes to their mental, physical, and sexual well-being. Critical topics remain taboo, culturally misunderstood, or dismissed — leading to shame, misdiagnosis, and long-term inequality. Jo Sarah Garcia is changing that narrative.

In an era obsessed with algorithms, automation, and growth at all costs, Bron Watson stands for something radically different: marketing that fits real lives and innovation that protects human dignity. For more than a decade, Bron has helped small business owners — especially in regional Australia — build sustainable, confidence-led visibility without burnout, performative content, or selling their soul to trends. And when life delivered its hardest test — a second, inc

In a world flooded with generic merchandise and throwaway branding, Shirlee Yvonne Green is quietly leading a return to meaningful, sensory-led brand experiences. Through Starfish Collective, Shirlee has built a purpose-driven creative studio that transforms signature fragrances into non-toxic, hand-poured candles, diffusers, and bespoke corporate gifts—helping brands tell their story through scent, sustainability, and thoughtful design. Her work sits at the intersection o