2010 Become a Fearless Entrepreneur Scholarships Awarded
Posted by Melissa Tarpley on Mon, Feb 15, 2010
Do you wonder what it REALLY takes to start your own business?
Are you tired of thinking about your business idea and never doing anything about it?
Would you like to be part of a supportive and inspiring group of smart women?
15 Women are embarking upon a 6 month program to become Fearless! With Wells Fargo as our program sponsor, we congratulate 3 Fearless Ladies as Scholarship Awardees!
Meet: Vartika Agarwal
Vartika is an engineer at Yahoo and student at Stanford. Nominated because she is the source of inspiration to her family/friends/co-workers, Vartika is working on a healthy fast food chain.
Meet: Melissa Bicheler
Melissa's idea and passion for advocating for survivors of rape is inspiring. Her can-do, creative attitude provides room for her to succeed. The kickoff projects for Educating Innovators include "Swimming Upstream", a documentary on secondary vicitimization of survivors of sexual assault from medical examination, an online continuing education class for medical professionals teaching them how to treat patients who were just sexually assaulted. and an e-Guide for college students taking them through the maze of aftermath treatment and service options, and "Not Starving Artists", a book based on interviews with artists of all kinds who make at least a living wage with their art.
Meet: Kim Daly
She left her job with Corporate American 2 years ago to start her own business. Urbane Concierge, a boutique personal assistant service that provides busy professionals, individuals caring for elderly family members, and homemakers alike, the opportunity to entrust a licensed and insured personal assistant to handle the everyday tasks that stand in the way of a balanced life.
Come read more Vartika, Melissa, and Kim on our website.
Special Thanks to our program coach, Fearlessness, Inc. and program sponsor, Wells Fargo.
The Become a Fearless Entrepreneur Program started up January 2010. For more information contact: programs@futurewomenleaders.net