One of the things there new organization does well, and is key in one generation helping the next, is mentoring start ups. Mentors are under appreciated.
http://whotv.com/2015/06/08/young-woman-shares-story-of-starting-sustainable-business/ (You will find the story and video here).
DES MOINES, Iowa – A young business woman touring the country will share her story about building a sustainable company in Des Moines.
Chelsie Antos started the company Trades of Hope four years ago, when she was a 17-year-old.
“I started it with my mom and another mother/daughter team, so we’re two mother/daughter teams who are just passionate about changing the world,” Antos said.
Trades of Hope enlists the help of American women to lift females around the globe out of poverty. The company currently has about 1,600 Compassionate Entrepreneurs, including Connie Weaver.
“We are part of an army of women who are going out and we’re business partners with other woman around the world, artisan groups around the world, and we market their products in the United States,” Weaver said.
The company works with more than 6,500 artisans in 15 countries around the world.
“This is employing women who have come out of the sex industry in southern California, and so these women are able to leave a lifestyle that just leaves them broken, and this is giving them a fair wage and alternative source of income,” Antos said, as she showed a necklace.
Antos says it’s important for any business woman to have a mentor and find a purpose.
“Look inside yourself to see what fulfills you and then what would fulfill other people as well. I think that’s the most important thing is I found when I’m helping other people it fulfills the purpose for my life,” Antos said.
You can hear more from Antos Monday night. She’ll speak at Java Joes’ on 4th street in Des Moines at 7 p.m. Her next stop is Minnesota.
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