If you were able to attend the Leading Lady Awards Luncheon, presenting by FirstBank and Metzger Associates, you know how spectacular it was!
This was completely due to our wonderful event sponsors! We take great pride in local women-run businesses and only endorse the highest caliber companies. Our sponsors are just that and have generously donated time, energy, products, expertise and money to the awards ceremony and winners.
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Alicia Vargo, Pampered Passions - 2009 Ladies Who Launch Leading Lady Winner
Approximately 180 beautiful and talented women all in one room is quite the site. Thank you to those who attended!
To view and purchase pictures from the event, visit AudreyMichel Photography and go to slideshows.
Below is the video we showed, featuring local women and our finalists.
We have gotten a tremendous about of positive feedback, kudos and thank yous from you. It is important for us and other women to hear about your experience at the luncheon. We want to know what you thought!
Extraordinary leading lady Emily Green is the founder of Emilime handcrafted accessories that combine traditional techniques and modern style. Emily is from Denver, but submitted her application all the way from her new home in Peru where the magic of her business takes place. Take a look!
Having a network of encouraging, caring women surrounding you is extremely important to women entrepreneurs starting or growing their businesses.
Regina Mountjoy, owner of Recherche Photography in Louisville, CO, talks about this necessity in her emotional and moving application video below! And her company just turned 10 years old! Congratulations!
World changer and designer Marissa Perry Saints founded her bag and accessories company Dsenyo in 2007. Socially conscious, eco-friendly and inspired by African textiles, Dsenyo provides jobs for women and artesians in Malawi, Central Africa.
Watch Marissa’s inspiring story about her company, travels to Africa and experience with Ladies Who Launch!
Milena Joy describes the challenging circumstances and wonderful women in her life that allowed her to launch her dream business, Milena Distinctive Image Consulting. Watch her moving story below!
Founder of My Art Workshop in Littleton, Kristin Hill, creatively describes the many women that help make her business successful - mom, babysitters, investors, employees, customers and networks. She couldn’t do it without all of them!
Katy Tartakoff is a Denver photographer and creator of the photo documentary Cup Half Full, capturing the lives of men and women battling breast cancer. She has relied on a close network of women to support her and help make the book come to fruition. Congratulations to Katy on the launch of her beautiful masterpiece!
Kelly Campbell, of Denver and creator of Kellybeth Designs applied for the Leading Lady Awards and submitted this awesome video. She launched her business with the help of an incubator intensive workshop and attributes her success to the network of women she has built around her including her twin sister and girlfriends. Check it out!
Kay Byrd of KTime Productions finished up the September Incubator Intensive Workshop just a couple of weeks ago and truly touched the lives of the other women in her class. She inspired and was inspired to take her business to the next level.
Watch her Leading Lady Awards application video to see why building a network of support is so important!
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