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The ethos behind Trumsy, a startup launched by a dad-and-daughter entrepreneurial duo in India, is nurturing healthy, happy, and creative children. Sachin and Naisha Kapoor offer resources to help busy 21st-century parents reduce their preteen kids’ screen time.
Angered by the disdain makeup brands showed for older women, Tricia Cusden, now 75, turned her back on retirement and built a booming beauty business that challenges perceptions about aging.
When she learned about the near-insurmountable challenges faced by trafficked women in the UK, Jess Visser gave up her head-hunting career and launched a social enterprise to bring skills training, employment prospects, and simple human connection to survivors.
From the very beginning, this young British entrepreneur wanted to run a business that not only made money but made people’s lives better. Now, eight years after its launch, Stand4Socks — which donates a pair of socks to a homeless person for every pair sold — is expanding across the Atlantic.
