5 Smart Real Girls That You Should Know About
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There are so many inspirational women that touch our lives. From our mothers, sisters, aunts, and cousins, to authors and artists that shape our outlook on life — women really should rule the world. These smart ladies have accomplished amazing things and are paving the way for more young inventors and entrepreneurs of the future. All five were featured at the recent 30 Under 30 Summit, and we can understand why.
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Emily Weiss, 29
This former Vogue fashion assistant started a blog on the side, and it worked. Into The Gloss gets 10 million page views per month. With her insight on finding high-end products that aren't obnoxious, she raised $2 million dollars and launched Glossier, a modern beauty brand inspired by real life.
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Elizabeth Holmes, 31
The young founder and CEO of Theranos has a net worth of $4.5 billion and is the youngest self-made female billionaire. After her uncle's death from cancer, she was determined to develop a way to detect diseases earlier. She dropped out of Stanford and made it happen. Holmes' developments only require a few drops of blood to use for running multiple tests at a much lower cost than commercial labs.
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Kegan Schouwenburg, 29
This CEO and Co-founder of SOLS, brings 3D printing to footwear that is helping the world walk better. Having worn orthotics as a child, Schouwenburg was interested in experimenting with 3D printing and knew the possibilities were there to do something amazing. SOLS works through a digital process that takes six photos of your foot then uses the measurements to create the perfect pair of orthotics.
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Blake Lively, 27
Most of us are familiar with Blake Lively as a talented actor, but she's so much more. The entrepreneur put her lifestyle business dreams on hold when Gossip Girl came along, but she's strongly moving forward with Preserve. And Blake's involved with every aspect from the photography to raising capital.
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Michelle Phan, 27
The beauty and makeup entrepreneur shared her first online tutorial in 2007 and things went viral from there. With over 8 million YouTube subscribers, Michelle Phan was recently signed by Lancôme as their first video makeup artist. Phan also created her own makeup line for L'Oreal and founded the sampling beauty-box subscription service, Ipsy, which is valued at over $500 million.
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