Dallas Business Journal Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Lucy Billingsley The Dallas Business Journal recently announced its Best Real Estate Deals finalist and the Lifetime Achievement winner for 2023. Lucy Billingsley, Billingsley Company has been selected as the lifetime achievement award winner. Billingsley, who announced plans to develop the 242-acre track in Fairview, TX, in 2020, has had a lifelong …
Lovejoy ISD Celebrates Advanced Placement Scholars and National Merit Recognitions
Lovejoy Independent School District recently hosted its annual Advanced Academics Recognition Ceremony, celebrating the 272 Lovejoy High School students who achieved Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar status. National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Students AP Scholar status is designated by the College Board and is only granted to students who receive scores of three or higher on three or more AP Exams. …
Author and Podcast Host Marsha Clark Shares Her Entrepreneurial Journey
Marsh Clark is an entrepreneurial superstar. She’s been in this business for over twenty years. She helps other entrepreneurs grow their businesses. And to top all of that off, she’s an author and podcast host. Some might wonder where she has time to do all these things, but Marsha is quick to say that her productivity comes from sheer love …
Cyber Security Expert Ieshea Hollins Is Breaking the Mold
Ieshea Hollins is a woman who knows who she is and what she does best. She loves taking things apart and putting them back together. Solving problems makes her heart happy. However, she’s complex and multi-dimensional as well. Because she doesn’t quite fit the mold of the typical “computer science” person, she doesn’t want to sit in the corner of …
Capturing Moments and Memories with High School Entrepreneur Campbell McKee
Age is just a number. Just ask Campbell McKee, the youngest member of the panel at WEInspireTX Women Entrepreneurs’ Summit and owner of Campbell McKee Photos. At an age when most young women are playing high school sports and hanging out with their friends, she is pursuing her dreams, working to grow her photography business, and learning the ins and …
Designing a New Life Turning Passion into Profits with Interior Designer Michel Hurst
Some entrepreneurs will tell you that the jump to business ownership was fluid and a natural next step in their career progression. Michel Hurst, owner of Studio 9897, might not be one of them. Her jump to business ownership was more of a superstorm (literally, you’ll see) of cataclysmic proportions. But at the end of the day, this Native Texan …
Entrepreneur and Wilderness Therapy Expert Tami Gilmore Shares Her Journey
Tami Gilmore is a woman who has worn a lot of hats. Wife, mother, teacher, counselor, wilderness expert, and business owner are just a few of them. But have a conversation with her, and you’ll find that, like many of us, she hasn’t been all those things at once. Instead, her journey has been winding, filled with left turns, pivots, …
Getting To Know Wendi McGowan-Ellis, Podcast Host and Venture Capitalist
Wendi McGowan-Ellis, Founding General Partner at Cassandra Capital, is, quite possibly, the definition of an accomplished female entrepreneur. We can and will spend time discussing her various endeavors and try our best to soak in all her knowledge and experience. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t spend some time sharing how amazing she is away from the boardroom. She’s an …
Meet The Amazing Baylor Grad On A Mission to Inspire Other Female Entrepreneurs
KariAnne Wood will tell you that she is amazing. She doesn’t mince words about it and has looked high-level executives in the face and said the same. The truth is, though, that she is. And the fact that she knows it, owns it, and has the unmitigated gall to say it out loud is endearing rather than off-putting. Because the …
A Penny For Your Thoughts: An Interview With Ashley Waychoff
Some girls want to be ballerinas when they grow up. Others want to be actresses, singers, teachers, astronauts, or scientists. But not young Ashley Waychoff–she wanted to be a businesswoman, complete with the corner office, an assistant, and a view of the city. Now, she is the first to admit that she doesn’t have a city view in her home …