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The Power List: Street Insider Press | Nude Barre

The Power List: Street Insider Press | Nude Barre

Every year, media research company The Lead announces their Foremost 50 List, a list that recognizes the 50 highest growth D2C retail and consumer brands. According to StreetInsider, the Foremost 50 are honored for their “innovation, total addressable market, media buzz, teams, competition, and ...
SIDE BARRE Convos | Why Representation Matters

SIDE BARRE Convos | Why Representation Matters

Black women are no strangers to imposter syndrome, especially in spaces that were created and curated for people that don’t look like them. Nonetheless, there are burgeoning Black woman-owned business owners that are shattering glass ceilings and paving the way for the next generation.  In our ...
Female Founding + Innovation = Excellence

Female Founding + Innovation = Excellence

In the year 2020 women started 1,821 new businesses every day and of those new businesses, 64% of them were created by women of color. Two years later, women of color are still shattering glass ceilings at an unprecedented rate, creating their own lanes in markets that are historically ignored b...
Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

Managing Motherhood and Mental Health: Inc. Press | Nude Barre

In this Inc. article, Nude Barre’s founder Erin Carpenter, details her struggles balancing CEO status with family life and mental health. With a successful business incepted from a mere $3,000 in savings, Carpenter details how moving revenue targets and skeptical (mostly white male) investors ma...