The Association of Women Entrepreneurs & Executives

Our Sponsors

AWE would like to thank the following sponsors for their contribution and support .

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  ABC HOME:It all began in 1897 when Sam Weinrib, a newly-arrived Austrian immigrant began to sell used carpet and unusual fabrics in a pushcart on the crowded streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Sam’s son, Max, turned the mobile business into a discount carpet store and Max’s son, Jerome, now Chairman of ABC, moved that store to its current location at Broadway and East 19th Street in 1961 and began to transform his family’s modest floorcovering business into the largest rug and carpet store in the world.

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  BLUE MERCURY:Blue Mercury is the nation’s fastest growing luxury beauty products and spa retail chain. Marla and Barry Beck are the founders and visionaries behind Bluemercury, Inc. In 1999, cosmetics could only be purchased at drugstores or department stores. As a recent graduate and working woman, Marla found less and less time to pursue her quest for products that would maintain glowing, healthy skin. Barry, a serial entrepreneur who had already started three businesses, saw an opportunity. Together, they created the first Bluemercury in Georgetown, Washington D.C. - the neighborhood store for beauty, where clients can find high quality, innovative beauty products and honest, expert advice.

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  JEWELRY FOR A CAUSE:In 2008, Jessica Mindich, a former lawyer and mother of two, came up with a simple concept for a one-of-a-kind company. She would design inexpensive and wearable pieces for schools and charities to sell at a profit for their own fund-raising purposes. As the business developed, consumers became increasingly interested in Jessica’s eye-catching designs and began purchasing them for themselves or as gifts – in these cases, Jessica made a commitment to donate 20 percent of the proceeds from many of her jewelry lines to the charities of her clients’ choice.