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What does it really take to build something that lasts?

Explore our the new video series created with ROOM’s sister organization Women of Influence+, sponsored by TD. It follows the business journeys of 12 outstanding women entrepreneurs, uncovering what it takes to make it in business and the struggles they overcame along the way.

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How We Turned Being Underestimated Into Leverage

Connie Lo and Laura Thompson, Co-Founders of Three Ships, reflect on how financial discipline and intentional decision-making shaped their growth from the earliest days of the business. Launching from a home kitchen with limited resources, they learned quickly that tracking every dollar and staying close to their numbers was not optional.

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Coming Soon

New videos drop every two weeks. Stay tuned as women founders from across industries share the decisions that shaped their businesses and the markets they move.

  • Angela Ysseldyk

    Dutchman's Gold

    On modernizing a legacy business through crisis and reinvention.

  • Anastasia Rebro

    Farnham

    On betting on herself to lead a legacy firm and proving that transparency can transform culture.

  • Cheryl Kerr

    Medex Health Services

    On risking it all through self-financing before redefining growth with the right financial partner.

  • Hayley Mullins & Sarah Cox

    Joeyband

    On the challenges of funding and sustaining a women-founded health innovation.

  • Victoria Sopik

    Kids & Company

    On building North America’s largest childcare network while raising eight children.

  • Dr. Woganee Filate

    Lume Women + Health

    On the realities of navigating entrepreneurship as a Black woman and reshaping women’s healthcare models.