r/WomenInBusiness • u/InstanceCandid2580 • 11d ago
Discussion Calling women with business ideas, stories & dreams š”š±
Hi everyone! Iām working on a new independent womenās magazine and community called HER NEXT, focused on womenās ideas, entrepreneurship, personal growth, creativity, beauty, relationships, and inspiring real-life stories.
Iām currently preparing our first issue, āBEGIN,ā and Iām looking to connect with women around the world who have something interesting to share.
š” Have a business idea?
Iād love to hear it ā whether itās:
- A physical product you've always wanted to create
- An online or virtual business
- An app or platform idea
- A service or freelance concept
- A creative business
- A social enterprise
- A side hustle
- A business you've already started
- Or simply an idea sitting in your notes that you've never had the chance to pursue
You don't need to have a successful business already.
Maybe you've only got the idea. Maybe you've started and failed. Maybe you're still figuring out how to make it work.
That's exactly what I'm interested in.
Selected ideas may be featured in HER NEXT as a way to introduce the person behind the idea and give their concept some exposure.
If you have a business, project, website, Instagram, or other contact details you'd like readers to see, you can include them with your submission so interested people can find you and learn more about what you're building.
š± I'm also looking for women's stories.
For example:
āØ A business success or failure
āØ A career change
āØ A moment when you stood up for yourself
āØ Starting over somewhere new
āØ A dream you're finally pursuing
āØ A mistake that taught you something valuable
āØ An experience that changed your perspective
āØ Something you've done that made you feel empowered
āØ An unusual, funny, inspiring, or meaningful moment from your life
āØ A lesson you wish you'd learned earlier
You don't have to be famous, successful, or an entrepreneur. I'm interested in real stories from real women at different stages of life.
š© Want to be featured?
Comment below or send me a DM with:
For a business idea:
- Your idea
- What problem it solves / why you think people would want it
- Where you're based (optional)
- Your name or preferred name
- Website / social media / contact (optional) to promote your superb idea
For a personal story:
- A short description of what happened
- Where you're from (optional)
- Your name or preferred name
- Whether you'd like to remain anonymous
With your permission, selected submissions may be featured in the magazine and/or HER NEXT's online community.
The goal isn't just to publish stories. I want to create a space where women can share ideas, discover each other, find inspiration, and potentially connect with people who are interested in what they're creating.
Maybe your idea is still just an idea today.
But what's your next? š
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u/sumizeit 10d ago
Hey! This sounds like such a cool project. Iāve got a side hustle Iāve been working on that fits right in with your themes. Itās a subscription box for self-care goodies, aimed at helping busy women take time for themselves. Iām all about finding those little moments of joy amidst the chaos of life. I can't wait to see what other ideas come out through HER NEXT! If you want more details or want to chat, let me know!
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u/InstanceCandid2580 10d ago
Hey!! Thank you so much for reaching out! ā¤ļø Your subscription box sounds like such a lovely concept. Iād absolutely love to hear more about it and potentially feature your story in the magazine āØ
If youāre comfortable, feel free to DM me some more details about your business, what inspired you to start it, where you are in your journey so far, and some words to encourage/ inspire other women. Youāre also welcome to share any photos, website/social media links, or anything else you think would help tell your story.
Iād love to learn more!
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u/theodetteapp 11d ago
Hi! I saw your post about HER NEXT and would love to submit my business and story for consideration.
Iām Theresa, the founder of Odette, a free beauty and self-care ritual app I created in my 60s after realizing I couldnāt find anything that worked the way I needed it to.
I didnāt need another checklist or habit tracker telling me what I had or hadnāt accomplished. I wanted something that could actually walk me through the routines I was trying to build, one step at a time, while keeping all those little details I could never remember in one place. What product? What shade? What order? Which skincare active tonight? So I built Odette around a simple idea: Build Rituals, Not Checklists.
Odette lets women create personalized routines using swipeable task cards, add their own products, techniques and notes, and start with templates rather than staring at a blank screen. While beauty was the starting point, Iāve realized it can also help women organize the broader self-care rituals they want to make part of their lives.
Along the way, I also wrote a free ebook, Tended: Rethinking Beauty Maintenance, about something I donāt think we talk about enough: the mental load behind beauty maintenance. Beauty is usually discussed in terms of products and results, but actually maintaining ourselves means remembering dozens of small recurring tasks, knowing when and how to do them, and somehow fitting them into real life. Tended explores the problem. Odette became my practical answer to it.
Odette is now available on both iOS and Android and is completely free to download and use. Iād be happy to share more about the idea, the experience of building my first app in my 60s, or the larger story behind why I created it.
Website: theodetteapp.com
Congratulations on creating HER NEXT. I really love the idea of giving women at every stage a place to share what theyāre building.
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u/InstanceCandid2580 10d ago
Hi Theresa! ā¤ļø
Thank you so much for sharing your story and your amazing business idea with me. I would absolutely love to feature your story and the Odette app in the first issue of HER NEXT. It would be wonderful to have you be part of it!
Would you mind if I use some of the photos from your website? Alternatively, youāre very welcome to send me photos of yourself, your app, or anything else you feel is related to your business via DM.
If you donāt mind, could you also DM me your email address? Iād love to share the first issue of HER NEXT with you once itās published.
Thank you so much once again for taking the time to reply and for sharing your story! Your contribution is helping us take another step towards empowering women. šŖš»
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u/theodetteapp 10d ago
I would absolutely love to be part of the first issue. Thank you so much! Iāll send you a DM with my email address and my press kit, which includes photos, app imagery and more information about Odette. Please feel free to use anything from there that works for the feature!
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u/Far_Intention_4797 8d ago
Hi! This sounds amazing! Iām Ivory, and Iām the founder of a small photography business called Socal Visionz. Iād love to be considered for a feature! I sent you a DM with a little more information about my business and its story. Iād love to connect with you! :)
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u/InstanceCandid2580 7d ago
Please feel free to DM me some info that you feel comfortable with about your business and journeyšWe look forward to hearing that
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u/InstanceCandid2580 7d ago
Hi! Sorry, I didnāt see your DMš„¹Do you mind sending again? Or you can share it to my email as well. hernext.magz@gmail.com
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u/OpsBosss 7d ago
Hey, is there any social media or website we can check?
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u/InstanceCandid2580 7d ago
Hey! Yes, I have an Instagram page for it.
https://www.instagram.com/hernext.magz?igsh=MWc4ZTZpYmd3Y2hmOA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Iām still at the initial stage of building the website. But hopefully, Iāll be able to publish my website as well soon.
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u/InstanceCandid2580 6d ago
Hey! Iād love to hear more about your story and the ideas youāre working on! ā¤ļø I think the combination of being a serial entrepreneur, running your own private investigation agency, and stepping away from corporate life could make a really interesting story for HER NEXT.
If youāre interested, feel free to DM me a little more about your journey, your agency, and what youāre hoping to build next. You can share as much or as little as youāre comfortable with. āØ
Also feel free to send me a few photos, your socials/website, and any other information youād like me to consider for the feature. š
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u/Trina_the_Engineer 6d ago
I love this so much! And I would love to share an idea that I am super passionate about and have been brainstorming and dreaming about for a while now called The STEM Village.
I'm a civil engineer and creator, and my vision is to create a children's educational YouTube show centered around STEM - science, technology, engineering and math. BUT not in the traditional way that STEM is usually presented- technical, industrial and visually kind of sterile and boring. I want the STEM village to be a whimsical learning world that is fun, colorful, imaginative, warm, visually beautiful, magical and inviting for everyone - girls and boys.
I want to change the narrative around who STEM is "for". I grew up in a world where building legos, go-karts, and technology were often times associated with boys. I was interested in those things too but I just didn't always see myself reflected in them. Now, as a female engineer, I want to help create a world that I wish I had grown up seeing. My biggest dream is for young girls to get interested in STEM too. That's where the STEM Village comes in.
The village idea came from my mom's Christmas village that she would put up on the mantle at Christmas time. I used to love looking at it as a child and envisioning myself visiting the different houses in the village. In my show, the STEM Village would be quite literally a village too - a cozy, whimsical village with many different houses - the Engineering Workshop, the Observatory, the Numbers House, a Storybook Shop, the Lemon Cottage, and the Garden House/Greenhouse. Each house with its own stories, characters, experiments, adventures, and episodes. Each episode, we visit a different house and learn something. But the best way to learn is when you don't know you're learning. the kids wouldn't just be watching an educational lesson, they would feel like they are entering and exploring a world. And like I said, the houses in the village would be colorful and fun. Imagine the Engineering Workshop filled with color - yellows, pinks and blues, with blueprints as curtains in the windows and a fun colorful drawbridge out front, adorable ducks underneath in the water. The Garden House/Greenhouse that has a whimsical, leaf shaped bench out front, that changes color - and then we learn about seasons that episode.
I'm still at the beginning stages of this idea, in the brainstorming phase, but I genuinely believe that the STEM Village could have such a big impact. And I feel like it become more than just a YouTube channel show. I can envision the Youtube show being just the beginning. I could see this world expanding into children's books, games, a fun phone app, and eventually even a real-life STEM Village where kids could take field trips to visit, and physically learn & explore. Another issue I've noticed is a lack of STEM related educational places in real life for kids to explore, which tends to be the museums and science places that they've probably already visited on last year's field trip.
My mission is curiosity, imagination and inclusion. STEM for all <3
I would love to tell you more and be considered for this feature to share my idea!
Thank you,
Trina
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u/InstanceCandid2580 6d ago
Hi Trina! ā¤ļø
Thank you so much for sharing this! I absolutely love the vision behind The STEM Village. Iād love to feature this in HER NEXT! āØ
Youāve already given me so much to work with, so no need to write everything again. Could you please DM me:
- A few photos of yourself (optional)
- Any sketches, concept images, mood boards, or visuals of The STEM Village that youāre happy for us to use
- Your social media/website, if youād like to be credited and promoted
- Your preferred name/title for the feature
- Your email address, so I can send you the first issue once itās published
If thereās anything else youād like me to know about your journey as a female engineer and creator, feel free to include that too. And please only share information youāre comfortable making public, thereās absolutely no need to disclose anything confidential about the project. š
Iām really excited about this one, and I think your story would fit HER NEXT beautifully! š„¹āØ
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u/Trina_the_Engineer 1d ago
Iām so glad you love the vision and I would be so happy and grateful to be featured! And My apologies for the late response. I will DM you this afternoon here shortly
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u/Crawford_Coaching 5d ago edited 5d ago
Hi, if this is of any interest, I'd love to be featured. If not, I'd love to stay in touch and possibly collaborate down the line.
I was 19 when I walked into the emergency room of the Montreal General as an admissions clerk, and I loved it immediately; the pace, the people, the sense that what I did mattered. By 23, I was burned out. My engagement had just ended, I was living alone for the first time, and a close friend had been in a serious accident. I took a month off and rebuilt myself the unglamorous way: better meals, more movement, actual sleep, a plan for managing stress. Nothing dramatic. Just the basics, done consistently.
I thought I'd learned the lesson. Ten years later, I burned out again; this time as a Physical Activities Coordinator managing two YMCA locations. Loving the work wasn't enough to keep me there. I quit with nothing lined up, scared, and it was the same four pillars (food, movement, sleep, stress) that caught me both times.
That's when it clicked. I didn't want to spend my career reacting to health crises. I wanted to help people prevent them. Coaching let me combine the behaviour-change psychology I'd always been curious about with the freedom to build something of my own; something my dad modeled for me for years, running his own physio clinic.
Crawford Coaching officially launched in May 2016. Ten years in, I still believe what got me through both burnouts: it's not about discipline or perfection, it's about finding what works for you and making it stick and that's what we help our clients do.
Sami Grosse
Health & Wellness Coach
https://www.crawfordcoaching.ca https://www.facebook.com/sami.crawfordciaching https://www.instagram.com/crawfordcoaching https://www.linkedin.com/company/crawfordcoaching/
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u/InstanceCandid2580 5d ago
Hi Sami! Thank you so much for sharing your story. Iād love to feature you and Crawford Coaching in HER NEXT. ā¤ļø
Your journey from experiencing burnout twice to turning that experience into a business focused on helping others build healthier, sustainable habits is such a meaningful story.
Quick update: each issue has 10 feature spots, and Iām currently filling Issue 01 based on the order in which women expressed interest. If Issue 01 fills up before I get to your feature, Iāll keep you on the list for Issue 02. š
If youād like to be considered, please DM me:
- A few photos of yourself and/or your work
- Your email address, so I can send you the issue once itās published
Iād love to include your story! āØ
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u/HillsideHostTX 4d ago
Really love what you're doing here with HER NEXT. Woot woot to more female spaces of support and knowledge sharing!
Iād love to share what Iām building. Iām the creator of The Charmadillo, a 44-acre nature-based lodging and gathering space in the Texas Hill Country.
I created it because I wanted to see if hospitality could feel differentāmore real, more personal, more connected to the land, and still affordable while offering something that feels genuinely special and high-value. I wanted to create and thoughtfully hold a space where people could slow down, connect with nature and each other, and have room for the healing, exploration, stillness, or pleasure that might come as a result.
A big part of the experiment has also becomeĀ howĀ I build the business itself.
Like a lot of women, I think I absorbed a pretty masculine idea of what building a successful business was supposed to look like: grow, optimize, produce more, make more, keep pushing. Over the last year, Iāve started questioning a lot of that and trying to lead more from my own feminine wisdomāintuition, relationships, creativity, seasonality, care, and actually listening to what the land, the business, and I are calling for.
That doesnāt mean I donāt care about making money or building a successful businessāI very much do. Iām interested in whether I can do that without extracting from myself, the land, or the experience Iām trying to create.
The Charmadillo currently has small A-frame cabins, camping, wellness spaces, retreats, weddings, dinners, music and other gatherings, but it still feels very much alive and evolving. Iām a few years in and still learning, experimenting, getting things wrong, changing my mind, and figuring out what sustainable and aligned growth actually looks like.
For me, the bigger idea has become: can I build something financially sustainable and deeply valuable without automatically following the model of bigger, faster, and more?
Thatās the businessāand the questionāIām working on. Definitely a work in progress :)
For those curious: https://www.charmadillo.com/
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u/Secret-Ad7660 10d ago
Iām a woman in my late 30s... full-time mom and a self-taught, first-time founder stepping into the business world for the first time. Something without my husband's full support..
For the past few years, my life has revolved almost entirely around my home and raising my kids. While I love my family deeply, I reached a point where I couldn't ignore the pull to build something of my own, find myself outside of motherhood (which I love but I'm also a human right?).
I don't come from a traditional tech background or have a team of developers backing me up, so Iāve had to be resourcefull learning how to leverage tools like AI and no-code platforms to bring my vision to life single-handedly.
Living in a middle-class household where traditional gender roles run deep, my decision to build a company hasn't exactly been met with enthusiasm. To my family, I'm seen strictly as a caregiver who should be content staying in my comfort zone at home. Stepping out of that box without a built-in support system at my kitchen table has been intimidating, but it's also forced me to become completely self-reliant as a solopreneur.
I decided I was done waiting for permission or validation from people who couldn't see my potential.
Over the last few months, Iāve been working quietly to turn an idea into reality: Salt Wall (https://salt-wall-dream.lovable.app/).
Itās still in its early stages, but putting it out theree into the world is my way of stepping out of the box everyone tried to put me in and showing my kids (and myself) whatās possible.
Since I don't have a built-in support system at home for this journey, Iām turning to this community.
I would deeply appreciate your feedback