For Sri Lakshmi, founder of Silver Parkes Jewelry, owning her own business is all about risk vs. payoff. “If I have a good feeling about something, I will take that risk,” Lakshmi says. Lakshmi grew up in the jewelry business. Her parents were both jewelers. “It was kind of a natural second education while growing up, [...]

“I’ve always loved jewelry,” confides Mark Lash, a businessman whose charm and selflessness have earned him a nod as Interviewher.com’s second ever token-male entrepreneur. Despite his passion for jewelry, Lash enrolled in the science program at University of Toronto in hopes of entering the medical field. In the meantime, he carved wax as a hobby. Lash’s carefully marked [...]

To be a journalist is to tell a story. To be an artist is to create a piece which also conveys a story. Through an unexpected twist of life and the necessary twist of leather and beads, Monika Böhm-Fandiño has begun to narrate the next chapter of her life in the form of her company, LaMour Jewelry, [...]

Michelle, Marianne, and Monica Minagorri are about to give the Kardashian sisters a run for their money. These three fabulous sisters are the owners of Mina, a trendy Miami boutique carrying handpicked clothing carefully chosen for the modern fashionista. With each sister being only 16 months apart in age, they’ve always had the same group [...]

In August 2011, a new line of swimwear burst on the scene in Miami. Candace Skye Swimwear, the product of the fashionable Candace Mehnert, was created in realization of Mehnert’s lifelong dream to own design her own line. After spending a number of years working for a luxury label in New York City, Mehnert combined her [...]