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This case study, written by Stephen Todd, an associate fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, discusses Hangzhou Synteam Science & Technology, a Chinese fitness equipment manufacturer started by
10,000 Women scholar Xiao'en Shi in 2005.
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In late June 2011, Sharolyn Arnett attended the graduation ceremony of the sixth class of the Goldman Sachs Entrepreneurship Certificate program, a partnership between the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan and the School of Finance and Banking in Kigali through the Goldman Sachs
10,000 Women initiative. Arnett had earlier spent time with two of this year's business plan competition winners, both of whom are running companies in male-dominated industries.
Neslihan Dolgun is pushing both personal and societal boundaries with her entrepreneurial venture, ETHIC Medical Research. Since she graduated in July 2010 from the first Goldman Sachs
10,000 Women certificate program at the Ozyegin University Center for Entrepreneurship in Istanbul, her business has experienced impressive growth. In Turkey, she is one of the few successful women entrepreneurs.
When it comes to beachwear, Marisa Alaíde de Castro knows style -- after all, she has the Brazilian jungle for inspiration. As her Brazilian retail business grows, she is contemplating expansion -- from new product lines to export sales -- which will require an infusion of capital. It is decision time for Verde Limão Moda Praia.
Saidat Shonoiki needed only to look at Nigeria's environment for inspiration when she started her business making fish food pellets in 2005. And yet, while lakes, streams and rivers are plentiful, the Nigerian fish farming industry has faltered. Shonoiki is finding ways through her company to strengthen her country's aquaculture trade and help farmers implement sound business strategies.
The Graduate School of Media Design -- also known as Keio Media Design or KMD -- is a school within Keio University in Tokyo that focuses on training top creative industry managers. Through its partnership with
10,000 Women, KMD trained faculty members from
10,000 Women partners around the globe to teach creative industry management. Professors traveled from Africa, the Philippines, China, Brazil, Egypt and other countries in November 2010 to attend a week of workshops at KMD. Inspired by new ways of thinking, they are bringing their learning back to the classroom.
Competition in the diving business can be fierce in Aqaba, a coastal town in southern Jordan that attracts many underwater adventure-seeking tourists. Laila Manna's business, Dive Aqaba, looks for ways to tap new markets that will keep the company afloat and growing, possibly with the addition of a second dive boat.
