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PowHERful Brands: Element 79

Meredith Vaughan

What’s in a brand name? For one jeweler in Denver, a brand name is a precious metal. Element 79, otherwise known as gold and abbreviated Au on the periodic table, is also a retail shop in Denver’s Cherry Creek North. Nestled within Cherry Creek North’s 16 walkable blocks of fashion, home furnishing, salons, […]

PowHERful Brands: Black Girl Sunscreen

Meredith Vaughan

It’s hot. It’s summer. It’s July. Whether you’re at the top of a mountain or chilling poolside, we have one critical question: Where’s your sunscreen? And when you think sunscreen, you think white. Am I right? Lotion or spray, count on taking on an eggshell sheen. It’s one thing if your skin is light. […]

Marcas poderosas: Latina SafeHouse

Meredith Vaughan

Read this profile in English. Ha pasado más de un año en el que muchos de nosotros hemos estado esperando. Esperando que bajen los números de los casos. Esperando una vacuna y luego esperando una cita para la vacunación. Esperando que el COVID “se acabe.” Y nosotros somos los afortunados. En este […]

PowHERful Brands: Latina SafeHouse

Meredith Vaughan

Lee este perfil en español. It’s been well over a year that many of us have been waiting. Waiting for case numbers to go down. Waiting for a vaccine, and then waiting for a vaccine appointment. Waiting for COVID-19 to be “over.” And we’re the fortunate ones. In this same time period, […]

PowHERful Brands: Three Dog Bakery

Meredith Vaughan

The puppy tail wags were nearly audible on our call with Mandra Ryan, owner and executive pastry chef at Three Dog Bakery in Denver. Officially, she shares her home with just one dog, Bella, but describes herself as the ultimate dog sitter. The puppy sounds were coming from her brother’s border collie mix puppy, who […]

PowHERful Brands: Soul Popped

Meredith Vaughan

As she relayed the story of starting Soul Popped, a remarkable black-owned brand for our Brands We Love, De J. Lozada projected a question that unites all entrepreneurs. “What do I have that’s authentically mine that’s not being replicated on the market yet?” For De J., it was soul food. Her gift was […]

PowHERful Brands: Wolf+Friends

Meredith Vaughan

With a new year comes a host of opportunities to change, grow and help. Help, in a word, is one of the foundational motivations for our series of features on women-owned and -led brands, which we call PowHERful Brands. As a women-owned and -led company ourselves, we want to support other women-powered and women-focused brands. […]

PowHERful Brands: American Indian College Fund

Meredith Vaughan

Wrapping up a true powHER-packed month of features on women-founded and women-led brands, we have the American Indian College Fund, one of our clients since 2014. The College Fund’s direct support to American Indians and Alaska Natives and a network of tribal colleges and universities quite tangibly lifts up and sustains positive forward momentum […]