Celebrating and uplifting members of our community is one of our favorite things to do! Check out this list of 34 women-led companies in the Founded community that you should know about!

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Tech

Kaleido - Sophia Lopez, Founder and COO - Collaborated to cultivate a new computing platform dedicated to helping enterprises reinvent how their ecosystems transact, share data, and collaborate.

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Pivotal IT - Samantha Ade, President at Pivotal IT Services and the Pivotal i4DM Joint Venture - Pivotal IT helps businesses with proactive IT services. Similar to having your own personal IT department, they keep your computer network running and your data safe.

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Creative

Wine for Normal People - Elizabeth Schneider, Owner - Elizabeth is a published author, award-winning podcaster, wine educator, and more. She generously shares her love and knowledge of wine with the rest of us! 

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AEC Marketing - Julie Cook, Founder and CEO - From branding and website design, to proposal production and interview coaching, AEC Marketing is doing it all.

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Truth Meet Story - Alexus Rhone, Founder - Truth, Meet Story provides coaching to people who want to tell their stories powerfully and authentically. Alexus Rhone shows participants how to choose, hone, and tell stories to the right audience.

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Wardsworth Group - Kameela Wardsworth, Real Estate Broker Owner - Representing the regions finest properties and offering ultimate privacy, security, speed, and efficiency.

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Noel + Co - Christina Marie Noel, Founder - Develop a holistic marketing strategy with the goal of sustainable growth. Christina, being a marketing strategist, business coach, and speaker, can take your business to the next level. FYSO

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Romer and Co - Lauren Romer, Founder  - Taking on the most stressful parts of the moving process by helping to stage your house, list your home, buy a new home, and even helping to decide a new layout for your furniture in your new home.

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Jess Porta Art - Jess Porta decided to make sure that every child, from every background, had a happy story that they could read and relate to. When she couldn’t find what she was looking for, she decided to write it herself. 

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Lifestyle Improvement

The Composition Dietitian - Addie Claire, Founder - Addie uses her triple specialization in mental health, nutrition, and fitness to foster not just a healthier diet for her clients, but also better exercise and relationships with food.

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Kinly - Sara Davidson, Founder - Helping mamas and mamas to be gain access to experts, community care, and knowledge so new moms don’t feel like they’re in it alone.

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Vital Plan - Braden Rawls, CEO and Co-Founder - One of only eight supplemental companies that is a certified B-Corp, Vital Plan’s mission is to educate on and improve individuals health by providing the tools and knowledge to do so.

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SLNG - Tricia Timney, Founder and CEO - Collaborating with restaurants to improve their gluten-free options and improve restaurant experiences for people, like her, who have dietary restrictions.

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Food52 - Amanda Hessser, Founder and CEO - Reaching 24 million people monthly with their unique content-commerce-community model and phenomenal kitchen and home products.

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Ashley Mae Co. -  Ashley Mae Fernandez, Founder - Consulting and coaching businesses using her very own curated, signature methodology.

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Blackwell Mortgage of NC - April Blackwell, Broker Owner - Customizing mortgage plans for  clients so that it ensures your personal and financial goals are integrated into the plan.

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Y Travel Media - Caroline Makepeace - Caroline and her family have the itch to travel and have been doing so nomadically for 22 years. The Makepeace family shares what they have learned enriches a trip and how to go about planning one.

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JT Rowland Wholesome Health and Wealth Inc - Dr. Jonica Rowland, CEO - Mapping out strategies for people seeking a better life in retirement. 

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Evoke Meditation - Jennifer Vroom, Founder - After exploring and mastering an array of mindfulness and meditation techniques, Jennifer created her personal techniques to teach online.

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Mission Driven

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YAP - Zainab Baloch, Co-founder of YAP! - Encouraging young generations to make their voices heard in the present and future of our democracy.

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321 Coffee - Lindsay Wredge, Co-Founder - A coffee shop built on inclusion and good coffee, 321 currently employs 30 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

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Khyiah T Byrd Int’l Foundation - Khyiah T Byrd - Constructing communities throughout the County in which children living with Special Needs and Caregivers are empowered, supported, and accepted by implementing resources, support, advocacy, and education.

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Too Much TV - Tamisha Thomas - An internet broadcasting company whose goal is to create more positive programs on the internet that contribute to healthy communities in a global marketplace.

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Divine Hearts - Brittany Willard, CEO - Offering CPR training to healthcare providers, child care professionals, lay rescuers and workers in the community!

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Junk Luggers - Haley Huie, Founder - Committed to a greener community, Junkluggers takes care of your junk, then donates first and recycles second.

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Beginnings - Diane Doak, Executive Director - Providing emotional and technical support to families with deaf children or deaf parents with hearing children. 

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NC Early Childhood Foundation - Muffy Grant, Executive Director - Helping to improve the health, education, and well-being of North Carolina’s children by educating and guiding parents and community members.

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Bettering Your Business

Hello Raderco - Marcey Rader, Founder - Helping you and your business team improve healthy sustainable habits because productivity that values balance, workplace wellbeing, and health is the best way to avoid burnout.

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Zoee - Nichole Lowe, Founder -  Offering her background in sales, previous experience running a production business, and learned knowledge that they don’t teach at certification school to help other career coaches and match new clients with the right coach.

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Reify Media - Sarah Glova, Founder - Working with universities, companies, organizations, and other groups to create meaningful content by applying instructional design principles to digital media design.

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Sales Reliance - Jenna Papula, Founder - Working to build tech sales organizations by attracting the right people and using their own personalized screening process to ensure that the candidate and company are a good fit.

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Traction IQ - Sarah Davis, Founder - Lending a hand to start-ups by helping them launch, take next steps, and meet investors.

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Advocate Creative - Hannah Sullivan, Strategy Lead and Client Services Director - Award-winning experts in brand strategy, website design, video production, and print collateral partnering with nonprofit organizations to improve their brand.

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