Entrepreneur finds new life in handbag manufacturing startup

An unexpected series of events led Gretchen Bauer to a previously never-thought of career transition.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 3, 2018
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Mark Wemple. From left: Yoshua Torrolva, Heather Roembke, Gretchen Bauer, sitting, and Dave Szczepaniuk are all part of BSwanky, a Sarasota startup handbag manufacturer.
Mark Wemple. From left: Yoshua Torrolva, Heather Roembke, Gretchen Bauer, sitting, and Dave Szczepaniuk are all part of BSwanky, a Sarasota startup handbag manufacturer.
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Gretchen Bauer is an unlikely novice manufacturing entrepreneur.

 

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