Emily Stroud, 35

Owner/Designer, Hayden Reis

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:00 a.m. October 10, 2014
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A panel discussion in 2011 on women entrepreneurs in the design and fashion industries was a life changer for Emily Stroud.

The presentation inspired Stroud, then a 10-year pharmaceutical sales rep for Merck, to start her own business. “I could relate to what they were saying,” says Stroud. “It gave me the courage to quit my job.”

 

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