Entrepreneurs with big ambitions to rock frozen dessert world grow sorbet business

At first, Nicole Cardone wasn’t sure if she wanted to be labeled a “babe.”

She and her business partner, Deborah Gorman, had started a company based on the idea of creating indulgent flavors of sorbet. They were making their frozen treats at an ice cream shop when it was available — from midnight to 5 a.m. Cardone and Gorman soon earned the nickname “SorBabes” from the guys at the shop. “Babes,” Cardone thought, can have a negative connotation. But they made a choice, she says: “Let’s own this. Let’s be 21st century babes: strong and empowered.”