How a Former Teacher Built a 50,000-Member Women’s Business Community

Ben Swanger 1d agoDM

Amanda Smith wasn’t trying to build a business when she launched a Facebook group in 2017. The elementary school music teacher simply wanted to meet other ambitious women outside her workplace. Looking for friends who were building careers and businesses of their own, Smith invested $600 of her own money to create Dallas Girl Gang, … Continued The post How a Former Teacher Built a 50,000-Member Women’s Business Community appeared first on D Magazine.

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