Developing a Game Plan: Local women entrepreneurs score points – and prizes – in StartRight! Competition. Montgomery Country, Michele Horwitz Read Article… Read More...

Small business owner Aliyah Hardy pulls from her background as a Big Oil engineer to open a Pilates center. Read Article… Read More...

If you’re talking about “pole” in exercise classes these days, it usually involves stripper-esque tricks. But that’s not really what Joseph Pilates had in mind when he created apparatuses to help users build strength and flexibility. At the Pilates Center of Rockville, “Intro to Pole” offers newbies a chance to experience his kind of pole — or tower — a vertical assortment of springs, straps and a wooden bar. Read Article… Read More...

Five women-owned businesses boosted their bank accounts Wednesday after winning a slice of $20,000 in prize money as part of the StartRight business plan competition. The top prizes, each worth $5,000, were divided into three categories. Feastie, a search engine that matches recipes with coupons, won the high-tech award. Read Article… Read More...