The Dare Dreamer Movement by Julene Fleurmond

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For my youth website Dreamer ENT I got to interview an inspiring young entrepreneur, Jasmine Lawrence, who started her own natural hair care company when she was 11. Check out the full interview by clicking below – I’m sure you’ll be inspired. She’s also a fellow NFTE alum (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, the program which helped me start a business as a teen). Be inspired by her journey from an innovative 11-year-old to the Oprah Winfrey Show and beyond…

Jasmine Lawrence is a young successful entrepreneur who has definitely been soaring and growing toward her dreams. It all sprouted when she was 11-years-old, after she mixed together natural ingredients to create her own hair oils for her broken, damaged tresses. By age 13 her hair was flourishing, and she was selling her hair products to friends. At 15 she shared her story with Oprah and other major news outlets, and began discussing distribution deals with Wal-Mart – all while striving to get her homework in on time.

Now at 17-years-old, Jasmine’s natural beauty care company Eden BodyWorks has bloomed immensely, and she hopes to bring it to even greater heights. She recently graduated from high school, and is studying computer engineering at Georgia Tech. She’s also featured in the film Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (that we wrote about in a previous post) featuring young entrepreneurs. Watch Jasmine below in a clip from the film:

Jasmine spoke to Dreamer ENT about her amazing experiences, what motivates her to keep going, and how other young people can bring their dreams to fruition:

In this clip from Tangle.com, Marshawn Evans, an esteemed entrepreneur who has appeared on Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, and an inspiring woman of God, answers how she thinks the Proverbs 31 woman parallels to the woman of the 21st century. Marshawn is the founder of Skirts in the Boardroom, “the definitive guide to being a modern-day sassy, savvy, sensible, and smart woman leader.”

DreamFood: Inspiring Points
– “Comparing yourself to somebody else always results in a negative response…”

– The Proverbs 31 woman was fulfilling her calling, it was possible for her to be multi-dimensional

– We are not called to be the Proverbs 31 woman in doing exactly what she did – we’re called to be who we’re called to be

– “…it’s about how you can be multidimensional by maximizing your personal purpose…”

“Treasure You” is a segment on Good Morning Texas hosted by Pat Smith, wife of Emmitt Smith, and that profiles strong, inspiring women. Smith describes her vision for Treasure You as “a community of women that can share eachother’s dreams, and passions, and fears and insecurities with one another.” You can visit the Treasure You website at www.treasureyou.org to learn more about the vision, and you can also watch past episodes on Youtube.

I met Ms. Smith briefly at an event hosted by Women That Soar last summer, and she seemed like such a warm and beautiful person, both inside and out. I love what she’s doing with this show, and it seems like one that can even inspire younger girls to treat themselves as women of worth.

Here are some of my favorite episodes, with women I also really look up to: