My husband joked, 'I'm going to go from med tech to mermaids?' Now he's the CEO of our daughter's company.
A mother shares the story of how her daughter founded a successful cosmetics company, Glimmer Wish, at age 10. The family collaborated to build the business, balancing the daughter's creative vision with the parents' entrepreneurial experience and safety standards.
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This highlights the intersection of youth entrepreneurship, family business dynamics, and the growing market for 'clean' beauty products.
Tiffany Myers' daughter made a deal on Shark Tank. Courtesy of Tiffany Myers Tiffany Myers's daughter, Sydney, created a cosmetics company when she was 10. Sydney is now 17, and the company did more than $1 million in sales last year. Sydney attends school remotely to focus on her business, and both her parents work for the company. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Myers and her daughter, Sydney Myers, founder of Glimmer Wish . It has been edited for length and clarity . When my daughters were younger, I was incredibly sick. I remember driving and feeling so short of breath that I was worried I would crash the car with my babies in the back. It was terrifying to feel like my body was failing. It took seven years to understand why: I had Lyme disease.
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