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One out of eleven American women is a business owner. Yet when Mary Cantando, an expert in the growth of women-owned businesses, and Laurie Zuckerman, a writer, started researching books about women-owned businesses, they were astonished by what they found.  The book "Nine Lives" fills the void. 

A heroine addict, Marcia Reynolds was beat, broke and out of hope when she walked into the Maricopa County Jail one month before her twentieth birthday. The leader of the jail's meanest gang, brought Marcia back to the world of the living and taught her how to appreciate and embrace her strengths-a lesson Marcia's business now teaches to others.   Learn about her business: http://www.OutSmartYourBrain.com

When Adrian Guglielmo, raised in a predominantly deaf family, became aware that the deaf were starving for jobs, for opportunities, for significance, she knew she had to act. She started a creative firm staffed entirely by disabled employees.   Learn about the Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winning entrepreneur.

Airdate: Feb. 22, 2004