The San Antonio-New Braunfels area has the fourth- highest percentage of both female-owned businesses and the highest average revenue for those businesses nationwide.
Women in Commercial Real Estate
These four women shared their insights into commercial real estate trends and talked about why they are optimistic about the future of their industry in San Antonio.
Women in Law
There are two professionals every business owner eventually needs: an accountant and a lawyer.
Skills & Communication
Seeing a hair stylist, especially for the first time, can be an emotional experience. Hair is an important part of how we look, and a great hairstyle can go a long way in making us look and feel wonderful.
Four Interior Designers Share Their Stories
For each of the business owners, interior design is not just a profession, it’s a passion. They make their living transforming houses into the personal, fabulous, unique spaces that their clients will call home.
Women in Banking
Diligence Protects the Dollar If there’s a defined path for women who desire a career in banking, it’s starting at an early age and working hard, at least according to the résumés of these five San Antonio women. Not that the teller window is where they all began.The...
Women in Business: Women in the Automotive Industry
Driven to Win By SHARI BIEDIGER Photography by Bryn Le Nguyen Once Karl Benz strapped an engine to a three-wheeled cart in 1885, the race was on — for cars that are better, faster, safer and more efficient and look smart on the starting line. That couldn’t suit these...
Marketing In Today’s World
FOUR LOCAL LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR JOURNEYS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES BY JENNIFER BARTLETT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELIZABETH WARBURTON The lion’s share of our lives is spent sitting behind a desk communicating through a screen. We no longer have to leave our homes to shop, pay...
Women In Business: In the Face of Aristotle, Five Women Find Their Passion in Law
Aristotle is credited with saying, “The law is reason free from passion.” The five San Antonio attorneys featured in this issue would perhaps disagree with the classic philosopher, since they believe passion for the law keeps them serving clients at their highest...
Women in Business: League of Extraordinary Women
The four extraordinary women featured in this article are forward-looking entrepreneurs who embrace risk and welcome new challenges. They have faced failures and rejections and have used those experiences to create new opportunities. They range from a high-tech...
Women in Business: Four Business Leaders Find a Home in Fast-paced Mortgage Lending Arena
Success by Heart Four women found their way to the exciting profession of mortgage lending by aiming high. Often, inspirational parents or leadership skills developed through sports and sheer tenacity helped lay the groundwork for each of these leaders to earn her way...
Women in Business: Four Leading Bankers Lean in to Risk
Relationships and Reaping Life’s Rewards BY JENNIFER BARTLETT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELIZABETH WARBURTON The executives I met for this story have “leaned in,” Sheryl Sandberg- style, in a big way. All of them are mothers and work tirelessly to balance family and career. After...
Women in Business: Dr. Lubna Naeem
Dr. Lubna Naeem Soni Medical Spa Soni Medical Spa is a five-person operation run by Dr. Lubna Naeem that combines a medical spa with an internal medicine practice. Soni’s mission is to treat the whole patient, and Dr. Naeem’s training as an internist informs her...
Women in Business: Dr. Laura Bennack
Dr. Laura Bennack Radiance Med Spa Radiance Med Spa, like its moniker, feels like a tranquil getaway. Lighted mosaic installations decorate the lobby and clinic areas. The entire decor is one of soft lighting, comfortable chairs and fuzzy blankets. Radiance feels...
Women in Business: Roma Kumar
Roma Kumar Sonterra Laser Med Spa A savvy businesswoman who worked in the corporate arena at Dell for seven years, Roma Kumar became interested in medical spas after her husband, Dr. Sanjiv Kumar, a Harvard-trained opthalmologist, returned from a conference in 2007...
Women In Business: Lizette Altieri, M.D.
Lizette Altieri, M.D. White Pearl Medical Spa Dr. Lizette Altieri of White Pearl Medical Spa is a walking billboard for how natural and beautiful one’s skin can look with noninvasive skin care treatments. She is also a dedicated physician whose thoughtful approach to...
Women in Business: San Antonio Medical Spa Owners
San Antonio’s Medical Spas Gain Followers in Era of the “Selfie” I recently spoke with four leaders in San Antonio’s rapidly growing medical spa industry to share how they got started, what has influenced the beauty industry’s expansion into this growing skin care...
Women in Business: Financial Planning for Life’s Stages
With long workdays and busy schedules, we can get caught up in the daily drill and forget what it’s all for. If we don’t take a step back and assess our situation every now and then, our autopilot may take us in the wrong direction. These four women help others...
