CLEVELAND, Ohio—Megan Divincenzo was an attorney with her own practice up until a few years ago.

She and her sister simply wanted bracelets that fit their small wrists—so they did it themselves.

“We started making them for us and we started wearing them but then our friends were like, can you make one in my size wrist?” said Megan Divincenzo, owner, The Sis Kiss. “And then it was like, now it’s Christmas… can you make one for my gift? And literally it just blew up from there.”  

Then— ‘The Sis Kiss’ was born. Today they have more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and sell to customers all over the country and even the world. 

“I just always had that mind set and practicing law was amazing, when it was amazing…and when it wasn’t amazing anymore it was time to go,” said Divincenzo.

Divincenzo says the growing number of female entrepreneurs is amazing and she wants to encourage women to choose happiness. 

‘They’re seeing it’s okay. I went to college to be a lawyer. I went to law school to be a lawyer, but it’s okay that I’m not a lawyer,” said Divincenzo.

Divincenzo works with other entrepreneurs in the Cleveland area — like Emily Roggenburk— whose business took off after she took a series of photos of the 2016 Cavs championship parade.

Since then, she has started a clothing line, catering to Clevelanders and beyond. 

“I think that its evolved into women’s empowerment apparel and I have some United States apparel for the Fourth of July and things like that,” said Roggenburk.

Roggenburk says the community of women she’s found has been extremely supportive and collaborative. 

“I do think that especially in Cleveland, there’s a ton of really really talented people and I think you could see it as being competitive… but honestly, everyone that I’ve met is so welcoming and encouraging and supportive,” said Roggenburk.

And, both Divincenzo and Roggenburk tell aspiring entrepreneurs to jump on in.

“I think you’re seeing a lot of women say like yeah I can do this. I can go after what I want because I’m being encouraged to by so many people,” said Roggenburk. “There’s room for everybody and I feel very honored to be a part of the crowd,”