Success Stories

Congrautlations to Karen Vanderburg of Eternal Beauty of New York for winning the coveted 2010 Charles B. Benenson Entrepreneur Award! Visit our event site for more information about the gala.

10 Finalists for the 2010 Charles B. Benenson Entrepreneur Awards
Kamal Blake - Levels Barber Shop	Daysi Fernandez - Daysi Collection
Derrick Guest - Griot's Roll Fim Production	Leah Jampel - NY Surface Styles
Akiko Kato - Fluxus	Bridgette King - King's Pet Kare
Maceo Roker - Roker Inner City Holdings	Cynthia Shields - The Parenting Training Network
Marquis Taylor - Mogul Sports Group	Karen Vanderburg - Eternal Beauty of NY


Mustaqeem Abdul Azeem, Street Vendor	After leaving prison, Mustaqeem began selling shea butter on the street to supplement his income. He soon realized that he was a natural salesman and slowly built his product line and got a vending license and a table. Read more about Mustaqeem...
Kevin Dunn, Author of crossword puzzle books	Kevin Dunn, Project Enterprise's 2007 Entrepreneur of the Year, started his business out of a hobby. He has since published his own crossword books, titled Puzzles for Us. Read all about Kevin here...
Karen Tappin-Saunderson, Karen's Body Beautiful	Karen is the successful owner of Karen's Body Beautiful, an all natural bath and body shop and spa, located in Brooklyn NY. She makes her products by hand, and is happy that she took a leap of faith to embark on her entrepreneurial dream. Get to know Karen here...