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Gabrielle "Gabby" Goodwin named South Carolina's Young Entrepreneur of the Year by U.S. Small Business Administration
SBA South Carolina Announces 2022 National Small Business Week Winners Columbia, S.C. - The SBA South Carolina District Office has selected the 2022 National Small Business Week winners for state. The winners of the 2022 South Carolina National Small Business Week Awards are: National AwardsSmall Business Person of the Year Ann Son, Holy City Linen Services - Charleston SCSmall Business Exporter of the Year Robert G. Suber, MGS LLC - Columbia, SCSmall Business Development Center Excellence & Innovation Award Greenwood Area Small Business Development Center - Greenwood, SC State Awards Young Entrepreneur of the YearGabrielle Goodwin, Confidence by Gabby Goodwin...
12-Year-Old Girl’s Invention now in Major Mass Retailer
COLUMBIA, SC ─ GaBBY Bows may be in a major retail store near you. The non-slip barrette invention of seventh grade Confidence CEO Gabrielle “GaBBY” Goodwin and her mom Rozalynn debuts on the shelves of Target stores this month. The young entrepreneur was just five years old when she started daily insisting she and her mom create a barrette that would not disappear from her hair. Gabby and Rozalynn invented GaBBY Bows -- the first and patented Double-Face Double-Snap Barrette and started the company when Gabby was seven years old. Since then, GaBBY Bows have saved families time, money...
We have a new name thanks to you
A few months ago, we asked you to share one word that best describes Gabby and the company. With her and the brand growing up and extending beyond GaBBY Bows, we thought it was time to revisit our name. Your responses were amazing, but one word continued to surface: CONFIDENCE. Over the past five years, we have inspired the confidence that girls can do anything by demonstrating it through our girl inventor, CEO and keynote speaker. We've worked to ensure you can have confidence in the quality, durability and functionality of our products. In just four months, we have helped...
GaBBY featured speaker for GoDaddy
WAIT! That little girl dancing in the red dress on Funderdome looks like Gabby!
Let's go ahead and address the elephant in the room. Yes, you did see us in the introduction and promotional videos for Steve Harvey's Funderdome on ABC. But no, you won't see us on the show this season. Unfortunately, our segment was not chosen to air and we honestly don't know if it ever will. We were as surprised as you were to see us in the show videos. GaBBY and I figured our recording and not making it on the show would be our little, big secret. GaBBY and I worked so very hard to get on the show...