Inspired to produce a hair clip that wouldn’t slip out of her infant daughter’s hair, Cindy launched No Slippy Hair Clippy in September 2000. Women’s Initiative for Self Employment in San Francisco provided her with business training and her first loan of $1,000. Oakland Business Development Corporation loaned an additional $5,000 and set her up with an Individual Development Account to leverage her savings.

Today her product is sold at 100 stores in 15 states and generates monthly sales revenue of $5,000-6,000.