10大最具影响力的女企业家

克里斯汀•勒米厄

年龄：43岁

公司：设计师家居用品公司DwellStudio

创办时间：2000年

    1997年从帕森设计学院（Parson's School of Design）毕业后，勒米厄在纽约家居用品店Portico做表面设计。她在地板上尝试了几种有潮流感的时尚作品，客户们似乎很喜欢，这激励她辞职开了自己的公司。勒米厄认为DwellStudio是像Pottery Barn等更知名品牌的“新经济”版，但成功并非在一夜之间来到。“我在很早的时候犯了错，什么事情都一概答应，我错失了一些发展的好年头，”勒米厄说。“应该答应那些能带来业务增长的机会，拒绝那些显然是分散注意力的事情。”

    2010年，DwellStudio在纽约市著名的ABC Home & Carpet开设了首家零售店——今年5月，她为公司位于曼哈顿SoHo区的首家独立门店剪了彩。

Christiane Lemieux

Age: 43

Company: DwellStudio

Founded: 2000

    After graduating from Parson's School of Design in 1997, Lemieux was working on surface design at home goods store Portico in New York City. She tried out several trendier, fashion-driven pieces on the floor and customers seemed to love them, inspiring her to leave and start her own company. Lemieux considers DwellStudio to be the "new economy" version of more established brands like Pottery Barn, though success did not come overnight. "I made the mistake very early on of saying yes to everything and I lost some good years of growth." Lemieux advises, "Say yes to the opportunities that grow the business and no to the ones that are clearly a distraction."

    In 2010, DwellStudio opened its first retail location in NYC's famous ABC Home & Carpet -- and in May, it cut the ribbon to its first standalone store in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.