Despite her 20-plus years as a highly regarded professional, Vicki Rosetti-Applewhite admits to moments of insecurity. “Like a lot of women, there have been times that I have doubted my worth,” says the Gulf Coast native, owner of Core Strategies powered by Sales Xceleration. “Maybe fear of failure or fear of measuring up to others’ […]
Readers have grown accustomed to its glossy pages and glitzy covers, but Gulf Coast Woman’s beginnings were far from glamorous. “I put the kids in the car, and the magazines at the bottom of the stroller,” founder Angela Bruni recalls of her early distribution process. As a stay-at-home mom two decades ago, Bruni says she […]
We all have a “ride-or-die,” that friend who is “like a sister” — but what happens through hardship and horrific loss attests to true friendship … As Susan Diamond remembers it, her friendship with Leslie Purpura began before they’d even met. In fact, Purpura first grew close to Susan’s husband, Seth — whom she worked […]
