Conversation Starters

Mixtroz is making waves. Last year, the Birmingham-based start-up’s founders—mother-daughter team Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons—won the $100,000 Rise of the Rest pitch competition organized by investor and AOL cofounder Steve [...]

With their tech startup Mixtroz, Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons are changing the way people network for business — and breaking barriers along the way.

Currently, there are only 40 African American female-led startups to close $1 million. Mixtroz, founded by Kerry Schrader and Ashlee Ammons (a mother-daughter duo) is now a member of that exclusive [...]

Kerry Schrader, CEO, and Ashlee Ammons, President, of Mixtroz, join ChedHER to discuss the challenges of being black female entrepreneurs, taking care of your health and your business, and the [...]

Ashlee Ammons spent many years working as an Events Producer for A-Listers like Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jay-Z, but we’d argue she’s on an A-List of her own. In [...]

Despite the lack of funding, black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs today. Here's why. Most women under the age of, say, 45 dread a particular time of the [...]

It’s not often that you hear a founder describe the process of working with an investor as “really falling in love,” but that’s what Lauren Sturdivant describes when she talks [...]

Based on their own bad experiences trying to network, the mother-daughter duo set out to find a better way to meet people at live events. Kerry’s longtime work experience is [...]