Virtue Labs Founder Melisse Shaban Makes Inc.’s 2023 Female Founders List
NEW YORK (PRWEB) April 04, 2023 -- Inc. today announced its sixth annual Female Founders list, honoring a bold group of 200 women whose innovations and ideas are shaping the world into a better place.
The founders cross all industries and bring with them unique stories of success from each stage of the entrepreneurial journey – from startup to going public, being acquired by big buyers, or spending decades at the helm of an organization. They are reinventing everything from shoes to food and are challenging issues like financial literacy and reproductive health.
“I’m deeply honored to be recognized by the editors at Inc. Magazine,” said Melisse Shaban, Founder & CEO of Virtue Labs, and one of this year’s honorees. “Female founders truly are changing the world every day by finding innovative ways to solve real problems and changing the landscape of entrepreneurship. I am extremely proud of our team at Virtue Labs and humbled to be recognized alongside these other distinguished and inspiring women."
Shaban is a beauty industry veteran, and the first to unlock and commercialize the healing power of human protein in haircare through the founding of Virtue Labs. Virtue Labs manufactures and markets innovative, technology-based solutions for the health of hair that provide visible, transformational results. Its proprietary, patented hero ingredient, Alpha Keratin 60ku®, is keratin in its purest, native form – whole, unbroken and fully functional. It is the only fully functional, human-identical keratin protein on the market today, and it is found in each of the company’s Virtue® haircare products.
Shaban has led Virtue to substantial YOY growth annually since launching in 2017. In addition, she has been uncompromising in her mission to provide science-backed solutions to improve women’s daily lives. Inspired by Virtue’s human-derived Alpha Keratin 60ku® technology, she works to inspire with the beauty of what’s “humanly possible” – through advertising, its sponsorship of the North Carolina Courage national women’s soccer team, and by helping to build a community dedicated to shattering the stigma around female hair loss.
Each year, Inc. editors review thousands of applications highlighting female founders who are challenging the status quo and tackling some of the world’s biggest problems. The list features women who have overcome challenges and lifted those around them, while leading impactful organizations across the country. They join the ranks of previous honorees including Jessica Alba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rihanna, and Shonda Rhimes.
“These 200 female founders have identified solutions to difficult problems and created valuable, industry-changing companies out of them. We congratulate this year’s list on their achievements and look forward to their continued success,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk.
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/female-founders
After launching in 2018, the Female Founders list is one of Inc.’s most esteemed franchises. Inc. magazine’s Female Founders issue (April 2023) will be available online on April 4 at https://www.inc.com/magazine and on newsstands on April 11.
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About Inc.
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning, multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels, including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion among the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit http://www.inc.com.
About Virtue
Virtue Labs manufactures and markets innovative, technology-based solutions for the health of hair that provide visible, transformational results. Its proprietary, patented hero ingredient, Alpha Keratin 60ku®, is keratin in its purest, native form – whole, unbroken and fully functional. It is the only fully functional, human-identical keratin protein on the market today, and it is found in each of the company's Virtue® haircare products. Virtue Labs is based in Raleigh, NC, with a technology manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, NC. For more information please visit: http://www.virtuelabs.com.
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