Turning Passions Into Businesses

Meghan Ritchie and Tiffany Zhong turned their passions into careers. The two young entrepreneurs join Cheddar to give advice and perspective on how to lead and grow as a female inventor and trailblazer. Zhong became a venture capitalist at just 19-years-old. Now, she has taken her experience and expertise with Gen Z to her own consumer insight firm, Zebra Intelligence. Ritchie loved baking baked goods and started selling Megpies as a fun side hustle. Once it started to take off, she completely dedicated herself to the idea. Now, Megpies sell in Starbucks across the United States.

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