GoKawiilSoon Hagerty's Boundless Futures Foundation gives $50,000 grants to female founders
Soon Hagerty, who fled Vietnam by boat at age five and arrived in the U.S. with $300 and nine family members, has built a career spanning a luxury PR firm, a global communications agency and a Michigan restaurant called The Good Bowl. She also founded Boundless Futures Foundation, a nonprofit that awards $50,000 grants to female entrepreneurs. Hagerty attributes her success to taking action despite fear rather than waiting for confidence.
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Hagerty's foundation adds to a growing field of grant programs aimed at closing funding gaps for women-led startups, which historically receive a small share of venture capital. Her personal narrative of refugee hardship and entrepreneurial reinvention may also serve as a recruiting and branding tool for the foundation, lending it credibility among founders she hopes to support.
- Hagerty fled Vietnam as a child refugee and arrived in the U.S. with just $300.
- She has founded multiple businesses, including a PR firm, communications agency and restaurant.
- Her Boundless Futures Foundation provides $50,000 grants to female founders.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Dan Bova, 2026-10-21
Published there as: “She Fled Vietnam on a Boat at Age 5. Now She Funds and Empowers Female Founders: ‘Confidence Is Overrated, You Just Need to Take Action’”
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