Enell Sports Bras is a successful womenswear company based in Havre, a small college town in north-central Montana.
For founder Renelle Braaten, necessity became the mother of invention. As an avid volleyball player, she needed bras designed for active full-figured women and couldn’t find any. So, Renelle took on the challenge of designing one herself. In 1993, with the help of her mother, a skilled seamstress, Renelle designed a patchwork prototype.
Enell Sports Bras has grown into a thriving business with many enthusiastic customers, including Oprah Winfrey, supermodel Ashley Graham, actress Ellie Kemper, and a who’s who of Olympic and professional athletes.
Today on Can Do: Lessons from Savvy Montana Entrepreneurs learn from Renelle about her business’s rise from start-up to industry leader and the lessons she learned along the way.
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