By Wendy J. Meyeroff
 If anyone had a reason to let life defeat her, it was Leigh Valentine. “My multi-millionaire husband not only divorced me, he made sure I didn’t have a penny to support myself or our son.” Yet within seven years, Leigh had a skin care company worth $250 million.
 
There’s no doubt that hard [...]

What can you do with $200 and a rented truck? Ask entrepreneur Marsha Serlin, who in 1978, relying upon just such minimal assets, founded United Scrap Metal, the first woman-owned scrap metal company in the United States.