She Entered a $6.3 Billion Industry Dominated By Men — Then Started a Business to Help Other Women Do the Same: ‘You Have to Prove Yourself’

Moniqueca Sims, owner of SSG Appliance Academy, got her first glimpse into the appliance repair industry while dating a man who worked in the space. “He worked all the time, seven days a week,” Sims recalls, “so I used to go out with him just to spend time with him. I saw how easy it was for him to repair those appliances, and he was repairing them quickly.”

Image Credit: Courtesy of SSG Appliance Academy. Moniqueca Sims.

Sims believes in “working smarter, not harder” and had the idea to hire technicians to help the man she was dating with repair calls. She did, but when he didn’t slow down, she

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