At 23, she became a wedding planner. A decade later, she's raised $550,000 for her nuptials startup

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At 23, she became a wedding planner. A decade later, she's raised $550,000 for her nuptials startup—with Kerry Washington as lead investor

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Ten years ago, Amy Shack Egan agreed to help a friend plan her wedding. She couldn't have imagined that it would inspire her to launch two businesses — or that Kerry Washington would become her lead investor.
At the time of that first wedding, Egan was freshly out of college and working…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-07-08 14:00:55.