Start-up. Actually, Anne Dickhardt didn't stand a chance. Does the world really need a new label for handbags? Today, Any Di is actually causing a stir. Because the 30-year-old runs her start-up company with an extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit.

The e-mail came in September 2016. No notice. "Any Di for Microsoft?" was in the subject line. With question mark. "I thought for about a second," says Anne Dickhardt, "and then I thought, "Wow, sure, I'll do that. That's not a question."