Quite simply, Spire & Co was started by a big sister who wanted to have her little sister’s back. Emily Raleigh was a senior in high school when her little sister, Sophie, was starting her freshmen year. Like any sister, Emily had a lot of wishes for her, hoping that she would find fulfillment throughout her next four years. So she wrote Sophie a field guide to doing just that. That gave Emily an idea: why not start a magazine that would make all the little sisters of the world feel like someone had their back? On January 1, 2012, Spire & Co (formerly Smart Girls Group) was born. Spire & Co started as a small, 20 page, digital magazine, written by nine girls. Before long, Spire & Co was not just a magazine, but a sisterhood, filled with rockstar young women from all over the world. Nearly four years later, Spire & Co is an online and offline destination for aspiring young women that provides the inspiration and information they need to live their smartest, most confident lives.