LYNN – Lynn middle school girls who hope to run businesses one day had an opportunity Wednesday to hear how one of Boston’s leading fashion designers made her path in the business world.Vienne Cheung, the owner of a Boston-based high-end hosiery company called VienneMilano, shed insight on how she turned her dream into a job during a visit to a girls entrepreneurs club at the Lynn nonprofit Girls Inc.”Be comfortable with yourself, but also be uncomfortable,” she told the group of about a dozen middle-school girls.Cheung told the girls her path to running a business formed as she took risks on pursuing her passions. From traveling to Italy in high school to getting a business degree, Cheung said every step in her life prepared her for running an international company.In November, Cheung opened her e-commerce hosiery company, which is now featured around the world.”Weren’t you afraid of failing?” asked 13-year-old Jada Burs.”That’s always the fear,” Cheung answered. “I can’t let that get to me, and if I don’t try it or fail, I won’t find out.”She told the students that running a business is difficult but possible.”I think it’s a really ambitious goal,” she said. “But you have to start somewhere.”She recommended that students like 14-year-old Saidy Cruz, who wants to be a fashion designer, join fashion internships and research the field on the internet.”There’s nothing stopping you,” Cheung said.Cruz agreed. She created a dress for her mother after taking fashion design classes at North Shore Community College.After the talk, Cheung brought out samples of her hosiery – packaged in a light purple box with no end of sparkles and colors – for the students to check out.The girlishness of the product hopefully expanded the students’ ideas of business a bit more, said Ann Ayala-Macey, the club’s director.”Business is not just numbers – we’re also trying to get this message across,” she said.Burs said meeting Cheung did just that.”People always say business is for men,” she said after Cheung’s talk. “That just shows that women can do these things too.”Garbiela Patricio, 13, said Cheung’s talk ignited a dream in her.”It just excited me to be a fashion designer,” Patricio said as she toyed with the stockings.For 16-year-old Yuleika Lluveres, meeting Cheung helped her have more confidence.”She told you what you can do when you grow up and to not be shy about it,” Lluveres said.For more information about VienneMilano, www.viennemilano.com. For more information about Lynn’s Girls Inc., visit www.girlsinclynn.org.Amber Parcher can be reached at [email protected].