Archive for January 28th, 2007

  • Felicity Huffman: Mother of Invention

    Celebrity Baby Blog:
    Felicity Huffman, actress and mother of two daughters, talked about her new invention, the Head’s Up Pillow. She created the product because her neck hurt when she rocked her daughters in her glider. She said, “pillows would always slide down, so out of frustration and sleep-deprivation, I pulled out my sewing […]

  • Entrepreneurial Skills Conference For Women

    Inc.:
    Small-business owners from across the country are being invited to take part in this year’s Entrepreneurial Skills Conference for women to be held at the Microsoft Conference Center in Mountain View, Calif., on Feb. 8 - 9, organizers said.

    The two-day event, sponsored in part by the Small Business Administration and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs […]

  • Not Your Mother’s Hunting Clothes

    When Sheila Zmigrosky left Dallas for her first African safari, she searched far and wide, but was appalled at the “little boy” hunting attire she had to settle for.
    So she promptly created The Foxy Huntress, a line of safari chic and hunting apparel, a collection of curvy chic clothes sans bulky fabrics for serious hunting […]

  • Door-to-door With Do-si-dos

    DailyPress.com:
    Last weekend Nia Dotson hit the streets for about three hours. “I stopped,” she says softly, “when my feet started to hurt.” She’s a small girl with small feet. But she has a big goal and an impressive track record.
    Nia, a 9-year-old fourth-grader at Forrest Elementary School, sold more than 1,100 boxes of cookies last […]

  • 2007 Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference

    Office Depot is expanding the 2007 Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference from one location to six cities, including Orlando, FL; Dallas, TX; Orange County, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia, PA.
    The conference, recognized as one of the nation’s most prominent events for women business owners and corporate female professionals, has been restructured into a […]