Archive for March 26th, 2007

Union Leader:
A few years ago, Christine Ingemi set out to find a way to protect her children’s hearing while they listened to music on their iPods. Now, the stay-at-home mom has found herself on a list of the top 25 inventors in the country for her iHearSafe earbuds.
Earlier this month, Ingemi’s earbuds, earphones that restrict […]

First Coast News:
A lot of people get a great idea and think, “I could make a bunch of money with this.” That’s what happened to a Texas mom, and now she has a booming business.
It’s a dilemma that every mother knows. So Gail Frankel invented the “Stroll’r Hold’r”
“Put your shopping bags and your […]

Entrepreneur Success Stories:
Betsy Fein started her professional organizing business shortly after being laid off from her job.
Instead of trying to get back into the rat race, she decided to explore her options working from home and spending more time with her kids. Given the constant request of her friends for her help organizing their homes, […]

Daily Citizen:
Working from her home, Lori Mittelstadt creates dream kitchens for clients buying KraftMaid cabinets. Over time she has been involved in projects both large and small. Some of her designs have been showcased on television, in magazines and in home centers throughout the United States.
Many of her designs regularly featured in magazines such as […]

Lisa Druxman at Entrepreneur:
You have a huge day of work planned, but your son is sick and can’t go to school. You are about to leave for your big proposal and realize your daughter created a beautiful crayon work of art on your presentation. You can’t make it to a meeting without your baby because […]

Kristin Edelhauser at Entrepreneur Daily:
If you’re looking for a cheaper, faster way to market your product, why not tap into the increasing number of blogging moms? Overall, as a hot demographic, moms spend more than $2 trillion a year, so they definitely have the purchasing power. BlogHer counts more than 400 family and mom-related blogs […]

Yahoo Finance:
Barbara Kavovit — better known as Barbara K — has turned what began as a niche home-improvement business into a mini-empire that now includes a line of fashionable, female-friendly tools available through retailers like Target, two best-selling books and, most recently, an online show.
One day I heard my mom talking to some of her […]

Herald News:
When a celebrity gives birth, a Plainfield mother immediately swings into action.
Phyllis Pometta creates “Baby Swags” gift baskets for the new celebrity mothers. The baskets are filled with gifts made by stay-at-home, work-at-home moms.
Pometta then searches out the celebrity’s “people” to find out where to send the big colorful straw baskets filled with homemade […]