Archive for May, 2007

eMedia Wire:
When Orange County mom, Bunmi Zalob, launched her online magazine last year, she never imagined that where it would take her. Now this mom of one is a featured blogger for Entrepreneur Magazine’s newest website, WomenEntrepreneur.com.
The website, geared toward women business owners, offers timely articles, business news, and articles by nine featured bloggers [...]

InsideToronto.com:
Her story is not unlike most moms trying to balance a career with motherhood, except Karen Lamont’s has a twist - a citrus twist.
When the 36-year-old mom to two little girls, age five and three, returned to her job as VP of a marketing company after her second daughter was born, she discovered juggling a [...]

Macon.com:
A business looking to operate more efficiently, Monica Premo says, could learn a lot from a kindergarten class.
To Premo, a professional organizer, a kindergarten class is a model of organization. Everything is labeled. Everything has a place. Everyone has an assignment.
“Even though it’s a busy place, it’s orderly and they get a lot done,” said [...]

Niagara This Week:
Tina Breton loves yellow.
Breton believes the colour is known to be calming and soothing. And, people whose favourite colour is yellow are known to be focused.
But most importantly, Breton loves yellow because it is the colour of her mother’s favourite flower. As a young girl, Breton remembers her mother tending to the [...]

PowerHomeBiz.com:
Bizymoms has grown tremendously over the years, and now more than 2.5 million visitors come to BizyMoms every month, each with a work-at-home dream.
“Most visitors enjoy the many free resources at Bizymoms including live chats, interactive message boards, support articles and of course help and advice from the Bizymoms Home Business Support Team,” explains [...]

Newsday.com:
If you think running a small business is hard enough now, try tossing a couple of kids into the mix - and imagine how much harder it gets.
That’s the daily reality for millions of home-based female business owners trying to strike a balance between work and family.
In fact, of the 3.6 million home-based businesses owned [...]

The Daily Advertiser:
Although there have been a few bumps in the road, Angela Clarkston loves life. The Broussard mother and small business owner has lived in the area her entire life.
After graduating from New Iberia Senior High School in 1988, Clarkston went to work at Martin Mills. She said that career path wasn’t fulfilling to [...]

The Standard:
Andie Maranda had a good life. A home. A husband. And a little girl named Jade. She was the woman behind the counter at The Out Box, a print shop she owned and ran in Fonthill. She didn’t know much about the printing business when she opened the store on South Pelham Street and [...]

PR Web:
Averaging 50 packages shipped daily and 88,000 Web site visitors each month, Heather Ledeboer’s business, Mom 4 Life, has come a long way. Though her initial single-item inventory used to fit in a cubbyhole in her desk, Mom 4 Life has outgrown its current location - Ledeboer’s Redlands, CA home, where her 3-bedroom house [...]

PR Web:
Many people, especially stay-at-home moms, engage in direct selling because it fits their family’s lifestyle. “You choose when and how much you want to work each week,” says Michele Baratta, President and company designer. “It’s the perfect answer for families who like the idea of having two incomes, but desire a schedule that can [...]