Archive for June 24th, 2008

  • Three Moms Balance Home And Business

    Nashuatelegraph.com:
    Most business meetings don’t double as play dates, but for three stay-at-home moms, it’s the way they balance work and family.
    Cara Facques, Naadia Nazeer and Jennifer Mastergeorge, all of Amherst, have nine children between them. Last year they opened Amherst Therapy Connections, a clinic that provides speech therapy for private clients and to local school [...]

  • Mom Of 6 And Business Owner Passes

    toledoblade.com:
    Charlotte Vellequette, a devoted mother of six who opened an independent grocery store with her husband, died Thursday in Toledo Hospital after a yearlong battle with ovarian cancer. She was 73.
    Mrs. Vellequette and her husband, Roger, ran the former Vellmar’s Five-Star Market, a grocery store in the 4600 block of West Bancroft Street from 1976 [...]

  • Mompreneur Saves Curly/Frizzy Hair

    The Earth Times:
    Before creating the MopTop and FuzzyDuck line of products, company founder Kelly Foreman tried a wide range of products — everything from inexpensive drugstore brands to those sold only through exclusive salons. She also became a student of curly hair, reading everything she could on the subject. As she struggled to find the [...]

  • This Gecko Sells Candles

    Although the word ‘gecko’ is in the name of this business, she is not selling insurance. Actually this mom runs an online candle business called, The Blue Gecko Candle Company.
    There are candles, then there are candles that make you want to eat them. The candles that come from this business leans towards the [...]