Archive for July, 2008

silive.com:
Elaine R. Bellamy-Noseworthy is a wife, the mother of two young children — and an inventor.
While growing up in Annadale, she could not have possibly considered the creation of her now patent-pending baby-bottle holder because she simply had no need for it. The plastic Bottle Buggy is like an extra set of hands for busy [...]

Blount Today:
Ginger Pettit opened the doors of her fairly new shop last month for a special Open House to celebrate the entrepreneurs who make her business different.

Gingerly Dressed, located on Gill Street in Alcoa, hosted an evening for moms and dads who love something a little different to come and meet designers and creators of [...]

MSNBC:
The mom entrepreneur needs to work smarter. It’s not enough to get things done. You need to get the right things done. A very small part of what you do will have a profound impact on your family or your business. So take an inventory of everything that needs to get done and commit each [...]

How many women have spent time driving themselves crazy over things like their weight, how much they eat, counting calories, and all those other self-esteem killers? There are 2 women in particular, Sarah and Amanda, that have been there and done that.
When one of them were thinking about having a child, they didn’t [...]

TheSpec.com:
If you can raise a couple of rascals, chances are you can do anything.
That seems to be the case for Ancaster entrepreneurs Kathleen Malarczuk and Coreen Sullivan.

The two launched an online retail store, raisingrascals.com, in May and were quickly filling out orders from Ontario, California and Australia.
Then another entrepreneur Down Under wanted to know about [...]

rrstar.com:
Just outside Gretchen Schwalbach’s front door, two shoulder-high topiaries are draped with strips of funky fabric, lying in that casual-yet-just-so way that makes Martha Stewart fans swoon.

And then, when Schwalbach waves a hand at the topiaries and admits they’re just “leftover scraps,” you know you’re dealing with a home décor goddess whose talents far surpass [...]

BCLocalNews.com:
Drowning in dirty diapers, Rebecca Miller-Ouellette knew she wanted to go back to work. But as a new mom she faced the same question that all new moms face; do I stay at home, or do I go back to work. More importantly, can I afford to stay home?

“A lot of moms can’t afford to [...]

There was only so many times this mom could stand her son throwing his sippy cup on the ground. Tired of fetching it off the ground, and the cup constantly getting dirty, she did something about it. Sari Crevin invented the SippiGrip in response.

Passing it out at a mom’s group that she was [...]

Star Community Newspapers:
In reaction to the down-turning economy, several stay-at-home moms have decided to pick up their hobbies and turn them into a business.
“Mompreneurs,” or stay-at-home moms who redirect their creativity, experience and education into starting businesses on the side, are on the rise.
Some moms find a niche that needed to be filled.
After 15 successful [...]

WTNH.com:
As every working woman knows, it’s a constant juggling act, to try to find that balance between kids and bringing home a paycheck. But, that’s where New England based, EmployMoms comes in. The web based company matches up companies with working moms who are looking for flexible hours. And the company’s CEO AND Founder Jane [...]