Archive for July 16th, 2007
Keeping Soccer Moms (And Dads) On Point
SFGate.com: One suburban soccer mom who always knows the score is Jill Barnes, of Dublin. Barnes, 52, has invented the Pocket Scorekeeper. My son was playing baseball. Like with all the other games, parents were saying, ‘Does anyone know the score?’ ‘How many runs is that?’ I thought, ‘I can design something. I know exactly [...]
Mothers With Businesses Make It Work
The Buffalo News: How do women balance family, career and also squirrel away some time for themselves? We asked three local “executive moms” — a landscape architect, a vintage apparel merchant and a job placement guru — to share their formulas for success. As you will see, determination and commitment are only a part of [...]
PR Leap: The Mom-Force is a new ebook and online promotion service for ex-professional, work at home Moms (WAHMS) – focused initially on connecting Mom-Force candidates with Loudoun Businesses, in Loudoun County, Virginia (Dulles South Region). The Mom-Force philosophy is explained through an eBook published at their website. This book illustrates the essential decisions, initiative [...]
InformationWeek: Last weekend in Boulder, Colorado, a group of about 70 or so entrepeneurs, investors, software developers, Web designers and marketing geniuses, plus at least one massage therapist, got together with an audacious goal: create and launch a new online business in 72 hours. Conceived by 23-year-old graphic designer Andrew Hyde, Startup Weekend was an [...]
Inventor Creates Cane From Space-Age Materials
The Journal News: George Stanec, at age 80, doesn’t use a cane, but if he ever needs one, he’ll be ready. A retired mechanical engineer, Stanec has invented a high-tech walking cane that combines aerospace materials and finely carved wood. The result is a sturdy yet lightweight cane with artistic flair. Stanec and his wife, [...]
Teen Entrepreneur Hopes Profits Pour In
Tribune-Review: Ben Lewis started breaking into a $10-billion-a-year industry while a junior at Shady Side Academy. The Fox Chapel teen traveled to conferences around the country, read industry reports and gathered a group of friends and family together to found PurBlu Beverages. Now, in the summer after his high school graduation, a time when most [...]
Sister Act Sees Niche For Trendy Clothes
Hesperia Star: When sisters Gladys Vargas and Laura Nava decided to open a retail store soon after moving to the High Desert, the decision on what to carry came fairly easily. “We’re into style,” Vargas said. Owning their own store is a welcome change. Nava was a paralegal, and Vargas worked for the Department of [...]
Inc.: A provider of mobile hearing aid centers and the developer of a handheld blood analyzer each won $10,000 in this year’s Silicon Valley Boomer Business Plan Competition. World Hearing Organization, a San Jose, Calif.-based company that won the top prize for the general category, plans to use its mobile centers at hospitals, drugstores, and [...]
