Archive for June 20th, 2008
Employers Seek Out Stay-At-Home Moms
livemint.com: When Rakesh Shukla started his technical writing outsourcing firm called The Writers Block (TWB), he decided to go after a somewhat unexpected source of labour to staff his company: the unemployed. To be more specific, he looked for women who had taken some time off to raise a child, but were looking to get [...]
Blount Today: Kristina Roland was proud of her work. Her handmade dresses for little girls were smart. They were catchy without being cluttered. They looked great on her Hannah Montana-obsessed 4-year-old daughter, Maddie. They were the kinds of things, she hoped, mothers could pass to their daughters from generation to generation. Would anyone want to [...]
Realtor Redesigns Her Business Model
ajc.com: Allyson Roberts is a wife and mother in Alpharetta, and a Realtor whose business is evolving — if not evaporating — before her eyes. So she did what anyone might do to keep a job that has provided a good income for 23 years. Roberts changed her business strategy and cut back on personal [...]
Suzi Gives New Meaning To Homemaker
Not everyone can be a Suzi Homemaker. Well of course, except for Suzi herself. A mom-owned embroidery and sewing business, she specializes in personalized things for babies and children. Including the cute aprons shown on the two children here. Embroidery had already been something she’d done for many years. After she had her 3rd child [...]
Making A Million Before Age 20
Forbes: While their peers were out making trouble, these young achievers were making bank. Fraser Doherty. At 14, Doherty started making jams from his grandmother’s recipes in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally, his customer base was limited to neighbors and friends from his church, but business picked up quickly, and by age 16, he left school to [...]
Mom Brings Thailand Home With Her Business
I know we tend to hear quite a bit about the benefits of things ‘Made in the US’ but that shouldn’t stop us from recognizing the talents of people that live elsewhere. Julia has a personal connection to a place that brings it’s own unique styles and tastes to the world, Thailand. She was living [...]
Mom Brings Thailand Home With Her Business
I know we tend to hear quite a bit about the benefits of things ‘Made in the US’ but that shouldn’t stop us from recognizing the talents of people that live elsewhere. Julia has a personal connection to a place that brings it’s own unique styles and tastes to the world, Thailand. She was living [...]
Mom Entrepreneur Fixes Frizzy-hair!
The Earth Times: It’s that time of year again, when swimming, sunning, and sand can dry out your curls. When you’re in danger of frizz or fuzziness. 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 [...]
Entrepreneur Daily: Like her or not, media queen Oprah has turned unknown businesses into overnight success stories thanks to her stamp of approval. So how does she decide which of the hundreds of thousands of product pitches she receives get air time? According to an Advertising Age article, “It helps a whole lot if Oprah [...]
Start-Ups Aim For Consumers On Hold
The Wall Street Journal: Callers stuck on hold waiting for a customer-service rep have long been subjected to the sounds of Muzak. Now, companies are taking advantage of these captive moments to serve up some different messages. From Burger King to Bank of America, marketers are replacing the canned tunes with advertising. Someone calling into [...]
RP News Wires: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2006: Employed persons worked 7.6 hours on average on the days that they worked. They worked longer on weekdays than on weekend days – 8.0 vs. 5.4 hours. On the days that they worked, employed men worked about an hour [...]
Canadian School Teaches Innovation
Northern Life.ca: Sudbury Catholic District School Board, one of a handful of school boards outside of Toronto to embrace programs run by The Learning Partnership, will offer a third program to its students starting in January 2009. The Learning Partnership is a non-profit group that champions public education and creates a culture in which students [...]
Modern Mompreneur: How To Manage Your Time
Modern Mom: I am a WAHM and I need help structuring my day. My daughter is four-months old and I have worked at home since about her 12th week. I wanted to get advice from other WAHM’s on how you do it– work for a corporation, run a business, while managing the laundry, play time, [...]
Norwich Bulletin: Kate Magoon has lots of good ideas. One of Magoon’s new ideas led to her being auditioned to appear on a nationally-televised PBS show. And the Jack Jackter student also received a call about a possible appearance on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. Magoon, 9, invented the Perfect Cookie Shaper, which does [...]
DVD Uses Language Of Sports To Teach ABC’s
Courant.com: At Sporty Minds LLC, conference calls are apt to take place after 9 p.m. and “between kids brushing their teeth,” said Evan Goldstein, the firm’s vice president. Running a part-time business after putting in a full day’s work and getting two young children into bed can be a challenge, said Goldstein, 35, of Farmington. [...]
