Archive for July 15th, 2008
MSNBC: “I have quit feeling guilty that I’m a mom first.” I recently read this line in Working Mother magazine while I was sitting in the pediatrician’s office waiting to have my son’s tonsils checked. Ah, guilt — every working mom has it at one point or another. How do you quit it? I had [...]
East-End Businesswomen Nominated For Canada’s Top ‘Mom Entrepreneur’
Orleans Star / Weekly Journal: Two businesses helmed by east-end mothers are in the running for the nation-wide SavvyMom.ca’s Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a readers’ choice contest designed to find Canada’s best mom-slash-business guru. Online clothing boutiques Daisy Blue – run by sisters and east-end residents Kelli Catana and Ronda MacKinnon – and [...]
The Title of Super Mom gets New Meaning from Dr. Pamela Frank
eWorldWire: For naturopathic doctor Pamela Frank, all of the following are in a day’s work: a) Being a single mom of a two-year-old b) Being an entrepreneur and running a small business c) Being a doctor d) Being a triathlete As if single motherhood, being a business owner and naturopath weren’t already enough, Frank has [...]
West Olive Mom And Family Growing Small Business
Grand Haven Tribune: For business owner Tiffany Balk, Blueberry Haven truly is the gift that keeps on giving. What started out as an idea for giving gifts to relatives turned into a family business of blueberry products across the state and a reminder of what West Michigan has to offer. Balk, along with her husband [...]
East Valley Tribune: Step into the Brownie Connection store in the historic Farmhouse Village in Gilbert and you think you’re back in the early 1900′s. Inhale the sweet aroma of baking brownies coming from the small kitchen and you flash back to your childhood. Take a look at the company financial reports while you’re chewing [...]
Wet Happened? Answers Baby Messes On-The-Go
Moms within the cloth diapering community already know of the wet bag. Outside of that group there are a whole bunch of women who do not know what they are missing out on. Jamie Bird, the owner of Wet Happened? and Mini Me Babygear, has taken the traditional wet bag and renovated it. She’s made [...]
Wet Happened? Answers Baby Messes On-The-Go
Moms within the cloth diapering community already know of the wet bag. Outside of that group there are a whole bunch of women who do not know what they are missing out on. Jamie Bird, the owner of Wet Happened? and Mini Me Babygear, has taken the traditional wet bag and renovated it. She’s made [...]
BusinessWeek: Graham Thompson, owner of Optimo Fine Hats in Beverly, has for years gone to Ecuador to buy toquilla straw for Panama hats and to Italy and Portugal for fancy felts for fedoras. Now the hatmaker wants to reverse at least some of that trade flow—by opening? stores in London and Milan. A shop in [...]
Invention Could Stop A/C Thefts
ABC7.com: Air conditioning unit thefts are heating up. From January to June, 71 AC units have been stolen in Cape Coral alone. But ABC7 found a North Fort Myers inventor who may have the answer. At the Broadway Community Church, a thief ripped apart one of the AC units and stole the metal inside. But [...]
There’s A Little Inventor In All Of Us
Gizmodo: It’s a classic story: someone comes up with a million dollar idea while sitting at a bar and sketches it out on a napkin to remember it. Later, they profit, and they have a cute story about where they came up with the idea. Gizmodo asked readers to send in their napkin sketch ideas. [...]
Take Your Customer To Work Day
her Nature his Nurture: The Idea Take your customer to work day (a twist on take your kids to work day) How It Works Invite your customer into your workplace to shadow an employee; parties are encouraged to sign up and then paired Open your office, back-shop, or factory doors for the day to give [...]
As a franchise, Bug Realty is not the average real estate company. Where as they break away from the traditional aspects of being a Realtor and take on a new approach that is not only fun for the agents, but helps bring in those looking to buy and sell their homes. Whether it’s the Bug! [...]
This is a brand that could easily be on the top 5 list for recognized hardware stores. Established in 1924, Ace Hardware has sold 4800 franchises, which goes to show how successful their business model has been for their franchisees. Ace is now offering a new incentive to those looking to open up one of [...]
Someone looking for a classic business approach, with a unique product is most likely going to find just that in Power Cell, Inc. Anyone looking for an energy pick me up can find it by just simply walking out of the store, with the other vending machines. Said to be “a chewy, healthy, mouth watering [...]
Anyone interested in the travel industry most likely know of Expedia CruiseShipCenters and their franchise opportunity. After all, with the costs of fuel going up, people want to get the most for their money. The cruise industry is a place where people can find specific things they’re looking for from a vacation, for everyone on [...]
Originally started as a home-based business by Cynthia McKay, Le Gourmet Gift Basket has grown within the US as well as internationally. If you were to visit their corporate headquarters, you’d probably be very shocked. It is not the office building that you would imagine. It’s more like a home where you could feel welcome [...]
