Archive for August 22nd, 2008
Scottsdale Mom Finds Success In Cloth Diapers
East Valley Tribune: Twenty years ago, Jakki Liberman’s new daughter was allergic to the stay-dry shields on disposable diapers. So the Scottsdale mother of two had to switch to cloth diapers at a time when only avid environmentalists who worried about filling up landfills used them. “But you don’t go from disposables to pins and [...]
Mompreneurs Hope To Strike It Rich
Mountain Xpress: Honeywear Inc. began humbly enough: two busy working moms with an idea for a better baby sling. Now, after less than two years in operation, the home-based business appears poised to make the big time—or at least take a giant leap. Honeywear, an Alexander-based S corporation, was founded in January 2007, by Kristin [...]
One Chic Mama Helps Moms Stay Hip
Carolina Newswire: With twenty years of experience in the realm of fashion, Mary Michele Little announces the launch of One Chic Mama, a personal image consulting business geared towards moms, moms-to-be or any woman who wants to upgrade their look or make a fashion change. Michele is excited to use her extensive knowledge of style [...]
The Moving Of Mommy Chat To The Internet
Canada.com: Back in the golden, olden days, neighbourhood moms could share advice over the fence while their kids played in the yard. It sounds kind of quaint to us frenzied mothers of the new millennium — but really, what a perfect way to get the inside scoop on everything from recipes for fussy eaters, to [...]
More Organized Mom Is For Sale
If you’re a mom who has dreamed of owning your own successful business, then you might find the right opportunity within More Organized Mom. Of course drive alone won’t get you through it. Someone with the right knowledge and the will to grow MOM into what it has the potential to become is exactly what [...]
More Organized Mom Is For Sale
If you’re a mom who has dreamed of owning your own successful business, then you might find the right opportunity within More Organized Mom. Of course drive alone won’t get you through it. Someone with the right knowledge and the will to grow MOM into what it has the potential to become is exactly what [...]
The CAT Scan/Beatles Connection
Epidemix: If not for the musical group, the Beatles, we wouldn’t have CT scans, aka CAT scans, the advanced medical scanning technology that lets your doctor see how badly your bones are broken. Here’s the backstory: in the 1960s, a middle-aged engineer named Godfrey Hounsfield was working at Electrical & Musical Instrument Ltd., where he [...]
Make Your Golf Game Look Better
BusinessWeek: It was on the course in April, 2004, that Jennifer Glaspie realized she just hated her golf shorts. “They were heinous,” she says. When a friend suggested she start her own line, she responded, “You know, that’s not crazy.” She quit her consulting job, hired a designer from Chicago’s International Academy of Design & [...]
Making The Most Of Any Opportunity
The BIG Idea: Whether to display confidence, remember who’s the boss or to be gushingly optimistic, here are Jack Dougherty’s Nine keys to make the most out of any opportunity! 1. Become an authority. 2. Display confidence. 3. Never flip-flop. 4. Focus on likeability. 5. Be gushingly optimistic. 6. Remember who is the boss. 7. [...]
On Wednesday, we started a poll asking, ‘How long have you been operating your home biz?’ As of 8 PM EDT Thursday, 24 users had participated in the poll with 33% of respondents operating their home biz 1 to 3 years. Next up was 25% operating 4 or more years. As the Internet makes it [...]
The New York Times: Acknowledging that most online shoppers cannot be bothered with auctions, eBay plans Wednesday to announce changes to its fee structure that emphasize fixed prices over bidding. The move is intended to help eBay compete more effectively with Amazon.com and other big online retailers. The announcement, timed to increase sales during the [...]
