BillingsGazette.com: Here’s a hint for anyone starting a business: the bigger your family, the better. Years ago, Aimee Carlson worked at the Yoga Center, and when it went away she missed that yoga crowd. That’s one of the reasons she started The Yoga Spot in Billings, to re-create that healthy and gentle community. Trouble was, […]
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Terre Haute News: In a little shop in a quiet corner of the Wabash Valley, the delectable smells of fudge and caramel, mint and espresso, waft through a 100-year-old home where two women are realizing an entrepreneur’s dream. Brooke Schmidt and her mother, Donna Thompson, co-owners of Brooke’s Candy Co. in Dana, have seen their
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The Salt Lake Tribune: Folks who take a break from Interstate 215 for a bite at Tammie’s Family Diner might do a double-take when they see their waitresses. There’s a family resemblance. If they glance into the kitchen and see owner Tammie Newport, it might start to make sense. Newport, a slender, energetic woman with
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Bugle-Observer: Get your sweet tooth ready, because there’s a new bakery in town, and they’ve got some real goodies. Sweetie Cakes, a cake and chocolate shop, has been up and running for two weeks, and owner Naomi McLaughlin has been baking up a storm. “I’ve had a great response,” McLaughlin said. The military reservist and
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LSJ.com: Two Men and a Truck truly is a family businesses. Matriarch Sheets does most of the community outreach work. Daughter Melanie Bergeron is chief executive officer; Brig is president and Jon is executive vice president. The four follow one rule: Put the customer first. “We don’t take on any new project or service unless
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BucyrusTelegraphForum.com: A family Christmas tradition has turned into a small business this year as two Bucyrus natives make ornaments that look good enough to eat. Kelly Stockmaster and her daughter, Kymberlee Stockmaster-Wood, produce hand-painted clay Christmas ornaments for their Gingerbread Keepsake Collection. “It’s heartwarming and family oriented, and the ornaments will last,” Kymberlee said from
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dBusinessNews: At 26, Maisie Knowles has gained more experience and learned more about the challenges a businesswoman encounters than many female entrepreneurs who are a generation older. When most of her friends were starting college, the Colorado Springs native was traveling the world and organizing mission trips for a humanitarian aid organization. When many of
PowerHomeBiz: Sunday mornings can get pretty hectic around the Christiansen household. With five boys who always want to look their best for church, the rush to get to services on time occasionally led to a rather knotty problem — neckties flying in all directions, sometimes along with the frustration of being unable to tie the
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When starting a business, most people end up going into debt and gradually building their way out. It was the complete opposite for Marie and Maged Abdu. The parents of 5 children, they knew exactly what it was like throwing fun birthday parties that would be memorable. Little did they know that Marie’s love of
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Vietnamenet: Shoemaker Thai Van Anh Hung says his father had foreseen that the traditional trade of making wooden clogs, which had lasted for more than 100 years in Binh Duong Province’s Binh Nham village, was doomed to extinction, and had been proven right in the eighties. More than half the workshop owners in Binh Nham
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