After graduating with her Master’s degree, Joanna Davies went in search for the right job. When a job didn’t materialize, she did the next best thing reports Dorset Echo. The local girl returned to her home town to set up new business, The Gilded Teapot, after graduating a year ago with a masters degree in […]
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With her real child, Shani also came up with her own brain child. It didn’t have a business name as of yet. Putting together things she liked about different slings she created her own fashionable pouch style sling that she soon found other parents wanted too. This simple creation that fit her own needs ended
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Inc.: When Kathryn Kerrigan, a former college athlete, entered the professional world, she was discouraged by the lack of stylish shoes for tall women. At six-feet tall with a size 11 shoe, she began looking for solutions. While getting her MBA, she drafted a business plan for a company that sold dress shoes to women
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Forbes: Open Linux system platform for wireless handsets A La Mobile was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Pauline Alker. She served as chief executive at Amplify, Network Peripherals (IPOed) and Counterpoint Computers (acquired by Acer).
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Their are many benefits when it comes to products that are homemade. Beyond helping to support an entrepreneur, many of the products can have the benefit of no additives among other things. Kristi Mott’s son had some skin problems as a baby and she found that her homemade soaps actually helped him when the store
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Women may not have a prominent place in mobile startups, but they do exist. Here is one woman recently featured at Forbes: A serial entrepreneur, Carol Realini has successfully lead companies through initial public offerings as well as acquisitions. She created “mobile financial services to all†with Obopay, her latest mobile payments and banking venture.
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The video below is from Patrick McKenzie’s talk at the Business of Software 2010. The slides from his presentation are available here.
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The Telegraph: When Julie Bell printed thousands of her own-design Christmas cards off for sale in Paris almost 10 years ago, but failed to offload a single one, she learned a valuable business lesson. The stationery maker talks to Emma Sinclair about how she eventually made her business a success. Read the rest.
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Forbes: Business development guru Petra Vorsteher co-founded mobile advertising startup Smaato. Prior to Smaato, she was a founding member of Intershop, helping grow the company to a publicly listed company with a market cap of $12B. Follow her startup on Twitter at @smaato.
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When someone goes on vacation with their family, chances are they don’t have the room to bring along the stroller and other big things that are needed once they’re at their destination. Rather than seeing it as a problem, Lisa Cook saw that as a business opportunity. Her baby equipment rental and baby registry consultant
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