Month: September 2011

Leslie Josel – Order Out of Choas

She took to organization like a duck to water with her first job in human resources.  When Leslie Josel was called in to figure out how employees could be more efficient, she turned to the organization of the internal systems workers were using to complete their tasks.  “It was like

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Kelsey Banfield – The Naptime Chef

When her hobby collided with her professional life it was “an eye opening experience.” Kelsey Banfield was a self-professed foodie and found her first job at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, putting together a collection of recipes to create a charitable cookbook to benefit the hospital. As it was being compiled, Rizzoli

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Dre Towey – JAM SONO

When you see Dre on stage you’d never imagine that she wasn’t meant to perform. Dre Towey used to shiver when she heard herself sing, “Just getting comfortable with the sound of my voice took some time. But how did she end up on stage with a guitar in her hands?

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Jerri Graham – Nothin But Granola

Do you ever have that feeling, “If I don’t start this, I’ll die.” For VentureMom Jerri Graham, that’s how she felt about her “nola”, short for granola. Finding most granolas macerated beyond recognition, she wanted a granola that gave her texture, crunch and flavor – so she created it. “There

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