{While not a mom yet, Alison’s venture is so helpful to all moms, I had to write about it. It’s a great venture idea.} When the business model changed at the company in Brooklyn where she worked, Alison Greenspon found she had been downsized out of a job. She was
When all of her friends kept talking about how hard it was to juggle everything from emails, voicemails, magazines, iPad apps, to-do lists, vacation plans, birthday parties, kids’ classes, exercise and everything else, she figured there must be a business venture in the idea of simplifying the lives of busy
It’s 3:00pm and in addition to taking your oldest to an orthodontist appointment, dropping your middle at ballet and your youngest at the soccer field, your dog needs to go to the vet and you have to circle back and pick everyone up from their activities. You arrive home at
After a decade of volunteering “ad naseum” she decided she needed a job. Dawn DeCosta had been an account manager for US Bank and left when she had her first child. In 2010, Dawn applied to work at an Apple Store. “I felt like I had landed at the mother
Women talk all the time. Let’s say you’re standing in line at the grocery and start up a conversation that turns to your current business venture. Most likely, you don’t have your cards with you, the kids are running to the car and you want to exchange info with the
Sometimes inspiration for a venture can come from someone else’s work. That’s what happened when Shawn Hull was shopping with a friend and came across some custom made dinnerware that had simple drawings on it. “I loved the idea of hand drawings transferred onto porcelain.” Shawn had always been artistic,