Featuring a dear friend, with a cool business, is the best. This VentureMom Rocks!! Remember the movie The Devil Wears Prada? Jane Leider lived the life of that assistant in her early career at magazines including Redbook, McCalls and Glamour. She changed careers and became an advertising executive at Macy’s
It was a busy summer Saturday on the Cape and the entire family, my son’s friend, and our 90 pound Airedale were piled into the Suburban. We’d already had a mishap with bags flying off of the top of the car on Highway 95. My husband was not happy. Now
Help, my white jeans are still front and center in my closet. VentureMom Maria Turkel to the rescue. ( Get your Closet Clean out here.) Maria, what do you suggest that I do to organize the pants in my closet. I can’t find my cords, my jeans are all over,
It was a conversation with a girlfriend that lead her to her new business. Dorthy Shore was an advertising executive for many years and finally handed the reins of her agency over to her daughter and son in law. Now what? “I was talking with my good friend,
Grand Opening Wednesday, November 14th 5 – 8pm, 271 Greenwich Avenue How did an engineering major, end up opening a beauty store? Rhonda Sherwood grew up in a super crunchy granola family in the mid-west. “I was embarrassed by not being able to serve junk food to my friends when
How did these two women who met through work, end up starting a business together? Arti Loftus who lives in London and Ashmita Joshi who lives in Kathmandu, met each other first on the phone and then in person through work. They both work on social media accounts for a
SHOP NOW Her mother-in-law was a legend in the cosmetics industry in the 1970s but how did that lead Donna Berry into the same business. Donna’s mother-in-law, Madeleine Mono began selling eye makeup called Indian Eyes to her neighbors. This led to Madeleine’s own cosmetics company that carried her name.
With a degree in biophysics and chemistry, her first job was cancer research in a lab. But Diana Seo quickly realized that she wanted more interaction with people. She began working for a doctor and then she got the itch for her own business. “My first try was to create
Kelly Daniel always loved tag sales, antiques and searching for treasures. “I’m always scouring estate sales to find things for my own home.” Her first business began when a friend she knew heard that she was “tag sale savvy” and asked Kelly to help her sell her things on EBay.
There is definitely a nip in the air and my white jeans have been moved to the back of the closet. But I’m still not in the fall mode yet. Is it time for sweaters and boots? Not quite. But it’s too chilly for sandals. So what to wear? I