What a perfect Easter gift that we shared last year – buy yours now. When she and her husband were younger they were both seriously into sports. Tiffany Oliva was a tennis practice partner with a pro on tour and her husband played baseball for the Phillies. Then they moved
How does someone go from teaching small businesses in Bulgaria how to co-op their grape crops to having her own business years later? Audrey Amara was in the Peace Corps and her job was to teach small farms there how to sell excess produce for profit. When she made her
In her Bikram yoga class, she noticed women putting drops of oil on the edges of their mats and wondered why. Cheryl MacCluskey learned that the women were using essential oils for the calming effects created by the aromas. This sent her on a quest to learn more about these
When she discovered Energy Medicine, Deborah Stuart knew instantly that she had found her calling. She had been in fashion right out of school and moved to Hong Kong with her family where she had her own retail store. But with a move back to the states, Deborah took a
She began her career with some well known designers like Victoria Hagen and John Saladino, but when Krista Fox went out on her own, she was excited to create her own aesthetic. Krista leans towards clean sophisticated designs and incorporates organics and natural elements, “I love the colors and textures
It was a 50th birthday gift that gave her the idea for a business. Claire O’Hare has led strategic development and sales at cutting-edge media companies for twenty-five years, most recently at Facebook.”I left because I felt I had done all I wanted to do and I wanted more time
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Sometimes your career can lead you to your own venture. That’s what happened to Laurie Marshall when she left her corporate job. Laurie had first worked as in-house Trademark Counsel for Major League Baseball. After ten years, Laurie wanted to focus more on her family and left to work part-time
Did her fashion background lead her to wielding a blow torch? Marie Suri studied marketing at the Fashion Institute of Technology and worked for The Limited among other clothing firms. But after her first child was born, she left her fashion career to be a stay-at-home mom. Clothing was a
Carlyle Upson worked in the world of business but her creative side kept her in art classes at night. After college graduation she taught English in Asia for six months earning enough to backpack abroad for another six months. She came back to New York City and became a sales