The Local Vault – Betsy, Patricia, Julie and Joannie These four women’s venture was born out of necessity. When Julie couldn’t sell various pieces of furniture and accessories her frustration prompted her to bring it up when she ran into her friend Patricia at the grocery store. The two women
It was a trip to a friend’s daughter’s college in Alabama that led Tiffany Hedge to her own business. When her own daughter went away to college, Tiffany wanted a personalized door sign in the school colors. She wasn’t able to find one. When she was on the Alabama campus
When she was younger, she loved soap operas and When Harry Met Sally was her favorite movie. But how did Jamie Beck turn her love of romantic stories into a new venture? In her previous life, she was a commercial real estate lawyer but left to raise her two children.
With an antique secretary, a dining table with Windsor chairs and a hay feeder turned blanket chest from her parent’s to sell, Heather Stramondinoli wasn’t finding success with some of the online marketplaces. She learned from a family member that she could set up a Facebook page for tag sale
When they couldn’t find the right commercial space, an old home became their new home. Beth duPont and Claire Miner joined forces to create a new experience for shoppers in their community. Prior to this venture, Beth had a retail shop with gifts and home accessories and Claire had been
After a career in marketing consulting that involved lots of travel and working from home when her children were small, Seana Turner was looking for a business that would give her some flexibility. “I wasn’t sure what the second phase of my career life would be so I began to
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Sometimes a volunteer job can lead to a venture. When Caroline Yackery left her job trading over the counter stocks to raise her kids, she volunteered a lot. And her assignments centered on computer work whether it was desktop publishing, spreadsheet management, mail merging, or numerous other programs – Caroline
Mention VentureMom and receive 10% off!!! Who knew her old career would come into play for a new venture down the road. Abby Flanagan’s first job started in Sun Valley, Idaho working as a photo shoot coordinator for a commercial sports photographer. From there she took a job in NYC