Bookcases became her calling. With a career in interior design, Susie Earls worked on entire rooms and homes but her path to specializing in bookcases was an unexpected turn. Early in her work life she was in charge of cataloguing items for Sotheby’s Auction House. Exposure to small collectables would
Get your taste in the VentureMom Marketplace! Stefanie Bhalla’s family had been in the restaurant business her whole life and restaurant patrons were always asking her father to sell his sauces. She and her younger brother, Enzo, had even thought about “spreading the love” with the sauce when they were
I met Meg at the Nantucket Farmer’s Market and fell in love with this Pirate Belt Buckle. The whole collection is fantastic and I’ll be offering several of my favorites in the VentureMom Marketplace. Get yours here. Who knew a silver-smithing workshop would lead to a new venture. Meg Anderson
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Zoe’s story so inspired me that I had to share it. A perfect example for my recent speech, Building a Business that Gives Back. Her mom’s venture lead her into her own. Zoe Calahan was part of a program her mom, Lauren Calahan, had started called LEAP, Leaders Educated as
She went from banking to the beach. Lisa Degen was an international banker who traveled the world. She left that career to stay at home with her kids and a few years ago stumbled into business with her cousin. Lisa’s artistic cousin created maps of coastal locations and he needed
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