Lamenting the lack of a boutique cycling studio led three women in to a big venture. Amy Hochhauser, a self-decribed “recovering” attorney had moved to Westport, CT when her second son was three. Having lunch one day with a friend, Debbie Katz, she said, “I wish we had a great
What kind of job can you create where you can bring your kids with you, has little start-up costs and it makes money from day one? That’s what neighbors and new friends, Meredith Hubbard and Tracy Gohl asked each other when the economic crisis put their families in need of
Sometimes your outlet for happiness can lead to a venture. That’s what happened when Laura Trask started painting. With a degree in fine arts and a past career in home design for a know American desginer, art had always been an interest but she never thought it would be a
How many of us have boxes of old photos waiting to be put into albums? files of photos on our computers? or stacks of video tapes that should be on DVDs before they deteriorate? Many moms look at those piles and shove everything back in the closet. It all seems
Sometimes a book inspires you to change your life and start a venture. That what happened to Christine Dimmick when she was 25 years old. After attending Parsons, she was working in the marketing department of a creative company and thought, “If I have to do this the rest of
With a newborn and 90 minutes before the next feeding, her mom said, “Why don’t you run out for dinner.” Debra Roberts needed more time to get herself together and dressed and realized there was a need for a streamlined make-up process. She had been a make-up artist for many
When she found out she had celiac disease seven years ago, she had to give up baked goods. Dawn Gullusci finally had enough of this exclusion from her diet and decided to create her own cakes. “I worked for weeks to develop a gluten free chocolate cake for the head
Her big idea had to be put on hold when she had a baby. Karen Schulz had known forever the business she wanted to create and it was a huge project. But after leaving her job planning events for Mercedes-Benz to start her family, Karen didn’t know how many years
Digging through her bag, which was strapped on her stroller to find her ringing phone, probably her pediatrician calling back about her sick child who was now crying in his seat in the stroller, Leslie wished she had better access to her phone….and the ringing stopped, just as she found
She had been representing stationery lines for years and never dreamed the she would have her own line. Daphne Mitchell’s friend had pulled her into the paper business when her kids were babies, but it was another friend that sent her down a different path. Tori Samuel is an illustrator