When she saw a new trend in an old business, she pounced. Caterina DiLorenzo has always had a passion for baking, making fabulous cakes for various events for friends. As an attorney and then a teacher, she didn’t have much time for her favorite hobby. But when she moved back
As 2012 begins, I’m hearing from you, my followers, that you have a sense of wanting to break free. Many of you have pent up energy and are ready to stretch your legs. Time to shake off the shackles of “the new year blues.” I’m feeling the same way and
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
Knowing of her cool design sense from her work at Knoll Furniture, her friends asked her to help decorate their kids rooms. Allison Krongard loved the modern esthetic and wanted to use large graphics and murals on the walls. She did a lot of research but couldn’t find the kinds
Do you ever tell your kids that after they go to bed, you eat cake? And tease them that everything fun happens late at night when they’re asleep? Well that’s what Barbara Rucci sometimes tells her three kids who are 11, 9 and 5, when she stays up late and,
How often does a bit of encouragement from a sibling, change the course of your life? At 30 years old and with a two year old, Megan Searfoss was not a runner, but when her sister who lived 4 hours away suggested they run a marathon together – she thought,
Nightmares can be scary at all ages, but when Sarina Galu’s son, Tucker, at age 3, woke up for the fourth night in a row from bad dreams, she needed a solution and her son was looking for security. His blankie had long since disintegrated and was reduced to a
What to do with another snow day and no school? The oldest sister, Kate, says, let’s make cupcakes, the middle sister Charlotte agrees, but Kate points out that they don’t have boxed cake mix. Charlotte says, we can make them from scratch and heads to the internet to get recipes.
From models to moms and more, how did Laureen Vellante go from being a booking agent to photographing entrepreneurs? Working with models like Christie Brinkley, Andie MacDowell and Iman, and photographers like Avedon, Scavullo and Irving Penn. Laureen spent her time on photo shoots and helping models put portfolios together.
Creating a venture that combined her talents, pointed her towards her goals and made her happy is what Jenifer Ross found with her new business W@tercooler. She has developed a coworking space in Tarrytown New York where she offers entrepreneurs, small business owners, and mobile workers another option for a