Featured VentureMom: Krista LeRay – Founder of Penny Linn Designs Sometimes, the best ventures begin at home — literally. For Krista LeRay, founder of Penny Linn, her business began in a one-bedroom apartment with a love of creativity and a desire to bring something fresh to the world of needlepoint.
Featured VentureMom: Jess Miller – Personal Stylist and Wardrobe Consultant For Jess Miller, fashion has always been about more than clothes — it’s about confidence, personality, and the joy of helping others look and feel their best. With over 20 years of experience as a personal shopper and stylist, Jess
Featured VentureMoms – Cranel – Christine Jurzenski and Erica Schultz These two powerhouse women, Christine Jurzenski and Erica Schultz, turned a frustrating and painful health problem into a breakthrough business and won the HAYVN Hatch Pitch Night competition along the way. When both women struggled with recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs), they saw firsthand how
Featured VentureMom: Cara Hotchkiss — Founder of Oliphant Design A Global Eye, a Local Brand Some women are born with an eye for beauty—and Cara Hotchkiss turned hers into a business that inspires. As the founder of Oliphant Design in Litchfield, Connecticut, Cara brings her worldly sensibility and creative energy
Featured VentureMom: Jennifer Richardson — Helping Women Live Healthier, Happier Lives Meet Jennifer Richardson, a New Canaan native and mom of four who turned her lifelong passion for health and fitness into a thriving second career. After raising her children—three sons now living in New York City and a daughter
Featured VentureMom – Ilana Eck – Stylish Spoon For Ilana Eck, healthy baking truly is in her DNA. Growing up, she spent countless hours in the kitchen with her mother, an ahead-of-her-time home baker who used honey, maple syrup, and homemade applesauce instead of refined sugar. Those early memories would
Featured VentureMom – Alexandra LaRoche We recently attended a wedding at Lion Rock and I was curious how it came to be a wedding venue. I too have a farm that I’m working to make a popular wedding venue. I love this story. LionRock Farm didn’t start out as a
Featured VentureMoms – Crissy & meredith of above and beyond Crissy and Meredith started Above and Beyond with one simple goal: to help people through life’s transitions with less stress and a lot more support. Whether you’re moving to a bigger house, downsizing to a smaller place or organizing the
Featured VentureMoms – Meredith Melling, Valerie Macaulay, Molly Howard – La Ligne La Ligne started in 2016 with three women who had one simple thought: stripes just work. Former Vogue editors Meredith Melling and Valerie Macaulay had spent years watching trends come and go, but stripes? They never left. Add
Every brand has that one product — the one that takes on a life of its own. For Ripley Radar, (how great is that name) it was the pants. Ripley started sewing at age 10 with her grandmother. By age 15 she was sewing and selling clothes to her high