When she was in grade school, her Dad’s secretary was the coolest person around. “She could type really fast and had the best supplies – paperclips, staplers, pencils and folders.” With this memory it is only natural that Laurie Noel Meek’s venture years later is in office supplies. One of
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
When she couldn’t find the birthday invitations she wanted for her son’s party – she created her own. Gretchen Davis was an equity trader for 8 years before leaving to stay at home with her children. Necessity being the mother of all invention and in this case creation, led her
Introducing our second addition to the VentureMom Shop. You’ll love these fabulous photographs for your home. Visit the shop to order or contact the artist and mention this VentureMom article to get custom sizing and other work. Go to the VentureMom Shop now to see available pieces. So many times,
Sometimes life makes you come to a complete stop and you have to hit “reset.” Nina Weld had always loved drawing and was a perpetual doodler but she never dreamed she could take make a living with her passion. Her early career years were spent in marketing and raising two
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,
When you’re a nurse in the Emergency Room you experience first-hand what happens with a patient and family members in an emergency situation. That’s what Paula Rapp repeatedly witnessed over many years. With a degree in psychology, she didn’t ultimately imagine herself as a nurse and upon graduation, got an
Stationary was her mom’s business, so when Nancy Lochtefeld left a trading job with one child and one on the way, she looked for a home based business in the same area. Leaving her Wall Street career was devastating and the transition to become a stay at home mom proved