Frustrated that she couldn’t find the right belt, she took an antique brooch, and using semiprecious stones, transformed it into a belt buckle. Nancy Zylstra then visited a local store simply looking for input and was instantly told to “get your order pad out!” With this validation, Nancy began making
Even through Easter has just passed buy yours today. Remember it for next year. 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
Last covered in October of 2010. Who knew an Achilles heel injury would lead this mom to open her own Pilates Studio. After 10 years on Wall Street, Nancy became a stay at home mom when her first son was born. Feeling the entrepreneurial spirit, she decided to follow in
How do you go from designing clothing to designing homes. Lisa Hynes says it’s quite easy, “You’re basically putting together an outfit for a room.” Lisa has always been an entrepreneur and in her past life she developed a line of kids clothing. She even started a fashion camp for
Social development in underdeveloped countries was her passion so she created a venture that would be of assistance to people in need. When Diana Lovett was in her late teens and early twenties, she spent time in Africa with several organizations that provided medical care and education to the people
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
What happens when two women who spent their entire careers focused on micro finance and assisting start-ups, decide to start a venture that will help women fund new businesses. Brenda Bazan and Nancy Hayes first met at IBM in the 1980s. They each went on to different career paths but
Exciting News!!! This mom’s product is the first item in our new VentureMom store. I have a Soggy Doggy Doormat and it’s amazing. Lucky loves it and it dries his paws when he comes in from the yard. He’s even sleeping on it. Get one for your dog and kids
Looking around the baby play group listening to the other moms talk about people like Kim Kardashian, she realized she was the oldest mom there by about 15 years. That’s when Robin Gorman Newman realized she needed a new play group. She thought there must be other women who have
Having grown up down the road from a farm stand, it only seems natural that she would end up in Community Supported Agriculture, or “CSA” for those in the know. Right out of college, Gail Brussel started working in book publishing in the PR department but with the birth of