It was a conversation with a girlfriend that lead her to her new business. Dorthy Shore was an advertising executive for many years and finally handed the reins of her agency over to her daughter and son in law. Now what? “I was talking with my good friend,
Grand Opening Wednesday, November 14th 5 – 8pm, 271 Greenwich Avenue How did an engineering major, end up opening a beauty store? Rhonda Sherwood grew up in a super crunchy granola family in the mid-west. “I was embarrassed by not being able to serve junk food to my friends when
Kelly Daniel always loved tag sales, antiques and searching for treasures. “I’m always scouring estate sales to find things for my own home.” Her first business began when a friend she knew heard that she was “tag sale savvy” and asked Kelly to help her sell her things on EBay.
There is definitely a nip in the air and my white jeans have been moved to the back of the closet. But I’m still not in the fall mode yet. Is it time for sweaters and boots? Not quite. But it’s too chilly for sandals. So what to wear? I
With a high school student trying to choose the right college, Pam Pik decided, like so many mothers of juniors, that she needed to educate herself on the process. That pursuit of knowledge led her to a venture. She has now started her own consulting business for parents and kids
Does public speaking make you cringe? Me too, but I do it anyway. In my early days on Wall Street I was asked to speak about my trading in front of fairly large groups and I was terrified. I’d even have a shot of scotch beforehand just to help me
A narcissistic mother has two teen-aged girls who go missing for three years and then one comes back. The detectives look at the psychology of narcissism to come up with answers. A rape victim is given a drug to forget the whole horrific incident. She works with a psychologist to
It’s time to send my daughter back to college. But her bedding has gotten faded and worn. And she needs that extra long size. What to do? VentureMom LeighDeux to the rescue. These two Leighs have put together a very cool line of
Get 20% off at HighChi.com when you use the coupon code VentureMom at check out. See my energy piece here. When she discovered Energy Medicine, Deborah Stuart knew instantly that she had found her calling. She had been in fashion right out of school and moved to Hong Kong with
What do moms do when their kids aren’t listening? Moms create the things their children need and then offer those things to others. That’s what these VentureMoms did when their children needed some assistance. Whether their kids or your adults needed help with academics at school, or planning for the