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
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
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
Moving from one house to another is one of the top ten most stressful things in life, so wouldn’t it be great to have help with the whole process. Randi Hutton had that same thought and she created a venture around it. Formerly in charge of acquiring screenplays and films
She wasn’t a crunchy granola type but when Kathy Monahan’s husband moved the family to New Hampshire, she explored that side of her personality. Spending countless hours outside with her kids, hiking and skiing, Kathy felt she was getting back to nature. She even began teaching yoga and Pilates. Eating
Who knew they could launch a business while running together. Both Tara and Michelle have backgrounds in fashion on 7th Avenue in New York CIty but kids pulled them out of their careers for a while. They had always said that when they got their first child off to college
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
Getting in line at 5am and waiting for hours in the rain for the Henri Bendel “Open See” was her first exposure to selling her own creation. When Ann Lansing took her belt in to be considered, Bendel’s said yes. Initially working in sales and PR for high tech products,
On the day her daughter went to kindergarten, she knew she had to quit her job. Jennifer St. Jean had a big job on Wall Street but when she thought about all she would miss with her girls, then 5 and 1, she left to be a stay at home
Sometimes you need more to satisfy all of your creative needs. That’s what lead Ridgley Brode to start her blog, Ridgely’s Radar, after almost twenty years of running Paul Wilmot Communication, a public relations firm she founded with her business partners. While Ridgely manages her office in New York, her