When I ask an entrepreneur how they feel about the fact they’ve created an income producing venture out of thin air, the responses are similar but they all have the same theme – they’re really happy. Through my blog VentureMom, I’ve had the privilege to interview and profile over 300 female
Who doesn’t LOVE cookie dough? When her kids were young, Julie would let them eat some of the dough from her cookies but always worried about the raw eggs in the dough. So she and her sister decided it was a “culinary challenge” of sorts to create a cookie dough
Shop Leslie’s academic planners! She took to organization like a duck to water with her first job in human resources. When Leslie Josel was called in to figure out how employees could be more efficient, she turned to the organization of the internal systems workers were using to complete their
She was always a teacher; she even started her own preschool, but how did Lauren Calahan turn her passion into a business venture. Lauren has been fascinated by the intersection of leadership, education, empowerment and philanthropy her entire adult life. When teaching elementary school in Boston, Lauren came across a
We love these products!!! Get 10% off of your entire order when you use the VentureMom Coupon Code “VentureMom10” at In2Green.com. How did two women who met through their husbands end up in business together? Stefanie Zeldin and Lori Slater were in different careers but the synergy to start an
She was a model first and then an executive producer in Hollywood. Tara Fitzpatrick lived a glamourous life, with a wardrobe of designer clothes. She spent her time traveling the world, dining at exclusive restaurants and schmoozing with Hollywood associates most nights. Then everything changed, “As I closed in on
She left her job with a well known landscaping firm to stay at home with her first baby. When Jessica Matteson’s baby was 6 months old she was asked to develop a design for a friend of a friend. After that job word spread that she was the person to
She put her clothes back on after a spray tan, and the tan got all over them. Laurie Tuck was going away to the Caribbean with her husband and wanted a tan. But she wished there was something that would have protected her clothes. She got an idea on the
She likes to say she went from cashmere to cookies, but how did Andrea Greene go from designing clothing at Ralph Lauren to running her own bake shop? Andrea spent 16 years designing clothing for several big firms, her favorite being Club Monaco. “After 9/11, I moved back to Columbus,
Who knew her old career would come into play for a new venture down the road. Abby Flanagan’s first job was in Sun Valley, Idaho as a photo shoot coordinator on commercial photography shoots for products such as Jeep. From there she moved into TV commercials handling all aspects from