Women
Invention allows pregnant women to hold models of their unborn babies
Pregnant women are being given the chance to hold life-size models of their unborn babies, thanks to an invention that converts data from ultrasound and MRI scans. Jorge Lopes, a Brazilian designer, uses 3-D printing technology to create the plaster models that go on show at an exhibition at the Royal College of Art in [...]
Entrepreneur puts start-up wisdom on cards
An Atlanta advertising executive says she has a solution for such entrepreneurial angst, and it’s in the cards. Baskin said she got the idea five years ago while flying to Texas to give a speech on how to be your own boss. En route, she scribbled on index cards the steps she’d learned while building [...]
Young entrepreneur stitches together her own business
What began as a generous impulse to continue a family tradition ended up earning 12-year-old Alayna Kennedy a nice little pile of cash. It all started with hand-knitted dish cloths. “My aunt’s mother-in-law used to make them for the family,” Alayna said. “She had passed away, and I wanted to do it for the family [...]
Moms’ niche is babies’ care
Two metro Atlanta moms have figured out how to turn cranky babies into a thriving business. Laura Hunter and Jennifer Walker never thought of themselves as entrepreneurs until about five years ago, after a little advice from country crooner Kenny Rogers. Today they are published authors, Web site operators and sought-after consultants in a big [...]
Stay-at-home mom, six-figure salary
When job openings are few and far between, some are finding the best road to employment is starting their own business. Julie Trade became her own boss after her husband was laid off in 2007. With a background in marketing, the former stay-at-home mom, 40, launched her own marketing communications business from a spare bedroom [...]
Make Your Next Million-Dollar Idea a Reality
How often do you have a great idea, only to leave it sitting on the back burner? Worse, how often do you see someone take an idea similar to yours, start a business and create their fortune? Well, the time has come for you to stop kicking yourself and to turn that million-dollar idea into [...]
Meet the New Breed of Entrepreneur
8 women create 5 businesses whose products serve a social goal: helping women to success. Successful entrepreneurs incorporate philanthropy into their business. But some businesses are philanthropic by their very nature. They are founded to provide jobs for the economically disadvantaged–while producing a product people are happy to pay for. Arzu Rugs: Hope by Design [...]
