Women
Necessity The Mother Of Invention
Stephanie Dellamura dreaded taking her toddlers to a public restroom. Visiting parks and fairs was worse, she said. Portable restrooms are often filthy and there’s no place to wash hands. But dirty restrooms weren’t her only worry. Candies and ice cream also made her boy’s hands a sticky mess. Dellamura searched stores and websites for [...]
Mothers Hit The Market With Invention
Called Days Ago, the tiny, reusable counter ticks off days while it’s attached to your leftovers or fish tank by a magnet or suction cup. While feeding a baby, Debbie Stauffer and Kathleen Whitehurst came up with an invention that landed them a spot on “Oprah,†an article in Good Housekeeping and a hit new [...]
Balsam Fir
Wendy Newmeyer started her foray into the balsam business by selling the cut branches of the balsam fir trees for a local incense factory. Quite coincidentally, she had read in a book that Native Americans used balsam trees as herb for many different home remedies. With her long-standing interests in herbs “that got me excited [...]
Dad-Inventor Creates New Baby Care Product
Engineer turned stay-at-home-dad creates a simple tool to help tired new parents remember the basic details of baby care. When a new baby arrives, mom and dad’s brains seem to turn to mush; lack of sleep makes it challenging to remember the simplest things. Greg Sheldon learned this two years ago when he and his [...]
Web Business Fights Junk Mail
With each person receiving nearly 560 pieces of junk mail a year, a group of Michigan residents has come up with an idea to curb the waste. Sander DeVries, and his brothers Shane Pfannes and Tim Pfannes, launched an online business to help people remove their names from direct mailing lists. Tim came up with [...]
Blogging Moms Spread the Word
If you’re looking for a cheaper, faster way to market your product, why not tap into the increasing number of blogging moms? Overall, as a hot demographic, moms spend more than $2 trillion a year, so they definitely have the purchasing power. BlogHer counts more than 400 family and mom-related blogs right now, and growing. [...]
How to Start a Business for Under $200
Entrepreneur mom Jennifer Manriquez received national recognition this week, when she was featured on Good Morning America. (See video link). The young mother is conquering the business world without sacrificing her home life. Manriquez started her language education company Bilingual Fun out of her living room 3 years ago. Now, her thriving program has grown [...]
