Archive for July, 2009
Educators Inspire Laughter and Fun with Sports-Themed Games
Founded in 2007 by two moms from Vancouver, British Columbia, Griddly Games offers products that deliver wholesome family entertainment that all ages can enjoy at once. Their award-winning party and board games inspire laughter and fun, while promoting an active and healthy lifestyle. As former educators, Griddly Games co-founders Reisa Schwartzman (left) and Penny Osborn [...]
Contribute Your Story to My New Book!
For my new book, which will be published next summer, I’m looking for stories about creative and unusual ways our members have gotten their first customers after they launched their businesses. Did you have a chance meeting at a conference or dinner party? Did you make a long-shot cold call and get a surprising result? [...]
Defining Your Vision of Success
Recently I invited a woman who has a small fitness business — let’s call her Sally — to join a business-planning workshop. A few days after my invitation, she called to thank me and said, “I recognize that this is an incredible opportunity, but I realized that I don’t really want to grow my business. [...]
What to Consider Before Seeking Out Investors
I have personally been through the process of raising investment, so I am proof positive that it is possible for an inventor and entrepreneur to raise cash, even in today’s economic climate. But I’ve also learned first-hand there are many issues to be aware of that tend to be neglected. In fact, I want to [...]
Mom of 4 Brings 2 Product Lines to Market in 2 Years
With four young children, Kristi Gorinas felt like she had something to add to the baby products market. Though her first idea, the Grow & Go Seat, is launching this fall, while it was in development she conceived a purse-diaper bag hybrid that beat her first product to market. The Kristi G Company’s elegant handbags’ [...]
Start Saving for Your Goals – And Let Others Contribute, Too
It’s all too easy to get sidetracked while trying to save, whether it’s for your business launch or expansion, or for something personal, like a vacation or a car. And though the envelope method of putting away little stashes of cash in different places can be successful, it would be a lot nicer if you [...]
New SBA Loans to Help Your Business Recover
If your business has hit a rough patch due to the economy, there is a new, interest-free SBA loan that can help you. When President Obama signed the 2009 Recovery Act, the America’s Recovery Capital (ARC) loan came into being to help struggling small businesses. ARC loans are meant to help you pay off your [...]
Sisters Find That Drying Out Electronics Is Their Bag
Struggling with hearing loss since she was a baby, Karen Wildman (left) knew a lot about drying out hearing aids from sweat, rain and other moisture. But when she realized she could apply her drying technique to other small electronics and started saving her children’s and friends’ gadgets, she knew she was on to a [...]
Mom Inventor Chosen as Shark Tank Finalist and Other Great PR News
With all the recent discussion on Mom Invented surrounding the casting calls for reality TV shows, we just had to share some good news: A Mom Invented member has been selected as a finalist for Shark Tank — we can’t say who it is until after the show airs, so stay tuned. She told us, [...]
Pump Up Your Personal Finance Knowledge with DailyWorth
I recently signed up for DailyWorth, a free daily personal finance email for women that offers “practical tips, empowering ideas and the occasional kick in the pants” and let me tell you — I’m loving it! We women can have a complicated relationship with money, from not knowing our real worth in dollars and cents [...]
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