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Many of us spent the summer caring for our children. Now that school is starting, it is time to refocus and give yourself a fresh start (or gentle nudge). If you want to create the freedom you’ve been seeking — by becoming your own boss and making extra income — now’s the time to nurture [...]
Stay-at-Home Mom Entrepreneurs Help Organize Messy Diaper Bags
Maythi Calvert and Robin Speas were two stay-at-home moms who were tired of yucky spoons, dirty diaper bags, and all around messiness. And together, they’ve come up with a solution — Spooneez utensil carriers. You just place your spoons or other items in the Spooneez’s pockets, fold the top over, roll up, secure and you’re [...]
Mom Creates Product to Keep Bra Straps in Place
The Strapper is one of those products that’s so simple you think, “I could have made that,” but Michelle Ostaseski had the idea first — and she’s got the patent to prove it. Michelle, who worked in retail fashion, hated how visible bra straps could ruin an otherwise beautiful outlet, so she envisioned a simple, [...]
Mom’s Preemie Son Inspires A Hands-On Product
In 2001 Yamile Jackson gave birth to her son Zachary 12 weeks prematurely. He weighed less than 2 pounds, and when he was 3 weeks old, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston, shutting down power and water in the hospital. The hospital staff, Yamile and her husband, Larry, had to keep Zachary alive by hand for [...]
Mom Beats Birthday Party Burnout With New Card Product
Nicki Donley couldn’t believe the number of birthday parties she was attending once her 6-year-old triplets started school. At one party in particular, Nicki watched the hosting mom pick up all the wrapping paper, envelopes and gift bags and just throw everything in the trash. She knew once the party was over the cards weren’t [...]
Mom’s Invention Keeps Kids Entertained While Shopping
After a frustrating shopping trip with her 3 boys, Laura Hamrick knew she had to create something to help her time at the market go more smoothly. During her sons’ afternoon nap, she came up with OnTray, a plastic container that attaches to the handlebar of a shopping cart where you can place your child’s [...]
Mom Creates Fun, Stylish Flip Flops Inspired by Her Daughter
From the age of two, Sheena Edwards’ youngest daughter, Lizzie, had an obsession with shoes. While out shopping one day, Lizzie picked up a pair of $200 crystal-embellished flip flops and said, “Do they have my size?” At that moment, it dawned on Sheena that no one had ever created a mother-daughter line of shoes. [...]
Mom Turns Craft Project into Growing Gift Business
Marianne Impal wanted to find a way to promote a healthy body image for her two young daughters. She didn’t want them to enter their teen years with poor self-esteem, and she sought to find a special way to support them as they transitioned into adulthood. She came up with the idea of putting together [...]
Mom Creates Clothing Line for Kids With Tactile Sensitivity
Alexandra Merlino was itching to start another business. She had previously owned and operated a desktop accessory business, but decided to close the business after she had her daughter, Helena, and moved to New Mexico. In talking to many parents about their daily issues, Alexandra kept hearing about daily struggles with clothing — that kids [...]
Mom of 8 Pushes Past her QVC Misfire
Kathy Cioci, a mom of eight, has been on the long road to inventing. She started working on her product in 2001, when she designed and patented a mop that could clean both her floors and her baseboards. Now, nine years and many prototypes later, her product is finally on the market. We applaud her [...]
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