OregonLive:
Nicole Carlon, an interior designer, and Mary Lothman, a former midwife, have for years relied on their ability to recycle goods to decorate their own homes.
The pair sell shabby chic furniture, antique jewelry, original paintings, yard art and clothing — most of which had seemingly neared the end of their lives in junk drawers, garage […]
NJ.com:
Between the delicious smells wafting from the warehouse’s makeshift kitchen and the easy camaraderie of her co-workers, mostly family and friends, it’s like Sunday night dinner every day for Dawn Fitch — only she can’t recommend eating the food.
Fitch is the founder of Pooka Pure & Simple, an East Orange-based bath and body company that […]
LiverPoolDailyPost:
An organic baby food firm is proving it has the recipe for success after scooping a £50,000 prize from millionaire Liverpool businessman Steve Morgan.
Chester firm So Baby won the Best New Business title at the Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards last night.
So Baby makes hand-made frozen organic baby meals for babies from 6 months to two years […]
BusinessEdge:
“Holey Soles manufactures, distributes and sells clog-like polymer foam and rubber-compound shoes distinguished by their holes. The closed-cell foam prevents bacteria from seeping in, while a rubber mixture provides extra bounce and more cushion on hardwood floors. The soles contain nubs that stimulate bloodflow while holes create airflow that keep your feet cool on hot […]
OCRegister.com:
It was after her fourth operation in June 2006 at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County that Sabrina Saenz decided she wanted to help other kids feel better during their hospital stay.
Born with a rare heart defect, Sabrina, 9, is familiar with the hospital and its not-so-fun atmosphere. She decided to turn her favorite hobby […]
Blogto.com:
This year’s eBay Canadian Entrepreneur awards were announced recently, and Toronto-based vintage t-shirt slinger James Applegath picked up a silver. Hundreds of eBayers enter the annual competition, now in its third year, vying for the $5000 top prize. Applegath received second place honor and $2000 for his eBay store, Defunkd.
Former proprietor of the Queen Street […]
HometownLife.com:
Northville resident Lauren Romeo knows not all women love to spend hours on end at malls and in department stores.
She also knows that those women still care about their style and the latest clothing trends.
For those reasons, the model-turned-entrepreneur has become a consultant for New York-based clothing company Etcetera.
Clothing is sold throughout the country at […]
SPTimes:
“Hann, who still lives with his family in Destin, was doing well enough in 2001 to order a custom-made 50-foot recreational boat from a Fort Myers company called Maximum Thunder Powerboats. He is a licensed captain and was considering doing charter excursions.
The boat became an obsession, and he often dropped by the company’s headquarters to […]
Entrepreneur:
“Shelly Hwang, owns an all-natural, nonfat frozen yogurt shop called Pinkberry in West Hollywood, California.
The yogurt, which took a year to perfect, is all-natural, nonfat and served in a setting that features high-end Italian furniture, Scandinavian light fixtures and hip European music. Known to customers as “Crackberry,” Pinkberry offers an experience so addictive that customers–up to […]
TigardTimes:
“A popular figure at the Tigard Area Farmers’ Market (Oregon) this summer has been Katy Douglas, 11, who sells sunflowers that she raises herself. The sixth-grader in Southwest Portland and has been helping out her parents, Cathy and Ken, in their booth for the past three years.
The family, which owns 7½ acres and plants a garden on three-quarters of […]
StrausNews:
“Renay Bashaw opened Your “Other” Closet, a consignment boutique in Viking Village (NJ), last Sept. 31. With a discerning eye for fashion, a commitment to making it easy for consigners to do business with her and finely tuned customer service skills, it’s hardly a surprise that she finds business has been “better than expected” in […]
FoxNews:
“Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine.
An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised ”technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries,” meaning a motorist could plug in a car […]
Fox News:
“In a nondescript warehouse in east Texas, mechanic and entrepreneur Stephen Wynne is bringing a rare sports car back to life. If he succeeds, he almost certainly has Michael J. Fox to thank.
A quarter century after DeLorean Motor Co. began making its glitzy, $25,000 two-seater — an operation that collapsed after two years — […]
Forbes:
“Wildfires across the United States have leveled nearly 7 million acres of land this year.
Green Bay entrepreneur Mike Krysiak said that he thinks he can help prevent the damage from getting worse. The danger that a wildfire poses doesn’t end once the flames are extinguished. With no vegetation to hold exposed soil in place, even […]
TBN Weekly:
“Most 7-year-olds would be happy to get a new toy. But Julianna Lazzari is getting a whole new toy store.
The Palm Harbor second-grader with her hair in pigtails is the owner and president of 9650, LLC, a corporation with a dozen staffers, $250,000 in annual sales and a successful toy store in the Westchase […]
MarinIJ:
“Julian Prolman grew up in Marin (California) believing he could make a difference in the world. Now, he’s doing it.
Prolman, 19, is the founder of a business called Ministry of Tomorrow, an organization aimed at promoting the environment and improving conditions for people around the world.
Prolman, who graduated from High School in 2006, spent the summer […]
Columbia Tribune:
“Eric Quint stumbled into his career six years ago when a cousin showed him all the precautions he had installed to keep his baby safe.
Quint was impressed with the work - until his cousin mentioned how much it cost.
“I could do the job way better and for less money,” Quint said he thought at […]
AugustaChronicle:
“Though he has stumbled along the way, learning what works and what doesn’t, Lamar Crowell has turned a small startup with 10 houses a year into a 55-employee firm that builds around 300 houses annually on the formula of affordable, easy-to-build homes that appeal to first-time buyers.
Despite leading one of the biggest home-building companies in the […]
CVBT:
“John Lewis has followed thousands of gutters to realize his true passion.
Mr. Lewis is chief executive officer of Commercial Gutter Inc., headquartered in Modesto with a manufacturing plant in Rocklin and a warehouse in Fremont.
He has built his company from a startup eleven years ago with the main business being cleaning gutters to a multi-million […]
SeattlePI:
“A Tacoma startup by the name of Inventure Chemical has raised about $1.5 million to continue development on a chemical process that turns algae into biodiesel and ethanol.
The company has created the algae-based fuel in five- to 10-gallon “bench tests,” with the latest capital infusion to be used to see if the fuel can be […]
Entrepreneur:
“Former book editor Bilik was a chronic procrastinator. The idea for her business actually came while putting off the creation of her illustrated memoir. After designing and sending belated holiday cards in January, her friends encouraged her to sell the cards. “Humor is a great way to acknowledge and excuse your own shortcomings,” Bilik says. “January” […]
TopTechNews:
“A new startup wants you to think of phone-calling fees as a one-time device purchase, not as an ongoing, monthly rate. The company, fashionably avoiding a capitalized first letter, is called ooma. It announced Thursday that, once you buy its $399 phone, you can make unlimited free calls for the life of the device.
With […]
Success Magazine:
“As president and chief dog lover of Three Dog Bakery, Scott Ragan stays ahead of the pack by offering all natural snacks and food in the booming pet food industry. Last year Three Dog Bakery, America’s leading bakery for dogs, achieved $10 million dollars in revenue, with expectations to increase by 25% each year. Alongside their […]
ShropShire Star:
“Joe Graham is an entrepreneur, inventor, salesman and shopkeeper. He’s launched two companies and helped to design and market a brand new product. He’s been a museum technician and teacher. He’s given talks and networked at Shropshire Chamber of Commerce.
And he’s still only 18.
The term ‘whizz kid’ could have been coined for Joe, except […]
InsideBayArea:
“Having recently celebrated her 60th birthday, Nemeth is a master at building a company from the ground up. Not just because she has built her latest company (Petlane) to more than $1 million in revenues in just three years, but because she has done it twice. Nemeth also founded Discovery Toys, which made more than $100 million […]
