Hometown Annapolis:
Teen Opens Successful Shaved Ice Business
“Katie Neighoff is a busy entrepreneur and the owner of a new business in Galesville, the “Sno Shak.” At the Shak, she sells 24 regular and diet flavors of sno-balls.
For Katie, the business is a way to earn money for college. It might also turn out to be an […]

Star Tribune:
“Catallia Mexican Foods turns out more than a million tortillas a day using four automated production lines at its Eagan factory. The company, aided by financing from a Cargill Inc. subsidiary, has 48 employees.
Cruz Gooch started out selling her tortillas a case at a time to supermarkets. She also started her business by outsourcing […]

AZCentral.com:
What I do: I manage a tranquil, yet energizing yoga studio in north Scottsdale.
I get to teach yoga to busy moms, dads, kids, working professionals, teens and families.
About my business: My studio is located inside AZ on the Rocks, a rock climbing gym in north Scottsdale.
We offer yoga for everyone. It is a very welcoming […]

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
An art therapist is showing new mothers a baby doesn’t have to be the only new creation they welcome into the world.
Susanne Watson-Bongard offers art and wellness programs for all ages with her company, Art and Soul Express.
The studio is home-based with a focus on new and expectant mothers they can also give birth to […]

Weekend.entrepreneur.com:
Like many restless college roommates, Jamee Kunichika and Sherilyn Luke wanted a business to call their own. Instead of just dreaming about it, they took action.
Three years later, having endured extreme highs and lows, they are enjoying the sweet smell of success. Together they have attained their dreams with POOF, a liquid toilet odor eliminator.
After […]

BusinessWeek.com:
Sara Blakely had been selling fax machines and office copiers door-to-door for seven years when she had an idea for a clothing line that would transform her from an employee into a successful entrepreneur. In a moment of inspiration, Blakely, frustrated with her “unsightly panty lines,” cut the feet off a pair of panty hose […]

AmericanVentureMagazine.com:
The ten years that Pauline Lewis spent as an international market researcher taught her how to navigate the complex waters of corporate America.
But that decade also taught her something else: how she would do things differently.
Lewis, 36, has put that hard-earned knowledge to work. Three years ago, she walked away from her job to create […]

WiltonVillager.com:
Laurel Touby never set out to become an entrepreneur, yet she recently sold her company for $23 million.
Building a Web site was never in her mind as she pursued a creative writing career, yet her Web site has more than 700,000 registered users and gets more than a million unique visitors each month.
“I never dreamed […]

Leesburg2day.com:
Cheryl Harris, owner of Conscious Creations, found her business because she wanted to help others. After more than 10 years in corporate America, she looked for a job that would make her feel fulfilled. “I worked my way up from secretary to contracts manager,” she recalled. “I reached a point where I looked after all […]

NewsDurhamRegion.com:
It was the quest for perfection that put Lesley DiGregorio and Jen Clarke on the entrepreneur train.
The first-time moms were on maternity leave together three years ago when they realized the baby carriers currently on the market did not meet their specific needs.
By the time Ms. DiGregorio had her second child — Ms. Clarke followed […]

Business.mainetoday.com:
Whether it’s applying solid color to a chair featuring intricately- turned legs or painting a scene on a side table, Phyllis Giordano’s intent is to redefine the character of a piece of furniture, rather than conceal it.
As an artist, designer and owner of the York business Painted Treasurers, Giordano works with antique, vintage and other […]

News.independent.co.uk:
Pop into a music class for young children and the chances are you’ll find them sitting in a circle singing songs. When Helen Harrington’s son was young and boisterous, this was less than ideal. “Don’t get me wrong – these types of classes are fantastic, but my little boy needed something less rigid and more […]

NYDailyNews.com: 
The first time Kathy Moskal launched a business, she created a whole new product category.
Her company, Hue, manufactured hip alternatives to hosiery - colored tights, and knee-highs to wear with pants - and garmentos coined the term “fashion legwear.” The company’s sales reached $40 million, and Moskal made a bundle when she and a co-owner […]

Mlive.com:
After her daughter May was born two years ago, Maureen Weston wanted to get back in shape.
She signed on with a fitness program called Stroller Strides, a national franchise run locally by her neighbor Vicky Mergen. Little did she know, that fitness decision would also launch Weston’s career as an entrepreneur.
Weston loved Stroller Strides, which […]

SLTrib.com:
Jessica Yescas adheres to the belief that “success often comes to those who have the aptitude to see way down the road.”
    That philosophy compelled Yescas and husband Enrique to each work two jobs for years until they saved enough money to buy the Pier 49 Pizza franchise in Murray. And it has enabled her […]

Courier-gazette.com:
Amy Long, of McKinney, didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur when she invented the Secure2Me blanket. She was just trying to find a way to keep her newborn son’s blanket from slipping off.
“I just had my third baby and ran out of hands,” Long said. “I struggled to keep him covered that first fall […]

MaineToday.com:
Five years ago, Eleanora Budd received a dog-biscuit-making kit for Christmas. Today she has her own line of dog biscuits, Mrs. Budd’s Dog Biscuits, that she makes at her home in Gray.
“I just started making them,” said Budd. “I started to make my own little packages.” Budd is from New York City and has lived […]

Upandrunning.entrepreneur.com:
It’s called The Trunk Club. It’s a great example of how market, identity, and focus come together to build new businesses that combine new ideas with old-fashioned serving the customer. It’s also a personal favorite because it’s the brainchild of one of my former students.
Three years ago Joanna Van Vleck was a student at the […]

Entrepreneur.com:
Shirley Kuhnley was 69 years old three years ago when she graduated from a nine-month culinary arts class in Portland, Oregon’s largest city. Then she worked a year at another bakery, and she took a year to establish her business, refurbish her location, and open up. According to the story in the paper, Shirley said:
“You […]

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 […]

Weekend.Entrepreneur.com:
Despite the fact that the chocolate business is seasonal, Seattle Chocolates has an annual income of $12-15 million. According to the company’s owner, Jean Thompson, “In the world of chocolate, women are the influencers, adopters and frequent buyers. It’s advantageous to be a woman running the company in an industry like this because you completely […]

ChicagoSuburbanNews.com: 
Until 9/11, Lucille K. Green made a good living as a corporate head hunter, recruiting lawyers from one firm to another. But after the events that shook the country’s foundation, she found she wanted more from her career.
“I just burned out on it,” said Green, 76. “I didn’t want to work for a corporation.”
So in […]

FrederickNewsPost: 
Cindi Webb was originally looking for space to expand her New Market business, TumbleBee’s Gym for Kids, when she discovered an 8,000-square-foot space that could be turned into a child learning center.
The renovated learning center includes a paint job, new equipment, a plastic privacy fence around the center’s perimeter and two outdoor play areas with […]

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 […]