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I’ve been preparing for my “guest advisor” appearance this week on IdeaBlob. I’m very much looking forward to helping anyone and everyone on that site who shares their great ideas, and I hope that we can actually help one another.  You can submit your idea and discuss it with others; you can post your idea,…

Candy Holtzman is our first momtrepreneur who discusses the business she started up and finished off…it’s now closed. But she ran a successful travel agency for many years and gives us an interesting global perspective on momtrepreneurship. What business did you start up? A home-based travel agency. What motivated you to do it? I was…

How could this ecofriendly writer not become a Momtrepreneur after having been a freelance writer for Entrepreneur Magazine.  Karen not only offers an ecofriendly approach to her entrepreneurial endeavor, but great advice for fellow Momtrepreneurs, too. What business did you start up? I am the founder of Rain Frog Apparel, bamboo fiber apparel that’s ecofriendly…

Sheri Allain took storytime to a whole new level.  With her personalized photo stories, she’s also spawned an entire generation of kids who are stars before they reach the age of 2. What business did you start up? While on maternity leave, I authored an award-winning children’s story book. Our e-commerce website is Mini Me’s…

Laura Varn created The Azula with a practical product with her sister, became the president of her own company, prettySMART! LLC, and has completely saved our butts. Any winner of the 2008 New Ideas For A New Carolina Contest is a successful momtrepreneur indeed. What business did you start up? My sister Julie and I originally…

When last we met, I realized I had a Big Idea on my hands. How? The wise Momtrepreneur Maven expertly guided me to that conclusion, focusing on a concept that was commercially viable and within my skill set. She really got me pumped up. What did I end up with? For now, let’s call it…

Aliza Freud, momtrepreneur and marketing maven, created the well-known website, SheSpeaks.com, as a women voice everywhere. You can join her site and test out products for a variety of brands; you can blog there; you can also become a part of the strong community that she has created. There are currently 100,000 women who belong…

Our expert cook and momtrepreneur Judi shares her easy peasy recipe for a quick dinner. You can assemble this anytime (up until the cook-in-oven part) and refrigerate or freeze it until you want to serve. Preheat oven to 350 while returning a phone call. Then boil some water and throw in 8 ounces of wide…

The beauty of participating in the OfficeMax/Peter Walsh webcast was that I thought I was the only one participating! Perhaps that’s really because I was alone in my office watching and asking questions. Peter was his very helpful self and went through the sample products I received in the mail from Officemax, how I should…