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Lollipopbookclub.com: A Cottage Industry

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:58:38 +0000

Today we’re talking to Karen Gallagher, who started a Children’s Book of the Month Club with a sweet twist as a business out of her home. She has a lot of insightful information about starting a home-based business. Enjoy our interview! Tell us about your business: The Lollipop Book Club delivers books to children in a [...]

The Explorateur: A Cottage Industry

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:44:28 +0000

Today, we're talking to Gabriella, who recently turned her travel blog into a subscriber-only website that provides readers access to unique travel experiences and great deals on travel...

Dragonfly Designs: A Cottage Industry

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:43:40 +0000

This week we’re talking to Stacee Gillelen, who started a Cottage Industry called Dragonfly Designs: Jewelry with a Conscience. If you are interested in her jewelry or jewelry-making classes you can visit her website at www.jewelrybydfly.com. Tell us about your business: We are a socially conscious jewelry company that offers jewelry making classes for adults [...]

Cottage Industry – Global Goods Partners

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:15:24 +0000

Our Cottage Industry tab features small business opportunities and budding entrepreneurs. This week, we’re talking to Catherine Lieber Shimony and Joan Shifrin about the Non-Profit Organization that they have started to help alleviate poverty and promote social justice by strengthening women-led development initiatives for marginalized communities in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Tell us about your [...]

Sable Foods: A Cottage Industry

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:26:04 +0000

This week we’re talking with Alicia Sable-Hunt, RN, MBA, who is the Founder and President of Sable’s Foods (www.SablesFoods.com). She has created a unique niche business within the Nutritional Bars and Supplements space. Here’s her story: Tell us about your business: Sable’s Foods is a line of Nutritional Empowerment Bars® designed for the cancer community by the [...]

Cottage Industry: Book Boxes!

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:32:11 +0000

This week we are talking with the creator and maker of Book Boxes, Diane Thodos. Book Boxes are real books with fabric lined boxes inside them. Here’s what Diane had to say about starting her Cottage Industry: Tell us about your business: I make Book Boxes – hollowed out books lined in velvet to hide small [...]

Cottage Industries: Mama’s Goodies

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:13:15 +0000

This Cottage Industries article features a company called “Mama’s Goodies, ”which produces Iranian-inspired artisan nut butter brittles in unique flavors including sesame, which is traditional in Iran, and almond, another Iranian flavor. They also produce the brittles in cashew, pecan and macadamia – coconut flavors. Their story is a good one to share around the [...]

Cottage Industries: Schoolpak, Inc.

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:42:48 +0000

Rubbingnickels.com loves it when a Mom starts a business at home. We hope our Cottage Industry guests will inspire all of you to get something started and help bringing in the bacon. There are always challenges, but the feeling of contributing towards your family’s financial health is empowering. This week, we chatted online with [...]

Cottage Industries: More Time For You

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:46:07 +0000

Here is an excerpt from an interview we did with our friend Lori Krolik, who has a Northern California-based business called More Time For You. Rubbingnickels.com is looking for home-based business owners to share their business start-up experiences. Please contact us from our home page if you have a story you’d like to share. We [...]

Cottage Industries Spotlight: UV Skinz

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:14:24 +0000

Here is an excerpt from an interview we did with Rhonda Sparks, founder of UV skinz. Rubbingnickels.com is looking for home-based business owners to share their business start-up experiences with us for our Cottage Industries feature. Please contact us from our home page if you have a story you’d like to share. We hope [...]