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Yesterday, I heard of another great business here in Fresno that has gone under due to the struggling economy. Jax Junglehouse, a fabulous drop-in daycare center, was started by two friends with years of experience with kids. The business women spent two years creating their business plan and executed it beautifully with a top [...]
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Last weekend our family visited our favorite place in the world, Lake Tahoe. While we were there, I slipped away from the beach and visited two of my favorite stores in the area to show them the Pilloroo. The Tahoe Store Emporium at Incline Village is a shoppers paradise carrying everything from Vera Bradley bags to the latest [...]
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Choosing the right packaging for our Pilloroo was something that took a lot of time and effort. As a shopper, I always took for granted packaging. Skimming store aisles, I would pick up products that caught my attention. Designing the packaging for Pilloroo, we realized how much goes into thinking through every detail of a [...]
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Getting a product to market takes a great deal of work. It also takes a great team of people. After we tested Pilloroo at local craft fairs, we knew we had to get more Pilloroos produced and go big. A good friend of ours suggested we call the Lyles Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at [...]
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Job number one in launching a new product is getting people to know you are out there. Last week we got the opportunity to be filmed live with Alex Delgado of Channel 24. So we put our nerves aside and jumped at the chance to be on her show. I’ve never been behind the scenes of [...]
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Every entrepreneur has to start somewhere. Usually it starts with an idea or a dream and then finally the courage to get started. For Billie Jo and I, it was over lunch. ”Why don’t we sell pillows like the one you made for Jacob?” We couldn’t have guessed where that one little question would take [...]
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