Tag: Business Woman
On land or sea, her mind is always on the décor
When Cheryl DiGennaro was growing up, she’d watch her mom, an interior designer, working on various projects; that passion passed from mother to daughter.
“I...
Thayer’s drive, work ethic added up to success
Marsha Thayer didn’t seem like a typical math nerd in high school. Far from it.
“I aced pre-algebra and then started failing,” she said, “which...
Fabric of her company crafted from a hobby
Katy Westcott is a designing woman. She knits socks and crochets sweaters. She spins yarn and even sews her own clothes. So her life...
4 decades later, Felag’s store stays in vogue
There’s no obvious connection between customers at a women’s boutique needing help with a chunky necklace and customers at an appliance store needing help...
She’s put her resources into building an HR firm
There’s a truism in life that you can’t go home again, but whoever coined it obviously hadn’t met Patricia Lyons-Bousquet.
After decades working around the...
A financial wisdom refined by real-life experiences
Nothing teaches a life lesson like dealing with temperamental rock stars. Ask Karen Wright Bacon.
She spent five years doing just that while making ad...
She went out on a limb, and her tree service has...
Gloria Chacón didn’t plan to become a tree doctor, dealing with all things related to shrubs and woody plant life.
“My parents wanted me to...
Her reputation at Hope Cleaners? It’s spotless, of course
After 57 years in the family’s dry-cleaning business, Debbie Martitz has heard some unusual requests.
For example: Can you dry clean a bra? Yes. How...
She’s answering call for many more nannies
If dealing with COVID-19 wasn’t stressful enough for parents of young kids, finding reliable child care during the pandemic was enough to give them...
Her ability to ‘speak geek’ helped build a company
Ruth DiGiovanni knows talking about her company, which develops and installs cloud-based phone systems, isn’t the most exciting conversation starter.
“ ‘Here I am with...
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