Tell us a little bit about yourself and you got into writing, producing and directing.

Growing up, I was a very poor student and never thought of myself as a writer. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that I’d be making a comedy series which BuzzFeed would compare to Curb Your Enthusiasm and Louie or that I’d be trying to crowd-fund from my audience. Visual art was gentle and slow and solitary. It came to me naturally. As soon as I got out of college, I saved up money from waitressing and went to Paris to live in a maid’s room, so I could study at the Beaux-Arts. I wanted to learn to draw like Leonardo da Vinci.

A few years later, as a graduate student at the Mason Gross School of Rutgers, I was studying to be a sculptor and making what the second year students referred to (derisively) as “free-standing monoliths”.  Goaded by their ridicule, I was determined to figure out conceptual and performance art: fortunately, the performance artist Joan Jonas came out to visit for a day as a living example of what a smart and driven woman artist could do.

I eventually, put together a performance but it nearly killed me. The logistics were very difficult between the 8mm film, the slide show, the audio track of “American Birdsong: Volume 2″ and five or six of my classmates in drag.  And then once it was over, there was only a poor- quality video record. What I loved about performance was that it had the three dimensions of sculpture plus the possibility for written and spoken words and performers, and that all of this could take place in time. (more…)

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey.

Two years ago, after staying home with my son for 2 years, I decided I missed the part of my brain that worked.  The problem was I had no desire to return to anything I’d done before having my son.  I had worked a lot of different jobs, but they were all just jobs, nothing that really spoke to me anymore.  I spent a lot of time researching online things I could do from home, and found A LOT of scams.

Finally I came across oDesk and thought – yes this is what I’ll do. I used a lot of the skill I’d developed in previous jobs and was able to work from home; the problem was I still wasn’t fulfilled.  I decided to step away from oDesk and create something for myself. So, in July of 2011, I launched my virtual assistant business.  (more…)

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey.

I would describe myself as a serial entrepreneur. I have owned a few businesses as an adult but looking back, they were just hobbies. When we moved to Austin in 2009, I knew it was an opportunity to start over and reinvent myself as it were. I started taking more chances, trying new things, getting out into the community and meeting people. That is where the spark happened.

What did you do before launching your own business?

Ha! Everything! I was a Retirement Plans Specialist, Church Youth Secretary, Pre-K teacher…

How did you fund your business?

Initially it was the money I was making from blogging. Different advertisers, blogging campaigns, etc. I saved the money and bought my LLC. (more…)

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey.

I am a mom of 3 children with a wonderful husband. I enjoy the outdoors and love meeting new people. I have been called a social butterfly most of my life. I have dabbled in many Direct Sale businesses over the years along with working in the restaurant industry most of my working life. Although I loved working in the restaurant and learning all aspects of how the place functioned, I felt I needed more time with my family.

That is how I came across Restaurant.com. It is the perfect fit for me! I am able to offer programs to help restaurants and small business with our new Double Deals Program and they are free for a business. I also get to offer people an amazing opportunity to do the same thing I do. I still get to be involved in the world I have known most of my life and can still help and meet great people. (more…)

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey.

My name is Linsay and I live with my husband and 2 daughters (age 3 and 4) in sunny Tucson, Arizona.  My entrepreneurial journey actually started with a blog about 3 years ago.

In 2010, after my youngest was born, I started a blog to write about the daily chaos that was my new life as full-time mom with a full-time career.  At the time I was still working full-time from home as a Marketing Coordinator for a medical device manufacturing company based in Los Angeles. The name of my blog was appropriately named “Slippers & Stilettos”.  At that time, half of my days were spent in heels and the other half in pj’s and slippers… depending on the day.

In the fall of 2010 I started reviewing products on the blog and had received a few mom-invented products that I absolutely loved from the second I opened the boxes.  The first product was Teething Bling (beautiful for mom to wear, safe for baby to chew) and the second was the Smart Seat Dining Chair Seat Covers that were made to protect upholstered chairs from messy kids and pets (and some adults too, ha!) (more…)