Rocket Launchers: Ladies Who Launch In The News

• Boston Leader LYNN TOOMEY, Founder of Art to Gogh (www.arttogogh.net), recently won the grand prize in the third annual Mount Wachusett Community College’s (MWCC), third annual business plan competition. Way to go Lynn!   The competition rewards the business plan that best portrays a unique and innovative service or concept.   Check out some of the great press this distinguished award has led resulted in.  Mount Wachusett Newsletter, http://www.mwcc.edu/info/news.html#first,  and a cable TV program where she did an interview, http://www.wccatv.com/soapbox/583. 

• LA Incubator MINDY DAVIS, founder and owner of Peels on Wheels, was featured in the New York Time’s Thursday Styles section.  The article, entitled Hello, Day Spa?  This Order is for Delivery, highlights the frequent frustrations people have with booking and getting to a spa service and how there is a new trend in ‘home delivery’ spa services.  Mindy’s mobile spa brings the spa treatment directly to the client; in fact, her employees travel up to a 70 mile radius to meet a client.   

• Our new DENVER INCUBATORS are making news!  The Daily Camera Boulder Colorado newspaper highlighted LWL, the “savvy network for women business owners,” and noted it’s arrival in the Boulder area. . http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/nov/26/briefcase/   Also, Colorado Incubator leader RICKI BOOKER is profiled in The Family Groove in their segment called, “The Family Groove’s Profile of a Mom Who’s Making it Happen.”    It highlights her series of children’s books called Change is Strange.  http://www.thefamilygroove.com/dec_MotherNature.htm  In addition, Ricki was featured on Book Launch Café and interviewed about her book series.  http://booklaunchcafe.typepad.com/booklaunchcafe/change-is-strange.html

• NY Incubator leader JANERA SOEREL is the Founder & Editor of www.JANERA.com,The Voice for Global Nomads.  Her organization just held their third Immigration Salon in D.C., and it was covered beautifully by Delphine Schrank, a writer at The Washington Post.  The Global Nomad Immigration Dinner Salons are evenings where experts and guests meet to talk about Immigration. Janera further explains that “the experts facilitate the discussion that starts after I open the conversation with the question, ‘what if we were to have free movement of people, as we have free movement of goods and capital.’” The events are meant to be fun and connect interesting guests and experts. http://www.janera.com/janera_editornote.php