“Women often leave their careers when their baby is born, but they don’t have to leave their financial freedom.”
1000 Children’s Goods & Services
Julia Pimsleur of Little Pim: A New Language Learning Program for Kids
“I discovered was that there were no high quality education materials for teaching toddlers a foreign language, so I set out to create them for myself.”
Alexandra Mayzler of Thinking Caps Group: Helping Children Succeed
“The ultimate success is to learn and progress while staying true to my original mission of helping students.”
Easing Parental Stress with Technology
weeSpring founder Allyson Downey is connecting new and nervous parents with quality products endorsed by those who know best.
Neelam Chakrabarty of Yoyochimp: Activities and Programs for Kids
“As a working mom of two kids, I was always frustrated that I could not easily find good after school activities and summer camps for my kids.”
Zoe Kelland, Rebecca Siddall and Annemarieke Blankestein of Nakuru Children’s Project: Helping Students in Kenya
“How could we be just abandon children who’d become like our kids, teachers who had become our friends, a community that had welcomed us as one of their own?”
Richa Dikshit of Yellow Giraffe: Meaningful Toys for Kids
“At Yellow Giraffe the focus is to sell toys based on skill development.”
Devi Raissa Rahmawati of Rabbit Hole: Helping Children Fall in Love with Reading
“The goal is to make children fall in love with reading.”
Debbie Blacher of Wholesome Tummies: Making a Difference in the Food our Children Eat
“I wanted my kids to eat right, but I was working and pregnant with my third boy at the time, so my frustration quickly mounted, until one day I created the concept of Wholesome Tummies.”
Jackie Zlatanovski of FLIK FLOPS: Lighting the Way for Kids
“We want to prove that kids sometimes do have the best ideas.”
Military Mom’s ‘KinderJam’ Program Inspired by Autistic Son
El Brown, a teacher by training, developed classes that emphasize individual learning. She’s expanded to 15 states and 10 countries.
Digging Out of a Sales Rut
Xiaoning Wang of ChinaSprout is working to turnaround her educational-products company.
Eileen Sloan of EZLeaps: Shoe Tying Tricks
“I thought, ‘If I had a dime for every shoe I’ve tied…I’d be a millionaire.”
Christiane Kerr of Calm for Kids: Children’s Yoga
“I saw how well the kids in my classes responded when I introduced them to yoga, which has been a profoundly beneficial experience in my own life.”
Michelle Isrow of Mimilounge: All About Comfort
“For a year we searched for solutions. We were on a mission to create comfort for all.”