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Get to Know Janice Croze Touchpoint Keynote Speaker and co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom

September 3, 2009

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We are so excited to feature Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom, this week. Janice is one of our three keynote speakers at Touchpoint and we are thrilled to have her speak on Networking to Build Relationships and Partnerships. Enjoy getting to know Janice and we hope to see you at Touchpoint!

In 2006, Janice Croze and her identical twin sister, Susan Carraretto, created 5 Minutes for Mom.com and it quickly became an essential, go-to site for moms that entertains and informs, while promoting the online mom community. The Wall Street Journal listed 5 Minutes for Mom as the 2nd top parenting blog.

5 Minutes for Mom now includes a network of family friendly sites: 5 Minutes for Books, 5 Minutes for Special Needs, 5 Minutes for Parenting, 5 Minutes for Going Green, 5 Minutes for Giveaways and 5 Minutes for Faith.

Janice and Susan have also just launched a new site designed around threaded video conversation called Say it Face to Face.com.

Janice has two children, a seven year old son, Jackson, and a one year old daughter, Olivia. In addition to owning 5 Minutes for Mom, the 5 Minutes for Mom network of sites, and Say it Face to Face, Janice and Susan also own two successful e-commerce stores, www.PedalCarsandRetro.com and www.A-Rocking-Horse-To-Love.com.

Janice and Susan are active on Twitter with over 6,500 followers on their @5minutesformom twitter account. Janice also tweets at @janicecroze.

For a behind the scenes look at the twins behind 5 Minutes for Mom.com, you can view their interview with Amber Scott of Capessa, at http://www.5minutesformom.com/4108/getting-the-camera-turned-on-us/ or http://www.capessa.com/members/storyactions.aspx?g=126785&m=108788.

Written by mary · Filed Under Interviews 

Enjoy Getting to Know Carla Meine, of VAST Equity Fund for Women Business Owners

August 20, 2009

The video below features Carla Meine speaking on behalf of VAST equity fund. VAST is an equity fund owned and managed by women for women. Carla will be a featured speaker at Startup Princess’ annual conference, Touchpoint, September 11th, in SLC, Utah.

carla Carla Meine is the owner of VAST Equity, a PE firm dedicated to raising money to invest in women-owned or women-run businesses at the growth stage.

Written by mary · Filed Under Interviews 

Highlights of Heather Madder’s Touchpoint Presentation

September 24, 2008

Our lovely and inspiring Fairy Godmother Heather Madder just sent over an outline of her keynote presentation for Touchpoint THIS FRIDAY if you haven’t already registered for Touchpoint …time is running out. Register NOW!

Take a peek at Heather’s presentation: Living as a Creator…without Limitations!

*Your external results are arising from Your internal beliefs–change first begins inside of us!
*Our cultural has a conditioned mindset of limitation and scarcity.
*Our birthright is infinite abundance without limitations.
*The purpose of your life is to wake up to who you really are and claim your purpose.
*You were born to be a powerful creator in every area of your life. (Stop blocking it!)
*You are a part of the field of creation–when you awaken, you live from it’s infinitude.
*You are already connected to everything you seek, allow and attract it to you.
*If there is a vision inside of you, the perfect path, place, and people will emerge to receive it (otherwise you wouldn’t have the desire to create it.)
*Creating is spontaneous, easy, fulfilling and a natural part of who you are.
*There is no end to how successful you can be–in your work, your relationships, and your life.
*The more you create and live in abundance, the more you honor and lift humanity.

Aren’t you excited to hear more?? I AM!! Meet Heather at Touchpoint, she’ll be there all day. Transform your life.

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How I Won 2nd Place at a National MBA Elevator Pitch Competition in 2005 and MY PITCH

September 12, 2008

This post is for all the Startup Princesses considering entering our Touchpoint Elevator Pitch Competition (deadline to submit is Sept 20th, by the way!!) This post will share my experience when I won 2nd place nationally at an MBA competition and also include my actual pitch. I hope it will give you some ideas of what to include in yours. In 2005 I entered my first competition at BYU while I was a Theatre Grad student. I competed for the money…and the exposure. I hoped that if I pitched in front of a few hundred people that someone out there would think my princess party business was so brilliant (WATCH MY VIDEO PITCH THERE IF YOU’D LIKE TO LAUGH OUTLOUD) that they’d fund me right on the spot. Fortunately I had some public speaking experience Read more

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