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Sharing Her Creation with Parents Everywhere 

"Mompreneur" Invents a Better Way to Teach Kids to Tie Their Shoes.

There is a new type of small business owner, one that often controls a household's spending, knows what is missing from the marketplace, is a mother who finds inspiration in her children, and is not afraid to try new things - the "mompreneur." Meet Wendy Welling, inventor of Tie Buddies (www.tiebuddies.com). Before moving her work a little closer to home, Wendy was a marketing director. A time came when Wendy realized she wanted to spend more time at home. (Read More)

Start-Up Financing

You have an idea for a product or service and want to start a company, or maybe you already have a company and you are thinking about launching a new product line. Either way, you need capital to make it happen, but how do you get the funding required? (Read More) 

Home Biz MINUTE:

Best Way to Stick to a To-Do List

It seems in today's busy world to-do lists are often made, but rarely checked off as more and more pressing items seem to pop up. What is the best way to stick to a to-do list? Below are some ideas:

* Categorize your to-do tasks. Determine which of them are small (up to 30 minutes), medium (30-60 minutes), large (1-2 hours), extra large (over 2 hours), and chunkable (tasks that you do not do all in one sitting, i.e. laundry).

* Group your to-do tasks by where they take place. 

* Write a Day Plan the night before. Do not stray from your schedule.  

* Make sure to schedule tasks evenly through the week, so you aren't going crazy on Monday and bored on Tuesday. 

* Do all of your out-and-about tasks early in the day and early in the week to get them out of the way and to save time.

* Use the same to-do list pad each week to easily cross off.  

* Spruce up your to-do list by using a fashionable pen. Perhaps one of the Parker Premiere Collection shown below.

From Holly Jespersen (Holly@cmmpr.com)

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