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GoldieBlox: A New Approach To Engineering For Girls
A friend of mine emailed me a video about a female engineer, Debbie Sterling, who was raising money for her new company. Frustrated that the engineering industry was so male-dominated, she created a construction toy for little girls with the purpose of exposing them to the world of engineering.
Mompreneur Spotlight: Like Father, Like Son with Babiators!
Molly Fienning was on the flight line waiting for her husband Ted, a Marine Corps fighter pilot, to fly home from a deployment in early 2010 when she had the “Aha!” moment for what was to become the start of her entrepreneurial life. Molly describes the day:
Apple’s Big iPhone Launch Event & Keynote
Apple’s big keynote address just wrapped up and there’s still no iPhone 5, although there is a new phone and a new operating system hitting the market. Tim Cook, whohas headed up the company since Steve Jobs’ retirement in August, hosted the event at Apple’s Cupertino campus. He kicked off the event with Good morning, this is my first product launch since being named CEO.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s DNA Foundation
A huge part of making a difference is spreading awareness. It is incredibly easy to do, but all too often we ignore the whispers from the universe when something is wrong, something is off and by not listening we allow the worst to happen. Children are affected in the most profound way by the adults that surround them. We must not simply say we care about the children of our world, we must show we …
Winter Water Safety Tips
Water safety isn’t just for summer! Drowning incidents are preventable. The Consumer Product and Safety Commission has teamed with the Pool Safety Campaign to change the way families think and act about pool and spa safety. Here are their top winter water safety tips: