I did not start out with the goal of becoming an entrepreneur. A scientist by trade, I’m a prime example of the saying “Necessity is the Mother of Invention.” I loved my successful career as a geologist in the petroleum industry and my former bosses had always been very accommodating when it came to taking care of my special needs daughter by permitting me to work a flexible, telecommuting-based work schedule. Then a new manager, who did not believe in telecommuting, forced me to make a decision: care for my daughter at home or return to the office full time. I chose my daughter… and found myself facing the financial burden of a 60% decrease in our family income. We live on a farm, and nearly all of our 200 animals are rescues. Over the years my main hobby had been creating products to improve the quality of their lives. When covering the food and medical bills of all of our animals while staying home to care for my daughter became impossible, I was inspired to form Crazy K Farm Pet and Poultry Products, LLC to manufacture and market my unique, patent-pending inventions. From the beginning, caring for my toddler daughter and running my business complemented each other. Because her illness, my daughter and I needed to be together for much of the day and night. She spent a lot of time playing and learning in my home office while I worked, and she attended trade shows with me happily dressed up as a chicken or cat to attract distributors, retailers and consumers to our booth. It was no surprise to anyone that the first words my daughter recognized and spelled were “Crazy K Farm.” My business is the epitome of a successful Mom-owned business: The operation of Crazy K Farm Pet and Poultry Products was originally organized around my child’s requirements, and as she began to outgrow the illness that so deeply affected her physical and emotional wellbeing, so did the business grow and transform, all the while enabling me to fully accommodate my daughter’s needs; By the time my daughter was well enough to attend school, my business had grown from its very humble origins as a manufacturer of pre-paid, made-to-order items sold solely via my personal EBay account, to my products being manufactured by the tens of thousands in Bangladesh and sold in stores across the US, Canada and the UK.
SEVEN days left!!! Come on, backers, please help me get further to my goal and win a $10,000 Moms in Business Grant!!! For all those who troll these waters looking for a worthy venture to back -- it is right here!
SEVEN days left!!! Come on, backers, please help me get further to my goal and win a $10,000 Moms in Business Grant!!! For all those who troll these waters looking for a worthy venture to back — it is right here!
Almost to a $1000! Thank you all who have backed me! Today only (5/19/2010), anyone who backs me at $100 will get a free dozen scrumptious farm fresh eggs delivered to their door!!!! If you have already backed me at a lower level, back me again to meet a $100 total and you will STILL receive the eggs!
Wow — 19 backers — thank you all! I ask that you please tell your friends that you have backed this venture and ask them to do the same! We are on a roll — please become an integral part of my business’s growth by helping me get more backers!!!
I can do this with YOUR help! Just $15 from each of you will get me where I need to be!!!!
Heartfelt thank-you’s to the first Backers!
Just tested the system and ended up being my own first backer! Unintentional, but oh well, someone’s got to start things going… am waiting with bated breath for the REAL first backer to get involved!
Sales of the Kitty Holster® have exceeded our wildest expectations and we need to manufacture more harnesses much sooner than expected!
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$4632.00 pledged |
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$25000.00 needed |
