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"Entrepreneurial
mom, inventor. Car Seat Cozy creator finds niche for products online."
by Natalie Christenson, Portsmouth Herald Sunday, March 6, 2005.
" ... Mullen pointed out there are thousands of parents
around the globe that say to themselves in frustration, "If I could just
find a way to keep my kid from unrolling the toilet paper," or "If I just
had a way to keep my baby bundled," or if the parents are like Mullen they
might ask, "If I just had a way to keep the blanket on the car seat instead
of the floor." ... " |
"Blanketing
the world with baby products." by Ulrika Gerth. Foster's Daily
Democrat, Feb. 28, 2005.
"... Sharon Mullen runs an online business that has
parents from Dover to Hong Kong asking for next-day delivery. The need for items like the Weeblock, Preggie Pops and
the Snuggle Nest is apparently universal. ..." |
"Inventive
Parent delivers solutions to challenges." Atlantic News, Feb. 25,
2005.
"... Being a mom, I understand that
it can be difficult to run out on a moment's notice," said Sharon Mullen,
founder, president and CEO of Inventive Parent.
Customer service is of utmost priority, and Inventive
Parent has thousands of satisfied customers throughout the world. ...." |
[Web-Site
Review] "Ingenious inventions." Fit Pregnancy June/July
2004
"... Moms know what moms need.
That's the idea behind Inventive Parent, a Web site that sells items like
maternity pillows and anti-nausea lollipops that were created by
problem-solving parents rather than corporate design departments. The
site is easy to navigate with products organized according to stages
(maternity, preemie, newborn, etc.) and category (safety, travel, feeding,
etc.). ...." |
"The Unmet
Needs of Motherhood Bring Out the Entrepreneurial Spirit"
by Melinda Ligos.
New York Times Small Business, Oct. 2, 2003
"...
Sharon Mullen, who started a Web site called Inventive Parent seven years
ago in Hampton, N.H., to sell products created by parents, has an
explanation for the proliferation of entrepreneurial mothers. . ..." |
Lemelson-MIT
Program Inventor of the Week, Child Care Products. August 2002.
"...
Entrepreneur and inventor Sharon Mullen may be a perfect illustration of the
saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention." This Hampton, New Hampshire
wife and mother established her own company, Inventive Parent, in 2000 ...." |
"The mothers and fathers of invention. Inspired
by their own needs, parents are creating and selling kids' products" by Don Aucoin, Boston Globe, 4/10/2002:
"... These new
businesspeople are using their daily lives as a creative springboard,
"inventing these products not because they work in some R&D department,
saying 'If I were a parent, what would I need?' but from real,
down-in-the-trenches knowing what they need, and what other people need
too," said Mullen ...." |
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