January 2008

HAPPY 2008! Here is a quick explanation to the new newsletter format. Tips: Our first topic is why you connect with us – to benefit from our expertise. Here we share our wisdom of design, business insights and new trends and strategies to look for or avoid. We will also feature recent client work. This issue learn why Free Domain Names are not necessarily free…CONNECTIONS: Is a collective of interests from client projects, events, social causes, cool websites and products, anything we think will make your life more rewarding or entertaining. This issue learn about Grand Haven, MI entrepreneur Kim Lavine, Founder of Green Daisy and inventor of the Wuvit®. Learn more at the 2008 AWE Pathways to Success Conference

In 2002, Green Daisy President and Founder, Kim Lavine, took her kitchen table idea, the Wuvit-–a designer spa therapy pillow you heat in the microwave–to $225,000 in sales in just 8 weeks. From the introduction at one local gift store in December of 2001, to over 200 fine department stores and over 500 specialty retailers across the country, her story keeps developing.Lavine has accomplished numerous design, sales, manufacturing and distribution feats with little more than determination, the equity in her home and personal savings. Her insistence on using top-quality designer fabrics in the hottest home decorator trends, is what sets her products apart. Kim is especially proud of the Green Daisy Faith Hope & Love line. She designed the fabric after seeing first-hand through family members the horrific demands of breast cancer. She knew she needed to raise awareness about early detection, and raise money for breast cancer research.
In 2007, Kim posted another bestseller with the release of her book Mommy Millionaire: How I Turned My Kitchen Table Idea Into a Million Dollars and How You Can Too (St. Martins Press-Feb -07). Visit MommyMillionaire.com to purchase. You can also hear more from this remarkable Michigan woman entrepreneur, Jan. 24, 2008, at the AWE Pathways to Success Conference.
http://www.greendaisy.com
http://www.awe-westmichigan.org

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