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In honor of World Breastfeeding Week, we're celebrating this wonderful gift women give to babies all around the world. We sat down to chat with Julie Burrell, owner and inventor of Pumpndo, to learn more about how her invention helps women do more while breastfeeding...
SARA SMOLENSKI August/September 2018
Cindy Larsen has been with the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce for 18 years and currently serves as its president, so you could say she knows a thing or two about what it takes to spark growth, engage residents and build up local businesses. But there's one...
Most of my days are spent taking care of my two boys: school drop-off, grocery shopping, changing diapers ... Somewhere in the midst of those duties, I've also been building my online Honest Mom community. Even after establishing an LLC and business bank account, it's...
"I've always wanted to help everybody." The Hon. Sara J. Smolenski was in fourth grade when she knew she wanted to pursue law. Seeing an introverted classmate's discomfort when he was asked to read, she thought, "I'll read for him!" This is like being an attorney, she...
"It's important to be a disrupter in the community and to make sure that women feel supported and that they can accomplish anything." Megan Spruit is a huge fan of West Michigan. She recently took over as president of Grand Rapids Metrology—a fifth-generation,...
Men typically dominate the legal profession—but that doesn't mean that women don't lead the charge. While the profession is constantly evolving to give credit to females where credit is due, women in law face discrimination that their male counterparts do not. Have...
Reinventing herself from painter to wallpaper muse is just the kind of cool thing that local artist Mary-Catheryn Baker would do. Pets, farm animals and eggs in a nest. Floral arrangements, bees and ballerinas. If you're a fan of the work from Copper Corners, you're...
Carl Erickson values transparency and quality, in his personal life and as the CEO of Atomic Object. The software company, which designs and builds web and mobile apps, has a deeply ingrained perspective on quality and building quality products because of something...
Summer is here! And while it may be tempting to spend every weekend lounging by the pool, the season is prime time for much-needed home improvement projects. Light up your landscape. Exterior lighting adds to your home's curb appeal while adding a measure of safety...