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Working the Rose |
About
I started my business over 20 years ago with $30.00 from my last welfare check. With a child to support, I set up a card table at a flea market and began selling my natural products, which I made in my own kitchen. Now we are selling the products that my staff and I make in my antique barn, as well as the unusual things we bring back from around the world. Over the years, I have become a mentor to low income women, helping them start their own businesses. I feel incredibly thankful as I see life come full circle.
Nancy was Massachusetts' first recipient of the SBA Award "WELFARE TO WORK ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR-1998"; SBA's 1998 'VISION 2000 AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN HOME BASED BUSINESS', nominated for an AVON WOMEN OF ENTERPRISE AWARD, nominated for Working Woman Magazine's Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. She has been featured in the BOSTON GLOBE, FAMILY CIRCLE MAGAZINE, BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, PARADE MAGAZINE and many others. Also, TV's CHRONICLE and Channel 4, 7 and 56 News (Boston) and PBS;
2008 Rising Star Award, ~ Center For Women & Enterprise, Boston
Nancy volunteers to help empower others, is a mentor, teaches and does public speaking.