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Last Straw Featured on Fox & Friends

Thursday, May 14, 2009

We’re just back from New York and Emily and I are so excited to have been featured on Fox & Friends on the Fox News network. The response from moms, dads, grandparents and even several juice and packaging companies has been tremendous! We look forward to keeping you posted on any future developments. Thanks [...]

We’re turning the map green!

Friday, December 5, 2008

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As we move forward with this exciting new product I am constantly learning new tools to help track our progress courtesy of our friends at Elemental. The map above illustrates, in green, all of the countries that have visited our blog and website. How exciting is that?! The survey is going great and we can’t wait [...]

Our new website will be coming soon!

Friday, October 17, 2008

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We are so happy to announce that our corporate website is almost ready for launch. After taking a peek behind the curtain, Heather and I can now say that it is everything we expected from Stephanie and Kristin of Elemental. Great work you guys! The real push can now begin. Heather and I can now tell [...]

The team is complete…it was time to meet

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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The team is complete…it was time to meet

Earlier this month I sat in a conference room designed for 16 people with 18 colleagues from the various businesses that own fractions of or represent The Last Straw L.L.C. Standing room only…for a straw? Yes, that is exactly what I was observing and I will have to say that a sense of pride and [...]

Outnumbered 100 to 1

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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I was a little nervous about spending the evening with a couple hundred women and just a handful of guys. I’ve always considered myself a risk taker, however this was a bit of a stretch for me. There I was at a BlogHer’08 Alltop/Kirtsy cocktail party – a Georgia boy – on the other side [...]

Story Behind the Last Straw: The Idea

Friday, July 25, 2008

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I have been exploring the concept of a no-spill straw since the summer of 2003. The idea came to me at home one day. It all started with just an accidental spill from my then two-year-old daughter, Em, right after I handed her a full juice box. Frustrated, I studied the box to find the [...]

The First “Team” In My Life

Sunday, July 13, 2008

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Being an entrepreneur is not easy at times (understatement). You constantly have this sense that you are not doing something that you need to be doing. After all, there is no one there to drive you except yourself. Well, that is not exactly true…life and all its demands provide a pretty clear and [...]

The Beginning of More Fun in My Small World of Business

Saturday, July 12, 2008

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The Beginning of More Fun in My Small World of Business

This is my first ever blog. Who knew that I would run into Stephanie of ListenShare at a kids school function and that she would/could ever convince me to begin writing about my entrepreneur and invention experiences? “Social Media” what is that? After a great deal of consideration and reading I have decided to put [...]