Laura Allen
April 24, 2009 by Crissy · Leave a Comment
Laura once closed a 5.5 million dollar deal from a cold call, which she was really excited about because she hates making cold calls.
She also sent STAR WARS director George Lucas a 3 foot tall steel pyramid which she likes to talk about. This stunt generated about 60 million dollars for her client.
Laura has made a ton of money for OTHER people during her career and her goal now is empower individuals (especially women!) to generate a boatload of cash for themselves—without selling their souls.
Since co-founding 15SecondPitch.com in 2002, Laura has been written about in Adweek, The Financial Times, Crain’s New York Business, and The Wall Street Journal. Her website http://www.15SecondPitch.com has over 14,000 members.
Amy Schroeder
April 24, 2009 by Crissy · Leave a Comment
Amy Schroeder is a New York writer, editor, publicist, small-business consultant, and entrepreneur. She writes about the arts, culture, and people for Nylon, Time Out, Clear, Chicago Magazine, and others. She’s worked for The San Francisco Bay Guardian, SOMA, and U-WIRE, and founded Venus Zine, the magazine and Website for creative DIYers that she launched in her Michigan State University dorm room.
Maggie McDonald
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Maggie McDonald is a graduate from the University of Houston and has a crazy combination of event planning, public relations and technology skills. Maggie loves nothing more than helping and teaching others and so she thinks the best thing about her skill set is that it allows her to plan events and execute strategies online geared towards pushing amazing people and their projects into the spotlight.
Maggie’s favorite book is Twilight and she loves playing on her computer while drinking a good glass of boxed wine. Check out her blog for more info!
Jenny Hart
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Jenny Hart is the founder and creative director of Texas-based embroidery design company, Sublime Stitching. Jenny is an internationally published artist and illustrator, and an award-winning author of multiple titles for Chronicle Books.
Kelly McCausey
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Kelly McCausey worked hard for others for many years and never made ends meet. Now this single mom enjoys the freedom that comes from working hard for herself as an internet marketer, podcaster and WAHM business coach. Host of Work at Home Moms Talk Radio, Kelly is driven to help other moms achieve their personal and professional dreams of working at home.
Lish Dorset
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Lish Dorset first started her crafting career in the fifth grade with the launch of her troll doll clothing line; she’s been crafting and helping others craft ever since. Lish’s fascination with vintage textiles lead to her own kitchen towels she sells at local craft fairs. A self-proclaimed craft nerd, Lish loves the Internet(s) more than she should, but not as much as she loves Carol Duvall and Martha Stewart.
Handmade Detroit
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Amy Cronkite is a mother, a wife, and a crafter. She runs the crafty company Make-out Goods with her high school friend; together, they create handmade sewn accessories including aprons, tote bags, pillows, and baby gear. Amy is proud to the founder of Loop!, a social crafting group that meets once a month in Metro Detroit. She has lived most of her life in Michigan, and is proud to be a part of reconstructing Detroit as a center of 21st century handcrafted culture.
Bethany Nixon is crazy in love with her business, Reware Vintage, based out of her home in Pontiac, Michigan, selling both vintage and reconstructed goods. Although she dabbles in lots of different types of crafting, she especially enjoys upsetting record collectors by cutting up vintage albums and using them in her crafts. As the organizer of the Baar Bazaar in Detroit and a member of Handmade Detroit, she is inspired to help in the creation, networking, and promotion of the Detroit craft community.
Carey Gustafson has spent a majority of her adult life as a stained glass fabricator and designer. Glass Action! is her home studio and line of weird pop culture stained glass creations. In addition to being a proud co-founder of Handmade Detroit, she performs music in Serenity Court, trails the pack as vice president and co-founder of Defying The Law Bicycle Club, throws the yearly creepfest Zombie Dance Party and is the music director for the D.I.Y Street Fair in Ferndale.
Lish Dorset first started her crafting career in the fifth grade with the launch of her troll doll clothing line; she’s been crafting and helping others craft ever since. Lish’s fascination with vintage textiles lead to her own kitchen towels she sells at local craft fairs. A self-proclaimed craft nerd, Lish loves the Internet(s) more than she should, but not as much as she loves Carol Duvall and Martha Stewart.
Lish will also be delivering a solo seminar on how to advertise online for under $50
Stephanie Tardy believes in the three Cs: Community, coffee and cutting stuff up. She’s been making colorful paper goods and collage art under the name Phantom Limb since 2005 and keeps an infrequent blog under the same moniker. Recent projects include writing a zine about Detroit, knitting her first cowl and writing this bio.
Kelly Wilkinson
April 17, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Kelly Wilkinson straddles craft and journalism. Most days, she works as a reporter and anchor at the NPR affiliate in San Francisco and contributes reporting to national radio shows.
She also writes the crafty blog Make Grow Gather (http://www.makegrowgather.com/). Her projects are regularly featured in blogs, newspapers and magazines, and she’s currently at work on a pilot radio show about crafting.
Contact
April 5, 2009 by Crissy · Leave a Comment
Gold Sponsorship
April 1, 2009 by Crissy · Comments Off
Gold Level - Cost $200
-Top Placement Graphic & Link On The Indie Biz Chicks Conference Sponsor Page
- Promoted Through Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace (including 10 solo tweets!)
- Promoted Through IndieBizChicks.com Newsletter
- Mentioned In Press Releases
- Ability to include a promotional info product to those who register for the conference