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GURNEE WOMAN WRITES BOOK ON HOME BUSINESSES FOR MOMS
 Friday,
August 16, 2002
By Kim Mikus
When Kristie Rimmele started a home-based business,
she put her computer in the middle of the living room so
she could be with her children, who were 4 and 2 at the
time.
Kristie Rimmele works on her Website, WebMomz,
while her 7-year old daughter, readers a book at their
Gurnee home. |
She was able to operate Kristie Custom
Design, a Web design firm, around her children's schedules
and found that working from home was all that she hoped it
would be.
Tamsevicius said friends continued to ask how she was able
to make it work and balance a family and career. That's
when she decided to write a book, "eBizMoms: The Ultimate
Guide to Home Based Business" that's in the process of being
published.
The Gurnee woman recently took the idea of attempting to
help other women accomplish their goals a step further.
With the help of a childhood friend, Michelle Floyd, the
women founded a national organization for women called WebMomz.
The online community is designed to help women and moms
find friendship, advice and support.
"It's a rich resource for work at home and stay-at-home
moms," Tamsevicius said.
The women, both 33, say the site is geared to "empower
women in work, family and life." It's all about finding
balance, Tamsevicius said. "Everyone is stressed out today,"
said Tamsevicius, whose children are now 7 and 5.
The Web site, which went live Aug. 1, was started after
Tamsevicius and Floyd met to catch up after being apart
for years. The two grew up in the small Iowa farm town of
Mediapolis. Floyd now lives in Burlington, Iowa, with her
husband and young daughter.
Floyd says she always knew she wanted to be at home with
her kids. After the birth of her daughter she quit her full-time
marketing career. Being a new mom, she had a lot of questions
and surfed the Internet to find answers. While she found
a wealth of information online, she found it was difficult
to keep track of all the "baby-related sites."
That was the inspiration for her to form her online venture,
MyBabyConnection.com.
The duo came up with the idea for WebMomz found at www.webmomz.com.
Once on the site, women will find that individual memberships
are free. There are upgraded corporate memberships and advertising
opportunities available.
In an effort to help women even further, WebMomz is also
sponsoring a business grant program to help aspiring women
entrepreneurs establish their home-based business. The organization
will offer a $1,000 grant to a qualified applicant. Entries
are due in May 2003 and the recipient will be named the
following June. Information is available at the Web site.
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