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Andrew Shue co-founds social network site for mothers

By start-ip • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: entrepreneurship, kids, social networking

I had the biggest crush on Andrew Shue’s sister Elisabeth. Who’s Andrew Shue? He’s an actor known for playing Billy Campbell on Melrose Place. He’s also co-founded the social networking site CafeMom for Mothers. Business Week has a video of Andrew and other co-founder Michael Sanchez talking about their creation.



Who do you call to de-teepee your house?

By start-ip • Jun 24th, 2007 • Category: ideas, kids

I was walking my dogs this morning when I came across two teenage girls cleaning up their yard after being victim to a house teepee. It had rained last night, so the toilet paper was really hard to collect.
This got me thinking. Some enterprising teenager could set up a service whereby they would […]



Turn a church into a kids play area

By start-ip • Jun 8th, 2007 • Category: entertainment, kids

That’s what 21 year old Nicky Gray did in England. She turned a church into Kiki’s Kabin, a three floor children’s soft play area and cafe, complete with tube slides, spin wheels, punch bags and an assult course.
Check out the story in bdaily and Shell Livewire.