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<em> </em><p><em>Please welcome back&nbsp;</em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.findingwhatmatters.com/"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Carolyn Kepcher</span></em></a><em>, who is here with the announcement of the <strong>Grand Prize Winner</strong>! Our </em><a rel="nofollow" href="http://seedsforsuccess.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/index.php"><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Seeds for Success</span></em></a><em> winner will receive an additional $10,000 and additional mentoring and web hosting resources. <br><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dapplebaby.com/" target="_blank"></a></em></p><em></em> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dapplebaby.com" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/phugc/I8RBLfI_nVdv/photos/e03958c474cc9b9975748fa369820e45/ori_1fe84e79b283f0.jpg?ug_____DB5knuhgy" align="left" width="159" height="87"></a>Wow! What a fantastic ride the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://seedsforsuccess.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/index.php"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Seeds for Success</span></a> grants progr<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dapplebaby.com/" target="_blank"></a>am has been…for all involved! This grants program, designed to benefit women entrepreneurs, kicked off several months ago, when we began to review the 5500+ business plans submitted. Through an intense judging process, we selected our three finalists, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dapplebaby.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Dana Rubinstein of Dapple</span></a> , <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.redkoala.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Abby Port of Red Koala Canvas Co</span></a> ., and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.head2toepub.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Karla Duncan of Head 2 Toe Publications.</span></a> Read More »

Our Seeds For Success finalists are making great progress and soaking up all that they can from their team of expert mentors. First up? Web design. Each finalist has been paired with an industry pro who is working hand in hand with them to build, or vastly improve, their websites. Here's what Eric Yonge of EY Studios recently had to say about working with Seeds For Success finalist Karla Duncan of Head2Toe.

It’s great when you love your job.

I certainly love mine. What’s not to love? Even though I have a lot of stuffy responsibilities as President of EYStudios, I still get to design, draw, and talk on the phone all day. It’s always a bonus when we have clients that love their jobs too. When developer and client get into that synergistic zone of creativity, building a website is just plain fun.

And that’s what it’s all about, right? This stuff should be fun! If you’re building a virtual storefront from scratch and you’re not smiling, you may be in the wrong business. Sure, there are difficult moments, but that positivity has to always win out and make it fun again.
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