COMPANY INSPIRED BY MOTHERHOOD.BUSINESS NAME: BabyDish Inc. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 15201 Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. Blvd Blvd abbr (= boulevard) → Bd ., Suite D, Van Nuys PHONE: (818) 787-2581 WEB SITE: www.babydish.com OWNER: Stacie Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi ESTABLISHED: January January: see month. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Four DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS: We design and manufacture BabyBeReady Diaper Bag Survival Kits. IS THIS YOUR FIRST BUSINESS? Yes WHY DID YOU START THIS BUSINESS? I was always forgetting baby essentials and wanted a nice bag to place necessary essentials. WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA? Out of necessity as a mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. . HOW LONG WAS IT FROM CONCEPT TO OPENING? Eighteen months. WHAT DID YOU DO DURING THAT TIME? Established the company and secured vendors. WHAT WERE YOUR STARTUP (STARTing UP) "At startup" means when the computer is first turned on or when a program is first loaded. See Startup folder. COSTS AND HOW DID YOU FINANCE THE BUSINESS? $40,000, self-financed. WHO DID YOU RELY ON FOR ADVICE? My husband, friends and family. WHAT HADN'T YOU CONSIDERED BEFORE OPENING? That we would be so successful so fast. WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTED REVENUE THIS YEAR? $100,000 WHAT GOALS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE COMPANY? To branch into different ways to use our specially designed bags, and to fill custom and corporate orders. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Stacie Jordan shows off some of her BabyDish Inc. diaper bag survival kits at her office in Van Nuys. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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