Wednesday, February 22, 2012

SSWBN Featured Business, February 2012

February 4, 2012 by  
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Name:  Stacey Shipman
Business:  Professional speaker;  Founder/Editor, Healthy South Shore
Website:  www.healthysouthshore.com
Address
South Shore, MA and online

 Launching Healthy South Shore

How did you come to be in this line of work?
As a college freshman I gained and then lost the infamous ‘Freshman 15.’  Exercise turned into a passion/obsession.  To share this knowledge with others I became an aerobics instructor and personal trainer.

After graduation I entered the corporate world and continued to teach fitness part-time evenings and weekends.  In 2006 I quit my job due to stress and burnout.  My stress didn’t go away …

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SSWBN Featured Business, January 2012

January 11, 2012 by  
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Becky Coletta

Name: Rebecca Westerlund Coletta, Esq.
Business:  Coletta Law Office
Telephone: 781-267-6222
Website:  http://www.colettalaw.com/
Address:  231 Broadway, Hanover, MA

 

Special to SSWBN:  General Counsel Service Program

Do you wish you could act proactively to manage your legal risk, but don’t know where to start or how to afford the upfront costs?
Coletta Law Office offers you the opportunity, at no cost, to evaluate the option of retaining an attorney to
help you navigate the legal environment before you are in crisis.

Why would anyone tell you to hire an attorney if you are not

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Featured Business – November, 2011

December 6, 2011 by  
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Creator of the ‘Stacy-Do List’

Name Position/Title: Stacy Mafera, Owner
Name and location of business: Errands Etcetera, Quincy
Telephone: 703-304-4067

How did you come to be in this line of work?
Seven years ago I was inspired by The Girl’s Guide to Starting Your Own Business, at a time when I was a full-time college student, a bartender, an Avon Lady — and desperately wanting to be an event planner. It was then that I started “Commonwealth Concierge,” a similar concept, but my target was businesses: I wanted to be
considered an “added benefit” to their employees. The timing …

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