And the Winner Is

Tired of the plummeting stock market numbers of the past few weeks? We’ve got some more positive numbers to share which might provide some business inspiration for you.

There were 350 nominees this year for the second annual SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award program. And what an incredible variety of businesses moms across Canada have started.

An even more incredible 30,000 votes were cast in support of these mom-run businesses. That’s a lot of people out there cheering our innovative moms on.

And thanks to the generous support of our sponsors T-Fal, Canon and Johnstone LLP, the national winner gets $17,000 in cash and other prizes to be used to take her business to the next level. Now that’s an exciting number.

So without further ado (drumroll please)...

The winner of the 2008 SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year award is Martha Scully, founder and CEO of CanadianSitter.ca, founder and CEO of www.canadiannanny.ca and www.canadiansitter.ca, online childcare directories for parents and caregivers. As a new mom, Martha struggled to find suitable babysitters (sound familiar?)...and since necessity is the mother of invention, she was inspired to create a better way for families and caregivers to come together. Look out for the January 2009 edition of Today’s Parent magazine which will feature Martha and her story and for her blog on todaysparent.com where she’ll be chronicling the ups and downs of being a mom entrepreneur. And if you need a sitter, nanny or other caregiver, surf on over to www.canadiansitter.ca. Thousands of Canadian moms rely on it (and it looks like lots of them cast their vote for Martha).

This year we were also pleased to be able to present four additional regional prizes, each worth $2400 (not a bad number either). The winner in the Atlantic region is April MacKinnon who owns and operates a lovely online store, Nurtured Products for Parenting in Dartmouth, NS. In Ontario, we’re clapping our hands for Laura Berg from baby and toddler sign language company My Smart Hands in Toronto. For the Prairies region, we’re celebrating children’s hair accessories company Bug a Lug from Calgary. And way out west for BC and Territories, we’re congratulating online publisher, yoyomama.ca from Vancouver. Learn more about our regional winners in the winners’ showcase at www.momentrepreneuraward.com. They each have a great story to share about their success as mom entrepreneurs.

Be sure to visit the nominee gallery at www.momentrepreneuraward.com for more inspiration from each and every one of the nominees. We salute you and congratulate you all, Canada’s mom entrepreneurs. And a big thanks to all of our readers who voted in the award as well.

Three cheers for mom entrepreneurs!

For more information on these winners, visit www.momentrepreneuraward.com

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