> Beating the Odds: Adriana Copaceanu of ABCGiftsAndBaskets.com: The American Dream proved true for this family. Six years later, the Copaceanu's were reunited with their son and they eventually settled on the West Coast of California.

> Rachael Hoffman of DiscountLongDistanceRates.com: Rachael became an independent agent of Cognigen in March 2002 and has achieved great success in the past year. She proudly states that she reached her original sales goal for the end of her first year in just seven months and as of today, has tripled her sales goal.

> Shannan Hearne of SuccessPromotions.com - Helping Moms Build Online Success: This varied background gave Shannan a wide range of experience which has only served to help her assist her many different clients in the promotion of their various online businesses.

> Peg Bowles of Initial-Impressions.net: Peg has been sewing since she was a young child and always dreamed of one day starting her own business. When Peg reached adulthood, she hesitated in getting a business started because she felt that if she sewed for a living, it might cease to be enjoyable.

> Sharon Mullen of InventiveParent.com: As she was doing research to protect her intellectual property, she came across a number of other parents who had developed products and built businesses around their products.

> Nicole Clifton of WYIM: Having Systemic Lupus and Fibromylgia hasn't stopped Nicole Clifton from pursuing her entrepreneurial spirit and remaining a positive and productive person. Nicole, along with her mother, are the proprietors of WYIM - With You in Mind. 

> Holly Nill-McKay of FetalGreetings.com: She hunted through stores and on the Internet and all she could find were birth announcements. Thus, Holly's idea for Fetal Greetings was born. She wanted to create cards where a little embryo baby could make the announcement of the upcoming birth for her.

> Ellie Tolbers of OnTheLakeCreations.com: Ellie Tolbers is a self-confessed rubber stamping addict. This former hospital admitting clerk began rubber stamping and making greeting cards about 4 1/2 years ago as a hobby. Soon she began receiving requests from friends and family to make cards for then and thus, On the Lake Creations was created in September 2000.

> Chris Ann Dale of CyberspaceBaby.com & StorkvilleUSA.com: Instead of joining a pre-established business opportunity, Chris decided to use her creativity to build her own businesses from scratch.

> Patricia Cobe, co-author Mompreneurs®: Prior to the birth of Pat's first child, Pat had been working as a magazine editor. Like most of us, she didn't want to go back to an office all day long and leave her child to be cared for by someone else so many hours every week. That's when she decided she would take her career in a new direction and began freelance editing and writing. .

> Linda Sikut, Watkins Independent Manager: Linda's site has been designed to promote her Watkins business but it is far from being an in-your-face sales and recruiting site. Linda has something to offer all her site visitors - whether it's delicious recipes made with Watkins products; freebies such as e-cards, contests or printables; articles on health, kitchen tips and working at home, Linda's got it. 

> Karlyn of MomsRewards.com: Karlyn is the owner of MomsRewards.com, a very popular site for work at home moms. It's no wonder MomsRewards.com is so popular. Karlyn says she doesn't think of it as a business, but more like her baby. We can see this with the amount of attention she gives the web site and the information you provides work at home moms on the site. 

> Mary Scheidegger of Usborne Books & WordArt WebArtistry: Mary Scheidegger is a mother who operates two businesses from home. She is an Usborne Books at Home Consultant/Supervisor. Usborne Books at Home is a direct sales organization of independent consultants marketing award-winning Usborne children's books.

> Tina Lugo of kids-t-shirt.com: Tina M. Lugo has been in business, with the technical help of her husband, for three years. They sell high quality t-shirts with adorable graphics. Most of the t-shirts are for kids, but they do sell shirts for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa too.

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