“The goal was simple, to create a well-crafted personalized name label that is both fun and functional.”
1000 Children’s Goods & Services
Zaida Khaze of Wiggletot: Changing Your Baby’s Diaper Just Got Easier
“Nothing’s more convenient than changing a happy baby!”
Lisa Batra of My Kid’s Threads, LLC: Buy, Consign and Donate Your Children’s Clothing
“Having two kids of my own, who have gone through multiple sizes of clothing in just a few years of life, I know how time consuming it is to find the right clothing at the right price.”
Hannah Lavon of Hooray Hoopla LLC: Playful Socks, Mittens and More
“I decided I could do it too, why not me!”
Prepared for a Male-Dominated World
Shaan Kandawalla pushed gender norms in her native Pakistan. Now, she’s ready to take on the U.S. tech scene.
Gauri Nanda of Toymail: Keeping Families Connected Without More Screen Time
“We want to encourage open-ended, experimental play but do so in a way that is up-to-speed with advancing technology.”
Mridula Arora of My Baby Cart: Empowering Indian Women Through E-Commerce
“Women often leave their careers when their baby is born, but they don’t have to leave their financial freedom.”
Julia Pimsleur of Little Pim: A New Language Learning Program for Kids
“I discovered was that there were no high quality education materials for teaching toddlers a foreign language, so I set out to create them for myself.”
Alexandra Mayzler of Thinking Caps Group: Helping Children Succeed
“The ultimate success is to learn and progress while staying true to my original mission of helping students.”
Easing Parental Stress with Technology
weeSpring founder Allyson Downey is connecting new and nervous parents with quality products endorsed by those who know best.
Neelam Chakrabarty of Yoyochimp: Activities and Programs for Kids
“As a working mom of two kids, I was always frustrated that I could not easily find good after school activities and summer camps for my kids.”
Zoe Kelland, Rebecca Siddall and Annemarieke Blankestein of Nakuru Children’s Project: Helping Students in Kenya
“How could we be just abandon children who’d become like our kids, teachers who had become our friends, a community that had welcomed us as one of their own?”
Richa Dikshit of Yellow Giraffe: Meaningful Toys for Kids
“At Yellow Giraffe the focus is to sell toys based on skill development.”
Devi Raissa Rahmawati of Rabbit Hole: Helping Children Fall in Love with Reading
“The goal is to make children fall in love with reading.”
Debbie Blacher of Wholesome Tummies: Making a Difference in the Food our Children Eat
“I wanted my kids to eat right, but I was working and pregnant with my third boy at the time, so my frustration quickly mounted, until one day I created the concept of Wholesome Tummies.”