Angela Nielsen of One Lily Wins Top Honors in Mom Business Competition

Carlsbad, CA – October 11, 2010 – From among thousands of contestants, Angela Nielsen of One Lily has been ranked in the top 10% in StartupNation.com’s 2010 Leading Moms in Business competition sponsored by Infusionsoft Marketing Automation.

Over 709,000 votes were cast in support of the 2010 contestants, reflecting immense interest and support for moms building businesses at the same time they tend to their families.

“I love the independence having my own business gives me,” says One Lily President Angela Nielsen, “but it’s a challenge and it’s nice to know that I’m not alone in that. I am so enthusiastic to see how many other women are out there being successful entrepreneurs alongside their duties as mom and holding a household together. It’s also encouraging to be recognized for what my company has accomplished, and I feel honored to be included in this group of winners.” The winner’s profile for Angela Nielsen of One Lily can be found here.

“There’s been a sea of change among moms as they’ve come to realize that adding entrepreneurship to their lives brings exhilaration and immense gratification, not to mention supplemental—sometimes primary—income to their families in these dicey economic times,” says Rich Sloan, chief startupologist and co-founder of StartupNation.

The 2010 Leading Moms in Business ranking, conducted in collaboration with Ladies Who Launch and The National Association for Moms in Business, highlights some of the dominant trends, motivations and attributes among moms in business. They include:

• A likelihood to come up with innovative products and solutions to address the challenging maze of motherhood. It’s an environment that demands resourcefulness.
• Conscience-driven business, where “doing well” is just fine, but the real rush comes from doing good.
• The attraction of being your own boss looms large for moms wanting to take control they just can’t find in a day job.
• Sustainable solutions and responsible business practices are increasingly paramount.
• Making the most of social media for business benefit is seemingly a birthright for the socially adept moms.
• A great eye for providing attractive discounts, coupons, savings and value, all especially important to consumer moms of the recession era.

The full results of the 2010 Leading Moms in Business ranking are available on StartupNation’s website.

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About StartupNation
StartupNation provides over 175,000 pages of business advice and networking for entrepreneurs and serves millions of entrepreneurs annually. StartupNation is a free service founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs with the intention of providing a one-stop shop for entrepreneurial success, including blogs from a host of experts, podcasts, webcasts, eBooks such as Start Your Own Mom Business, award-winning step-by-step advice, and more.

StartupNation co-founders, Rich Sloan and Jeff Sloan, are two of the country’s leading small business experts. The Sloan brothers speak frequently at entrepreneurial forums and recently hosted a Public Television special helping people transform their passions into business opportunities. They are authors of StartupNation: Open for Business, published by Doubleday. The Sloan brothers are regularly quoted and featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News and many others.

About One Lily
One Lily is a full-service web and print design firm located in southern California that provides hosting, website maintenance, corporate identity packages, and resources for branding, copywriting, search optimization, and online marketing. For more information, visit www.onelily.com.

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For more information, press only:
For StartupNation, contact Rich Sloan via email at rich at StartupNation dot com or by phone at 248-430-1002.

For One Lily, contact Angela Nielsen at angela at onelily dot com or by phone at 760-434-0000.

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