Vote for Angela Nielsen to be named one of the top 200 Moms in Business from StartupNation!
Contest Bio…
Angela is the wife of a United States Marine. Knowing that his career moves their family all over the country every few years, she wanted a business she could run from home, and in 2000 decided to begin her own little web shop. She is a natural designer and loves color, but 10 years ago could barely check email. She taught herself everything she knows about web and graphic design.
In 2003 she started her family, and now has 4 children. Her son Damian is 7, daughter Kadence 5, daughter Bianca 3 and her “baby” Addison is 2. She kept all her children home with her until they were 1 and walking, then sent them off to daycare to socialize with others.
Her business has taken off and she now has an office for her staff of 5, but still works from home 3-4 days per week so she can enjoy her children. Her company has grown to include over 200 existing clients, having built over 400 websites.
Her company produces corporate identity packages, website development, blog services and training, print collateral, product packaging and more. In addition to her main company Angela has also partnered with others and has created three additional divisions of One Lily; Zenith Creative Group, Silver Fern Web Design and Jarupa. Angela is a guest expert on teleclasses and has been interviewed for both radio and print on numerous occasions.
Angela is active in her local BNI Chapter (currently serving on the Membership Committee as well as being the Education Coordinator and Event Coordinator), she is also active in her local Chamber of Commerce. She also helped create the PTO (and served as President) at the Montessori school her children used to attend.
Angela has won over 30 awards for her design work, including Site of the Month in January 2004, Webmaster of the Year 2004-05, VIP Woman of the Year from the National Association of Professional Women 2009, Silver Davey Award in 2009, Hermes Award in 2010 and was a Finalist for an American Business Award from the Stevie Awards in 2010.
Competition ends in October – so vote often!
