Welcome to the Sew Much More Podcast! The interviews here are with creative business owners, mostly in the Custom Window Treatment, Soft Home Furnishings, and Upholstery industry, but also with others that are sewing related or business related.
Colleen
Mook is the owner and CEO of Baby Be
Hip, launched in 2002 after leaving her corporate career
to start her family. Baby Be Hip has been featured in
national parenting magazines and on Good Morning America, and
Colleen has appeared on various media, including The TODAY Show,
for her accomplishments in building a successful brand while
raising a family. She also won several small business awards,
including Make Mine a Million Dollar Business award, Lifetime Moms
Spark& Hustle award, and SCORE/Sam’s Club National Giving
Award. is She active in the Philadelphia business
community; a few years ago completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small
Business Program, and and is a regular host of the American Express
CEO Bootcamp.
Interestingly enough, these are not the most important thing
to Colleen, she is a small business enthusiast and a
passionate supporter of women entrepreneurs and young women in
general, she loves speaking with large and small groups about a
range of issues, from starting small businesses to work/life
balance to raising a child with special needs. And the thread that
runs through it all is that we all have the power to create the
lives we want, even when things aren’t easy.
An interview-style podcast with people in the Custom Window Treatment and Soft Home Furnishings industry. Ceil interviews business owners to find out their strengths, their challenges and advice they have for other business owners.