Lately, I’ve been thinking “big.” At one level, my artistic vision is growing to require higher production values, more dancers, bigger arenas (literally—we’ll be performing in a stadium in India in December). There are also more opportunities and resources for larger companies. Growing may help us to become sustainable. I am thoroughly committed to expanding TLD, and this “incubator” has helped me articulate goals in this direction and clarify a strategy.

These are the amazing LADIES I met:

Ladies Who Launch

Bea Arthur is starting a members club for moms called “Me Time,” that is a fun solution to the isolation facing many new mothers.

Carrie Bell founded Madcapz (http://madcapz.net/), a company that manufactures and distributes colorful caps and visors. (They make great gifts!)

Stella Grizont envisions launching a space, tentatively called “Slide,” where grownups could have a fun experiential immersion in art and physical play.

Erica Jacobs is a jewelry designer and founder of Obsidian Jewels (www.obsidianjewels.com) One new interest is developing a line of “wellness” pieces.

Joanna Rodger is a dream baker working on recipes for a healthy cookie company. (Yum!)

Scosha Woolridge is a multi-talented artist who is a jewelry designer (www.scoshanyc.com), sculptor, animator and co-manager a studio/event space.

Nadia Stieglitz founded Mice at Play (http://themiceplay.blogspot.com/), a members club for women that hosts adventurous–even outrageous–events aimed at nurturing personal growth.

Janera Soerel, the group’s leader, is the founder of Janera (www.janera.com) an on-line magazine and social networking site for Global Nomads (for which I wrote a piece back in February about social kissing in The Netherlands: http://www.janera.com/janera_words.php?id=115)
An example of an attached audio file: