Well it’s been an eventful month since my last post. I really will get better about posting more often! In fact, I’ll make that my new year’s resolution.

RealKidz has undergone some changes and made some strides forward. We’ve seen a slight change in the guard. I have hired Stephanie Milanowski to be our head designer. She’s amazingly talented, driven, creative, and I’m fortunate to have her on board. She’ll be taking over managing the production of the clothing from me, so we’re in the hand over process currently. It will be a huge relief to have the production in her capable hands and will enable me to focus more on funding the business and marketing the clothing line.

I’ve also hired Al Bacon of B2B CFO to function as my CFO on a part-time basis. His 25+ years of experience will provide a solid foundation for the management of our financials and will provide the voice of experience as a trusted advisor.

I’m still looking for a part-time administrative assistant, but have interviews lined up. It will be awesome to have some help with the day-to-day running of the business.

We’re so close to production, I can almost taste it!! We ended up changing our line from a fall/winter line to a spring/summer line so that pushed us back a few weeks. I’m really excited about our product though. It’s looking great and we’re just putting the finishing pieces in place to get production running.

As far as funding goes, we’re starting to get some interest from angel groups locally and in the Midwest. I’m hoping that my recent successes at some local elevator pitch competitions are good omens of things to come.

Finally, I’m continuing to balance the needs of family, school and a growing enterprise. It was a challenging week this past week with a sick kid and husband, a test due for my Corporate Governance class, competing in a Quick Pitch competition, interviewing admin candidates, and preparing the website for the launch of the upgraded version including the catalog where people can see pictures of the actual product!