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STEVIE™ AWARDS FOR WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS NAMES TAMMIE
AARON-BARRADA, PRESIDENT &
CEO OF AARON BARRADA, INC
FINALIST IN 2004
COMPETITION.
The Stevies™ will be
presented on October 22 in
New York City. PITTSBURGH,
PA‚ AARON BARRADA, INC. of
Ruffs Dale was named a
finalist today in the “BEST
NEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR”
category for the patented
portable toilet training
system, PottieStickers in
The 2004 Stevie Awards for
Women Entrepreneurs.
The Stevie Awards for Women
Entrepreneurs,
www.stevieawards/women
is a new national awards
competition recognizing the
accomplishments of women
small business owners in the
United States. The awards
are produced by the creators
of the prestigious American
Business Awards, hailed as,
the business world’s own
Oscars‚ by the New York Post
(September 22, 2002).
Winners will be announced on
Friday, October 22 at the
Marriott Marquis in New York
City‚ at Times Square. The
master of ceremonies will be
Bill Rancic, spokesperson
for Advanta, which is
sponsoring the awards and
winner of the hit television
show, The Apprentice.
National nominations from
small companies in virtually
every industry were
submitted for consideration
in 18 categories, including
Best Entrepreneur, Best
Young Entrepreneur, Best New
Product of the Year and
Mentor of the Year. After
months of judging, Aaron-Barrada,
Inc. was named as a finalist
in the category for BEST NEW
PRODUCT OF THE YEAR for
their innovative solution to
today‚ the
family-on-the-go-lifestyle
for consistent portable
toilet training called
PottieStickers.
Aaron Barrada, Inc. is a
company focused on the
development and marketing of
children‚ educational
products dedicated to
helping children learn new
tasks in a manner that
promotes independence and
enhances self-esteem. They
are committed to developing
high quality products at
reasonable prices with the
goal of educating and
empowering children. The
company introduced
PottieStickers, a new
patented creative
toilet-training system that
offers portability,
structure and success in
March 2004 to assist parents
in providing day-to-day
consistency throughout
toilet training.
PottieStickers stresses
positive reinforcement,
imagination development and
motivates the child in the
toilet-training process in
less time and with less
hassle. The product comes in
a variety of 12 assorted
designs with 3 different
design sets per package and
is designed to be user
friendly and flexible.
Through the creative design
concept, No Wrong Way‚
PottieStickers builds a
child’s self-esteem and
creates pride. Children
place the PottieStickers in
any direction onto a
portable foldout scene
creating a picture and will
always be correct. Parents
are encouraged to visit the
company’s web site located
at
http://www.PottieStickers.com
to print over 30 free Reward
Certificates to give the
child throughout toilet
training.
Tammie Aaron-Barrada was
also honored as a 2003
WriteIdea business plan
competition winner. Open to
women start-up businesses or
businesses in operation for
less than one year in select
Pennsylvania counties, the
competition is administered
by Seton Hill University’s
National Education Center
for Women in Business.
“This is a great honor,”
said Aaron-Barrada. “Just to
be a finalist among the
caliber of women
entrepreneurs is humbling. I
invented PottieStickers to
assist my children who were
frustrated with mainstream
toilet training methods. The
kids loved it and the
product took off. I am
especially proud that 10% of
every sale goes to aid
cancer research, a cause
that is special to my
family.”
Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB;
ADVNA) is the exclusive
sponsor of The 2004 Stevie
Awards for Women
Entrepreneurs, and has been
committed to supporting the
success of women in business
for over 50 years. Founded
as Teacher’s Service
Organization, originally
providing needs-based loans
to teachers, mostly women,
at a time when banks often
did not, Advanta is now one
of the nation’s largest
issuers of MasterCard
business credit cards to
America’s small businesses
through its subsidiary
Advanta Bank Corp.
The Finalists for the
first-ever Stevie Awards for
Women Entrepreneurs comprise
the most dynamic women in
business today. These
entrepreneurs have
accomplished innovative and
extraordinary things while
building their businesses
said Dennis Alter, chairman
and CEO of Advanta. “We
congratulate all of them on
their achievement.”
The Stevie Awards for Women
Entrepreneurs are governed
by a board of Distinguished
Judges & Advisors that
features many leading women
entrepreneurs and figures in
American business, including
Carrie Fitzmaurice,
publisher for Entrepreneur
Media Inc.; Dr. Lisa Krinsky,
chairman & president for
SFBC International; and Dr.
Betty Spence, president of
The National Association for
Female Executives.
R. S. Owens, the same
company that makes the Oscar
and the Emmy, designed the
elegant Stevie trophy.
Details about The Stevie
Awards for Women
Entrepreneurs and the full
list of Finalists are
available at
http://www.stevieawards.com/women.
About
Aaron-Barrada, Inc.
Aaron
Barrada, Inc., is dedicated
to educating and empowering
our children by developing
products that help children
learn new tasks in a manner
that promotes independence
and enhances self-esteem
while we help make life
easier for mothers and
childcare-givers. Their
commitment to this mission
means developing quality
products at reasonable
prices with the goal of
educating and empowering our
children, the leaders of
tomorrow. |
