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New York, NY (March 11, 2008) ? Every day women around the country launch thriving businesses based upon what they know are the critical needs and practical solutions. Working Mother magazine?s 2008 Best Women-Owned Companies and Top Entrepreneur Moms go a step further. These business leaders know how to successfully manage a business and at the same time champion family-friendly policies and the advancement of female employees.

According to a recent American Express/Count Me In survey, 65 percent of female entrepreneurs building million-dollar businesses are also mothers. These working moms know the importance of keeping not only their employees happy, but their employee?s families as well.

?It is amazing to see the types of benefits that the winning companies offer to working moms and their families,? says Working Mother Editor-in-Chief Suzanne Riss. ?Our winning business owners and entrepreneur moms have learned how to create a mom-friendly culture to attract and retain great talent no matter what the size of their companies. We hope that more and more companies, both small and large, will follow the in their footsteps.?

These rule-breakers launched innovative, family-friendly companies and did it on their own terms:

• At BTW informing change, all seven of the firm?s top leaders have kids, which may be the reason the company offers generous paid time off: ten sick days and 20 to 28 vacation days.
• Julie Kampf, CEO of JBK Associates, is a frequent lecturer on women?s career development and she makes it a priority to support her staffs? quest for advancement by introducing them to her wide business network and mentoring working moms.
• Clockwork Active Media Systems knows how to combine work and play with family ?happy hours? that feature everything from barbeques to bike rides.

"As an entrepreneur mom myself, I know the dedication it takes to keep your focus on business, the needs of employees, and the joys and requirements of your own family,? said Carol Evans, CEO and President of Working Mother Media. "Our winners have been very nimble and creative in building policies for their employees, and have customized benefits and schedules to support the talent that keeps their business going strong. At the same time, our Entrepreneur Moms want to be the very best moms they can be. I am so proud of how our winners are changing the culture of America--one business venture at a time."

The 2008 Working Mother Best Women-Owned Companies:

• Associated Speech & Language Specialists (St. Paul, MN)
• Big Dog Taekwon-Do (Grand Rapids, MI)
• BTW informing change (Berkeley, CA)
• Buttoned Up (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Cheryl F. Callahan, DDS (Rockville, MD)
• Clockwork Active Media Systems (Minneapolis, MN)
• Corecubed (Louisville, KY)
• Crawford Ellenbogen (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Defywire (Reston, VA)
• Employmoms (Hanover, NH)
• Green Frog Art (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida)
• JBK Associates (Englewood, New Jersey)
• The Judgment Group (Stevensville, Maryland)
• The Loopy Ewe (St. Louis, MO)
• North Gwinnett Dental Care (Sugar Hill, GA)
• Office Remedies (Herndon, VA)
• SeekingSitters Franchise System (Tulsa, OK)
• Something Fabulous (Somersby, New South Wales)
• Spire Associates (San Francisco, CA)
• StoreyManseau (Concord, NH)
• Vantaggio HR (Aliso Viejo, CA)
• VMS (Indianapolis, IN)
• Welcome Committee (Mooresville, NC)
• Worldwide Clinical Research (Overland Park, Kansas)
• Zainer Rinehart Clarke (Santa Rosa, CA)

The 2008 Working Mother Entrepreneur Mom Awards:

• Tess Coody-Anders, Co-Founder, Guerra DeBerry Coody (San Antonio, TX)
• Linda Byerline, Founder, Happy Heiny?s (El Cajon, CA)
• Sarah Stevens, Founder, Stevens Technologies Inc. (Charlotte, NC)

For full profiles of our winning companies please go to www.workingmother.com.

Methodology: Independent, women-owned firms with five to 100 employees are eligible to apply. This year?s winners were chosen for their flexible schedules, creative family-friendly benefits and dedication to their communities. Winning companies also support the advancement of female employees. The Entrepreneur Mom Award winners embody that same spirit, leading innovative firms that champion work/life balance.

To find out more about the Working Mother Best Women-Owned Companies, please visit www.workingmother.com.

About Working Mother Media
\r\nFounded in 1979, Working Mother magazine reaches 2 million readers and is the only national magazine for career-committed mothers. Its 22-year signature initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America. Working Mother is published by Working Mother Media, which was founded in 2001. WMM includes the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), Diversity Best Practices, the WorkLife Congress, the Multicultural Women?s Conference and Town Halls. Working Mother Media?s mission is to champion culture change.

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