When attorney-turned entrepreneur, Riche Holmes Grant, asked her aunt to make special beanies for her newborn daughter, Riley Claire, Riche had no idea that the phone call would mark the birth of her new business, BambiniWare™.
“The
beanies were just the beginning,” Riche says.
“Once I started thinking about all of the things that I wished I had as
a new mom, but couldn’t find because they didn’t exist or didn’t fit my mommy
style, there was no turning back. I
started creating the products myself. In
wee hours of the morning, when the entire house was sound asleep, I officially
added ‘designer’ to my resume. In the
mornings, Riley added ‘expert product tester’ and ‘model’ to hers.”
Although
Riche comes from a family of entrepreneurs, growing up, she never envisioned
becoming one herself until it actually happened. Heeding her grandfather’s last wish that she
take time off and figure out what she really wanted to do with her life after
graduating from Columbia Law School, Riche returned home to Maryland to explore
many of the things that she never had the time or courage to try. It was then that Riche discovered that
education, not law, was the area where she could make the most impact. In 2003, Riche founded Innovative Study
Techniques (IST), which offers expert test prep, tutoring, summer enrichment
and admissions consulting to students in grades 2-12. She is still licensed to practice law (but
only the fun stuff!) in New York and Maryland.
Riche
and her husband, Cedric, welcomed their daughter, Riley Claire, in 2012 and
their lives have been one exciting adventure after another ever since. Riche says that Riley, who she affectionately
refers to as her “boss,” encourages her daily to work harder, be smarter,
create more and dream bigger because she knows that there’s a little person
watching her every move.
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| Burpa Bib |
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| Burpa Collars |
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| Riche and daughter Riley, with a Burpa sleeve! |
