SCORE WESTCHESTER

FOXGLOVES owners, Harriet Zbidowski and Chance O’Connor, presented their success story giving credit to SCORE, at a recent free seminar given bi-annually at the White Plains Public Library. The topic of the seminar was “How to Start and Operate a Small Business.” Harriet is the designer and founder of Foxgloves, a unique gardening glove. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s degree in Architecture from Cornell University. Gardening was a favorite avocation of hers since she was a child. After being a professional horticulturist, she created the special gardening glove under the aegis of the company Foxgloves. She recently was featured in leading gardening magazines all of the country. This year Foxgloves anticipates sales of over 80,000 pairs of gloves. Her partner, Chance O’Connor, who graduated from Manhattan College with a B.S. in Business Administration, has a background as a sales representative, sales manager and TV commercial producer. After testing a prototype of Foxgloves gardening glove, he volunteered his services and financial aid to help the company get started. Today he is a full partner who oversees sales and marketing. To help grow their business, Harriett and Chance sought out SCORE for help. They received new ideas and insights on how to market the gardening glove. Today their business is flourishing. They were delighted to relate their success story at the recent SCORE seminar.