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Article: Go Goosie: mom develops customized photo flash cards and launches company to educate her son and keep photos intact.(Trends & Technology)(Jennifer Marchetti)(Goosie LLC )(Company overview)
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- PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities
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- September 1, 2007
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Like many new mothers, former marketing professional Jennifer Marchetti left her career after the birth of her first child, Zach, to become a stay-at-home mom. Marchetti, an advocate of creative childhood education, loved showing family photos to her son, but wasn't so fond of the rips, bite marks and general toddler damage inflicted on each image.
"I wondered if I could just customize flash cards with our photos on them. We had flash cards, but they had nothing to do with our personal lives," says Marchetti. She searched for a company that would perform this service for her, with no luck. So she decided to create the cards herself.
"I made a prototype ...