The Los Angeles - based company, founded by
former hair stylist Allison Webb and her brother Michael Landau, broke even on sales of $ 1 million in its first 10 months, according to a 2011 Inc. profile.
Later, when our second son was born, I worked part time a few days a week, relying on the help of the lovely young woman, a
former nanny who lived in our rental until and watched the boys in exchange for reduced rent while she went to school to become a
hair stylist, until I got a job that I could do at home, as the editor of a kids» newspaper.