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In good company.(Smart Ideas)(Co-abode.com )(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
WHAT: Roommate service for single mothers
WHO: Carmel Sullivan of Co-abode.com
WHERE: Santa Monica, California
WHEN: Started in 2000
IN AN EFFORT TO TEMPER THE ISOLATION she felt after her divorce, Carmel Sullivan decided to find a roommate--preferably a single mother like herself--to share her home. But after realizing no services existed to help with her search, she placed her own ads, personally conducted interviews and eventually found her perfect match.
Realizing that the women she'd interviewed--but hadn't chosen-might find compatible roommates in each other, Sullivan decided to get them in touch with each other. The women were extremely grateful for the help, prompting Sullivan to make a business of helping single mothers. "It's really an idea [whose] time has come," says Sullivan, 45, who notes there are a staggering 14 million single mothers living in the United ...
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...one-time registration fee of $29.95, it helps bring together single mothers who want to share housing, said founder Carmel Sullivan, who started Co-abode after a successful experience in house-sharing with a single parent. It has 7,000 women registered...
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...support that normally comes from a second parent. "There are just so many ways that house sharing could help women," said Carmel Sullivan, Co-Abode's founder. Sullivan started the site three years ago when she found herself in a difficult and unfamiliar...
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