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Google is an amazing place. We find all sorts of worthy things to do and read about everyday with every search we make. We stumbled across a website called Start Up Nation. It's another amazing place for women, working moms, to network and participate in challenging business activities. The Mouse Hand Warmer's page on Start Up Nation tells our story, what IGMproducts.com is all about and how we are making the best of our first six months in business.

To read more about our bio, comments and business information, please click here to visit the IGMproducts.com Start Up Nation home page.

If it wasnt' for the Mouse Hand Warmer invention last Fall, we'd still be sitting here trying to figure out what we want to do everyday. It's like serendipity. Everything just came together nicely and easily. We had an idea from personal experience and need, we communicated with people in the technology and medical fields, and we decided our future would include designing, producing and marketing computer aid products to help people stay warm while they are working at the computer using a mouse and keyboard.

Here's our story as shown on the IGMproducts.com Start Up Nation home page:

IGMproducts.com specializes in warm computer gadgets for people who suffer with cold hands when they are using the computer. I suffer with cold hands. So, after 15 years of operating an ecommerce business with cold hands, I decided to address the cold mouse hand problem and invented the one & only Mouse Hand Warmer® blanket pouch.

The Mouse Hand Warmer® is made in America, and it's energy efficient. It uses no electricity and is made of a warm, soft fleece fabric to cover and keep your computer mouse hand warm. The Mouse Hand Warmer® was introduced to the market in October 2008. Because the Mouse Hand Warmer® was a novel idea, it received much press and support from the Technology Industry.

Here's the link to the Press Page - http://igmproducts.com/info_pages.php/pages_id/6/press

A few months into the startup process we were approached by a writer who suggested I add multi-functionality to the Mouse Hand Warmer® by creating additional warming computer gadgets and making them available on the website. In January 2009, I launched "ValueRays®" heated computer gadgets. The ValueRays® products are currently being manufactured and will be made available online at IGMproducts.com by mid-March. Now, we promote the use of USB heated gadgets to use with the Mouse Hand Warmer® -- a heated computer mouse, a heated mouse pad and a heated keyboard wrist pad.

The heated mouse and heated mouse pad fit nicely inside the Mouse Hand Warmer® blanket, and it creates the perfect mouse hand environment. We call the Mouse Hand Warmer trio a Designer Mouse House!

In addition to selling products, we work closely with different non-profit groups who find our products useful. We fund raise for the American Cancer Society and network within the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). April is Occupational Therapy Month, and we are celebrating with AOTA to make OT known throughout the world.

We also maintain a good relationship with groups whose members suffer with cold hand symptoms: Raynaud's Association, Arthritis Association and Diabetes Association. We give free advertising to these groups and encourage our customers to join their public forums for help and support.

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After many years in business, it's encouraging to know there's a place dedicated to the strong women who work hard to support the economy. My hat goes off to all women who own and operate a business. It's an honor to be a part of this group.

Anna Miller, President
i-GlobalMall.com, Inc.