About the Creator: Jackie Raimondi
I’m Jackie, a “mompreneur”, as many call me. This is because I have created a business that I now run for the majority from my home, with my two little office assistants ages 3 and 5. I am an Air Force wife, a praise and worship leader, singer, dancer, and now an inventor and president of a growing business. The many roles I play in life weave quite a pretty tapestry!
Born in Atlanta GA, I grew up mostly near Stone Mountain GA and completed my psychology degree at Valdosta State University in Valdosta GA. My husband Ken is a radio and television broadcaster in the US Air Force. We have been stationed in south Georgia, Boston MA, Seoul S. Korea, and now San Antonio TX. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter and watch me in my journey with BinkiBear!
About BinkiBear, LLC: the company
~ BinkiBear, LLC incorporated in 2009 in San Antonio TX almost 2 years after the first BinkiBear, then called Pacibear, was sold.
~ BinkiBear is headquartered in San Antonio TX.
~ BinkiBear strives to be green by using the best “green” materials for product, packaging and using digital bookkeeping.
~ BinkiBear produces its products with the highest safety standards.
~ In order to provide you with the best for your baby, BinkiBear has put much research into the development of BinkiBear, seeking out the approval of not only parents, but pediatricians, the La Leche League, and child development experts, and organizations like Zero to Three and POPSICLE.
a little more about us….
BinkiBear is made up of me, Jackie, my husband Ken, and my parents Mike and Yvonne Clark. While I personally take on the bulk of the business, this partnership is a priceless web of support on which BinkiBear’s success rests! Of course the support of the family around us like my grandma Betty Dotson, Ken’s grandma “Nan” Kling, my sisters, and the friends who have rallied together such encouraging support is so greatly appreciated. There are a few particular friends who have become like family and supported BinkiBear through encouragement, working for free assembling bears, attending tradeshows/expos and selling BinkiBear. And many more have supported us through prayers, buying BinkiBear for friends, and sharing the product with anyone and everyone.
It’s A Family Partnership….about Mike and Yvonne Clark
Mike and Yvonne Clark have quite a background of education and experience, and their wealth of knowledge would be a benefit to anyone to joined into a business adventure with them. For me however, the blessing is two-fold, as I gain the wisdom necessary to make BinkiBear a success, and the opportunity to work alongside my Mom and Dad. Building a business on a family foundation is not a new concept. In fact, when you trace back the steps of most major corporations, you can see the humble beginnings of a small family-owned business. I personally admire the journeys of those big business that were built on such a basis, like that of Chick-Fil-A® creator Truett Cathy for instance. I admire the small but fruitful business of my husband’s grandma, Nan, who ran several small business in her life, the last being a dog grooming business that she ran for over 25 years by herself. The world is full of families who make a living working beside each other, and I am proud to join that group!
We of course most of all appreciate our extended family, our customers. Thank you for your support of BinkiBear and choosing to add BinkiBear to your parenting battle plan!
For interviews or special event booking with Jackie Raimondi, please email your request to jackie@binkibear.com.Thank you!
