Borrow Her Husband? What a Great Idea!

I stopped by the Community Business Partnership's award luncheon for the best business plan for a new small business.

Julia Scrivens accepted first prize in the business plan contest for her new firm BorrowMyHusband.net.

Her business, which she started with her husband Anthony Scrivens, focuses on property owners, single parents and others who might need a handyman to fix a range of services such as garbage disposal replacement, ceiling fan repair, drywall or plumbing.

The concept for BorrowMyHusband started when a friend complained that her husband wasn’t getting to the fix-it tasks around the house and Julia Scrivens said “Borrow my husband!”

The partnership, a non-profit based in Springfield, Va., provides classes, technical and other assistance to small business owners with a focus on low-moderate income and disadvantaged individuals, including minorities, women and the disabled.