When Evelyn Hannon decided at age 57 that she wanted to create an online travel guide, she had no market research and didn't know the difference between e-mail and a website. What Hannon had was a hunch: beyond the walls of her Toronto high-rise, she sensed a world of female wannabe adventurers eager for women's real-life travel information. "If you need to find a good doctor or a safe hotel, you ask the women," she says. "I wanted to begin a network around the world that would help each other to travel."
Her result is journeywoman.com an award-winning site...