- Mike Gatten
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Michael Gatten Born July 15, 1965
San Luis Obispo, California, United StatesResidence Rio Rancho, New Mexico, U.S Nationality American Occupation Inventor of the Miracle Blanket Religion Christian Spouse Mindi Gatten Children Chandler, Taylor and Jake Parents Martha R. and Bill J. Gatten Website [1] Mike Gatten (born July 15, 1965) is an American entrepreneur and inventor[1] of the Miracle Blanket[2] which is a comfortable stretchy blanket designed to help babies sleep comfortably. Before inventing the Miracle Blanket, Mike worked for a few different companies and was invested in some very lucrative business ventures. He then founded AMB Enterprises in 2003 to manufacture, sell and distribute the Miracle Blanket. "AMB" stood for "Amazing Miracle Blanket". And in 2009, he launched Miracle Fulfillment, LLC to distribute Miracle Industries, LLC[3] products as well as shipping, distribution and fulfillment for national companies large and small. Along with having a successful career, Mike is also the executive producer and drummer for the popular New Mexico band, Chasing Disaster[4], which released its first album in January 2011. Chasing Disaster was nominated by New Mexico Music Awards in the “Main Stream Rock” category for its album "Bullet for a Rose"[5]. Mike is also a sculpture of life-sized, whimsical, mixed media sculptures sold in a prominent gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Mike, his wife Mindi and three children currently reside in Rio Rancho, NM.
Miracle Blanket
Gatten designed the Miracle Blanket and tested and researched the blanket over a year before he set up distribution channels to make his product available to the public in late 2002. The Miracle Blanket has proven to be a solid product and has won numerous awards such as the iParenting Media “Hot Product”[6], Fussy Baby Approved “Top Colic Product”[7], the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval(NAPPA)[8] and the Moms Best Awards Outstanding Product[9] just to name a few. His Miracle Blanket was even aired on two television shows, "A Baby Story" and "Bringing Home Baby", in 2005 and 2006 on the TLC network[10]. He has sold over a million miracle blankets to date.
References
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1053667-2,00.html
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5McDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=Men's+Wealth-Get+in+on+the+ground+floor&source=bl&ots=anbThoSho-&sig=1mAAoVnEhoRxPy1S0X60AFeg5ro&hl=en&ei=dwXUTerBM6PciALmu-GrBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ http://www.cbs8.com/story/13405099/5-essential-swaddling-truths-every-new-parent-should-know?clienttype=printable&redirected=true
- ^ http://www.abqjournal.com/cgi-bin/decision.pl?attempted=www.abqjournal.com/venue/1191510893venue02-11-11.htm
- ^ http://www.newmexicomusicawards.com/categories.html
- ^ http://iparentingmediaawards.com/winners/8/4390-13-55.php
- ^ http://www.thefussybabysite.com/coping/top-products-for-colic
- ^ http://tnpc.com/search/tnpclist.asp
- ^ http://www.momsbestaward.com/outstanding11/miracleblanket.htm
- ^ http://tlc.discovery.com/
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