Draft:Sharon Rogone

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Sharon Rogone was born on August 8, 1942 in Los Angeles California.^[1][2] She was raised in the suburban part of California where she was described as a tomboy and a "nerd" during her childhood.^[1] Her plan during highschool was to become a registered nurse but took a different turn instead. After graduated highschool, Rogone was married immediately and only two years later, they started a family. She had three kids in total.^[1] Because of this event taking place, she had to postpone her career of being a nurse, and joining the medical field for many years to take care of her children.^[1] Sadly, Rogone divorced her now ex-husband and returned back to getting her education in order to pursue what she's been wanting to do.^[1] She went to college at San Bernardino Valley College where she earned her Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in 1976, and four years afterwards in 1980, her Registered Nurse (RN).^[2][3] Then after receiving her RN, she remarried to someone else. Even after earning both her LPN and RN, Rogone went on to study at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).^[4] After finishing her education, she went on to work at multiple neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in many different hospitals around the Southern California area. The two main hospitals that Rogone worked in the NICUs were St. Bernardine's Hospital, nowadays called St. Bernardine's Medical Center, as well as the San Bernardino County Hospital.^[2] From the many years of working at these hospitals, Rogone gained the experience that would lead to her inventions and the founding in her company, Small Beginnings Incorporation in 1997.^[5]

Rogone's career from being a registered nurse to now both an inventor and entrepreneur is from her achievements in neonatal care. After working at both St. Bernardine's Hospital and San Bernardino County Hospital, she believed that she could do more than just work in the NICUs, in which she did.^[4][6] In 1981, Rogone founded her small company at the time, Small Beginnings Inc. with only $3000 of her own money that she had.^[6] Her very first invention was called the Bill-Bonnet. A Bill-Bonnet is a soft cap designed to protect premature infants (preemies) eyes during the jaundice stage.^[4] Premature infants are babies that are born before the thirty-seven week pregnancy period which is three weeks earlier than the expected and normal forty weeks. This invention of the Bill-Bonnet led to many other creations of products such as the Cuddle Buns Diapers and the Bebeonker.^[5][6] To date, Rogone's company Small Beginnings Inc. has grown so much since 1997. The company now has over one million sales annually to medical suppliers around the entire world.^[6] Also, the sales are from a wide variety of products which include pillows, blankets, pacifiers, and many other care products for newborns.^[4] Her company has a platform that provides for other healthcare professionals to bring their innovations and ideas about neonatal care products to their so called market.^[4] Now on to Rogone's Achievements, she has a total of eight different patents, plus a numerous amount of trademarks from her inventions.^[1] Funfact, her inventions and patents were received by the Smithsonian Lemelson Center for the "Study of Invention(s) and Innovation(s)" in 2008.^[6] Because of all of this, in the Inland Empire Spirit, the Entrepreneur Awards, she was honored by them as a finalist earning a huge applaud and recognition from everyone that attended the awards ceremony.^[3] During the ceremony, she was awarded the Stevie Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Gold Medal which meant she was the best.^[3]