PROFITS & PASSIONS: JANE POLLAK TURNS PASSION FOR DECORATING EGGS INTO TRIVING HOME-BASED BUSINESS

It's hard to tell what Jane Pollak enjoys more, creating her Ukrainian Easter egg masterpieces or helping people, much like herself, achieve small-business success.

"We all need to think like entrepreneurs," said Pollak, an artist, writer and motivational coach and speaker. Pollak turned her

It started when Pollak began teaching art classes at Westhill High School in Stamford and was looking for an interesting project for one of her classes in art foundations. A colleague showed her a project she had enjoyed with a class the previous year, decorating traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs.

Thirty years later Pollak has created a small "egg"mpire through her intricate designs and brilliant colors.

Her career took off in 1983 when she was invited to decorate one of her delicate eggs for the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll.

Her book, "Decorating Eggs: Exquisite Designs with Wax & Dye," published in 1996, is in its 6th edition, and jumped to number 12 on Amazon'ss top sellers list after her first appearance on NBCs "The Today Show."