Mompreneur Archives

What Being a Mom and an Entrepreneur Has Taught Me

Motherhood and entrepreneurship have been a roller coaster of ups and downs. Being a mom has been the greatest asset in helping me grow as an entrepreneur. It has taught me to have grace for...

byLeslie Lee

May 10, 2020

How This Mom’s Ever-Growing Laundry Pile Inspired a Business

Any parent of young children can relate to the constant struggle of staying on top of laundry. Angelyn Myers, founder of My "Buddy" Towel, is no different. The mom of six was especially frustrated when...

byNav

December 15, 2018

How This Entrepreneur Started a Business to Help New Parents

Nicole Johnson is the president and owner of The Baby Sleep Site, a resource for new parents who are trying to help their babies, toddlers and preschoolers sleep better. The company provides assistance with issues...

byNav

October 23, 2018

How to Build a Compelling Narrative for Your Startup

The following is excerpted from "Regulatory Hacking: A Playbook for Startups" by Evan Burfield with J.D. Harrison with permission of Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright...

byEvan Burfield

July 10, 2018

StartupNation Celebrates Mompreneurs: Today is Your Day!

While we honor moms at StartupNation every day, today's episode of StartupNation Radio pays tribute to mompreneurs (those are moms who are also entrepreneurs). Join Jeff Sloan and his three guests to learn how you...

byStartupNation

May 14, 2017

Leading Moms in Business: What a collective!

I was planning on a different topic for this week, and then I had a change of heart. This week marked the beginning of the 3rd annual StartUpNation Leading Moms in Biz Competition. Yes, I...

byRachel Blaufeld

February 3, 2012

To Automate this Season or Not?

As always, I never sugar coat my blog posts, so I am not going to start today. I promised a backstage pass to my adventure, and that is what you get all the time. Not...

byRachel Blaufeld

December 16, 2011

5 Ways to Lighten Holiday Season Stress

December is here. Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday are all behind us. My inbox is jammed with sales and specials from Vista Print to Saks Fifth Avenue and everything in between. ...

byRachel Blaufeld

December 2, 2011

The Business of MOM and Entrepreneur

This week an article on CNN Money about Jack Dorsey caught my eye, and I could not help but to be fascinated with it. Jack Dorsey, Twitter Co-founder and CEO of Square, works TWO 8-hour...

byRachel Blaufeld

November 15, 2011

Growing A Biz & Kids, Part 1

A few weeks ago, I wrote about moms and dads everywhere being ecstatic over Back to School. For mom and dad business owners, Back to School signifies schedule, routine, and hopefully, high productivity. However, Back...

byRachel Blaufeld

September 28, 2011

AVOID a fast relationship with my inbox!

Last week I attended a business professionals networking event in my hometown. The event was extremely well attended and actually turned out to be a lot of fun (I am not saying this just because...

byRachel Blaufeld

September 20, 2011

Sleep = Productivity

Over the last few weeks on my own blog, I have covered topics ranging from stress busters to back to school to linked in for moms to past mishaps. It has been a busy few...

byRachel Blaufeld

September 15, 2011

Analytics & Quantity v. Quality

For better or worse, we live in a world full of numbers discussion. No matter where you go, someone is chatting about exact quantities and numbers. How many calories is that sandwich? How many RPM's...

byRachel Blaufeld

September 9, 2011

Small Business surprise in my week away

Hi there StartUpNation! I am back after one final tribute to summer last week. Where I live, school is back in session as of today, and I am glued to my desk and ready to...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 23, 2011

Where can I find ME time?

Last week, I wrote about ME time for the start-up biz person. Do you take it? Do you avoid it? Do you think that you do not have the time to take it? You get the...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 10, 2011

You simply cannot afford to NOT take “ME” time

This week, a fellow mompreneur tweeted me that I need to write a post on how mom entrepreneurs strategically find time for pampering (as in pedicures, facials, and some would say - exercise). As I am...

byRachel Blaufeld

August 2, 2011

Building Brand Loyalty

A few months ago, I wrote a post here at StartUpNation on what every mom/entrepreneur should have in her bag of tricks. This was a fun post for me to write because I carry a...

byRachel Blaufeld

July 15, 2011

Little Book of Twitter Etiquette

As a small business owner and mompreneur, no matter where I turn, I am bombarded with emails, webinars, seminars and blog posts on the importance of being on Twitter. Well, I am on Twitter -...

byRachel Blaufeld

July 7, 2011