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Moms in Business
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5 Tips for Aspiring Mom Entrepreneurs to Turn Your Startup Dreams Into Reality
As a mom, your schedule tends to center around your kids more often than not. From school drop-offs and pickups to ballet recitals and lacrosse practices to checking homework and cooking dinner, it can feel as though you’ve lost some of your own interests and aspirations in the hectic shuffle of being a parent. And...
What Being a Mom and an Entrepreneur Has Taught Me
Motherhood and entrepreneurship have been a rollercoaster 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 myself, how to be compassionate, and to see the beauty in all the lessons life has to offer, especially the hard...
The Heat is On: Summer Scheduling
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us which means Summer Is Here. Summer is difficult for many parents in small business. Schools let out, Camps are pricey, Babysitters take vacations, Schedules change, and well, let’s face it - we want to be outside sharing time with our kids (myself included). On the flip side, the 2nd...
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 do realize that you are on the StartUpNation site, but I really want to call your attention to this unique...
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 shifts every day. Dorsey works 8 hours for Twitter and then 8 hours for Square (his latest startup in mobile...
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 weeks with back to school, diving into a full schedule, and trying to remain calm, cool, and collected. Some days,...
Mom tips for staying organized and ahead of the game
Our ally, Victoria Colligan of LadiesWhoLaunch has been a huge supporter and advocate for our Leading Moms in Business competition. She and her team created considerable awareness among the LadiesWhoLaunch community about the competition and many of her members ended up being named winners. Victoria, ever committed to the success of moms, provided us with this...
Woohoo! for Leading Moms featured on ABC News
So excited to share that the 2009 Leading Moms in Business are catching the attention of major media! ABC News's Tory Johnson just ran a feature on the winner of the 2009 StartupNation Leading Moms in Business Competition. See the video... The competition was sponsored by VerticalResponse, a leading email marketing company that we use here...
Can Trendsetting = Cash in Today’s Marketplace?
Among the constant influx of bad news I came across an article from Forbes singing the praises of emerging designers. While this article talks mainly about fashion designers, I believe it can translate to other industries as well. The bottom line is that retailers are looking for new ideas to excite and motivate their customers...
EDI, UPC, and SSCC –OH MY! (Working with the Big Boys, Part II)
Once you land an account with a large retailer you’ll soon be setting sail into a sea of acronyms and numbers that could make any sane person’s head spin. Fear not! Let me take you step-by-step through the process of developing your UPC numbers, registering your barcodes with the retailer, and becoming EDI compliant. Let’s...
Working with the Big Boys
Landing a large account can be an exhilarating experience for a young company and you can’t help but daydream about the possibility of “overnight success”. Just around the corner... redemption for all those long hours spent fine-tuning your product, reciting your elevator pitch in the mirror, and packing orders until 2am. While getting an initial...
Lessons Learned from the First Day of Kindergarten
Yesterday was a tough day for many Moms- myself included. The baby boy that inspired the birth of my company, Glamajama, isn't such a baby anymore. He started Kindergarten at a new school with no friends at his side, a teacher he's never met, and all kinds of new rules and procedures he'd have to...
Did I Just Tell a Big Box Retailer No?
Sounds a little unbelievable, but yeah- I did. I won’t name names, but I can tell you that this big box retailer has everything for ‘US Moms. It all started exactly a year ago at a tradeshow in Vegas. Their buyer walked by my booth, smiled, and took off in a flash. I was writing...
Tips for Surviving the Fashion Biz
My children’s clothing line, Glamajama, has been in business for almost five years now. Throughout those years I’ve seen quite a few designers come and go. One thing that I have learned is that it takes more than just having a great product to make a company successful. There are tons of great products out...
Mommy CEO – Is it Possible?
Six months into launching Glamajama I was driving home from a playgroup with my nine month old son. I caught Dr. Laura on talk radio telling some frazzled work-at-home Mom that there was no way she could be both a full-time Mom and a successful Entrepreneur. Her argument was simple, one would suffer and all...
Beyond the Launch…feedback from Heather
I've received some great feedback and questions from readers after my initial post. Several of them gave specific information about their business successes and dilemmas. In the true sense of community, I wanted to share those responses and my suggestions for getting over those hurdles. I am creating a "Beyond the Launch" series that will be generated solely...