Archive for the 'Mompreneurs' Category

Here’s how one work at home mom is coping with the rising gas prices… increased coupon use among other things. How about you?
From KCCI Des Moines
Nora:  I am a work-at-home mom, my husband is a trucker (he drives for one of the major trucking companies so he does not have to pay for the fuel)…….yes, [...]

No, not the Mel Gibson movie this time. This is an article about women who are entrepreneurs by a business start up consulting firm. It’s a bit of a sales pitch towards the end but had some good information on “Mompreneur” trends.
Here’s a quote they relay from the Small Business Administration that gives you the [...]

From Dane’s Blog
Vancouver Sun:
What does a mother do if she wants to stay home with her children as much as possible, but continue working the hours that accommodate those needs?
She could seek out an enlightened employer who allows her to work from her home office. Or at least find one that provides flexible hours.
Or, as [...]

From Dane’s Blog

The Wall Street Journal:

Lots of employers would like to be able to hire cheap, temporary teams of seasoned pros with experience managing $2 billion investment portfolios, running ad campaigns or earning Ph.D.s in neuroscience.
But few know the secret to finding temps of that caliber: Look on playgrounds and at PTA meetings.
The decision among [...]

Entrepreneur: via Dane’s blog
Here’s some inspiration for you “mompreneur’s” out there.
After 15 years as a flight attendant for United Airlines, Denise Bein was offered a five-year leave of absence following 9/11. In that time, Bein raised her children and began to toy with a new kind of handy bag for the kitchen.
In fact, QuickSeals started [...]

100 Women Who Care chapters sound like a great way for women entrepreneurs to get together locally in a context where they can not only network but also help the community.
Just a thought.

An open Letter from
Karen F. Dunigan
100(+) Women Who Care Founder
It started with Baby Beds. Who would have ever thought that a group [...]

In a town ravaged by AIDs, widows, single moms, and needy moms unite in a microenterprise to survive. Several years into the project they find themselves thriving.
Their product? Recycling plastic grocery bags into pocketbooks.
From WORLD
The bags: colorful crocheted pocketbooks fashioned from recycled plastic grocery bags. Half of the revenue from each pocketbook goes to its [...]

Sitagita.com is the Website For Indian Women Working From Home
Here’s the creator’s bio: Ms. Nirmal Mirza CEO. From a background of twenty successful years in textiles and home furnishing exports, Ms.Mirza took on the reigns of sitagita.com and has succeeded in making it India’s number one women’s portal.
Her favorite quote “See how you [...]

Richmond.com – Local work-at-home mom Tracy Ebert will join thousands Feb. 12 in international observance of Doing Business in Your Bathrobe Day.
Terry Ebert is a home based “virtual travel agent” and has been doing it for quite some time.
Click through to read her story.
Image courtesy Richmond.com

This young mother of two is an enterprising mompreneur and even a member of the Iowa National Guard. She’s launching her business as she finishes a business degree. Best wishes from the Work At Home Blog!
From Zwire
She started her home business two years ago with a wedding and event planning service, but with two small [...]