Archive for the 'Mompreneurs' Category

Here’s another story about a mom balancing work and family life… even with triplets. Careful planning and attention to the business before the babies came made the transition to triplets “doable”.
From the Boston Globe:
Mary Beth Stevenson always assumed she would remain a full-time professional even after having children. Doug, her husband-to-be then, on the other […]

This mom works for a financial advisory firm. I’m not sure in what capacity, but it’s nice to see work at home moms branching out from the old standby occupations.

Elizabeth Dibiasi is a mom, a wife, and works for a financial advisory firm – and she can get her work done from her couch.
DeBiasi says […]

From KETV Omaha
She was living a fashion designer’s dream life, creating new lines of clothing for Adidas sportswear.
Denise Ervin traveled the world, and lived in Los Angeles. But the former Omaha costume designer felt that something was missing.
It started with a business trip to China. Ervin was touched by a documentary about orphanages in […]

Using social networking sites like Meetup.com, home based working moms are uniting to encourage each other, get more business and give themselves a dose of relaxation for themselves and their little ones in the mean time.
From SPTimes.com
Lynne Oliver, 34, is a stay-at-home mother of three who juggles the responsibilities of family life with the demands of […]

Instead of title’s, opportunities to advance up the corporate ladder, or even salary, flexibility, work life balance and the ability - if only as needed - to work at home with a sick child are the new criteria for mom’s in the workplace.
From the Syracuse Post Standard
When Lisa Evans, of Manlius, returned to the workforce […]

Want to stay at home but need to get back into the workforce? Here’s a new resource.
From Loudon Connection
When Kelly McLaughlan decided she wanted to get back into the work force she tried a lot of different things, but nothing seemed to be the proper fit. With four kids, the South Riding resident wanted […]

From JSOnline.com
All That and Then Some Inc., a network of more than 100 women entrepreneurs with their own home-based businesses, has launched a number of invitation-only parties and vendor shows in which their businesses host private shopping events.
More than 10 million home-based businesses exist in the United States, and a majority of people moving to […]

From the Urbana News Gazette
In the past four or so years, the media have reported that sewing, particularly among Generation X’ers and younger craftsters, has become the new knitting. Sewing machines and patterns are “flying off the shelves,” due in part to the popularity of television shows such as “Project Runway.”
Urbana resident Nora Miller, who […]

From the Honolulu Star Bulletin and www.GetCoachedforFree.com.
Martha Barletta, author of Marketing to Women, points out that men prefer to occupy a pyramid, whereas women prefer to occupy a peer group. That’s why online social-networking groups like MySpace, Ryze and eCademy are growing in popularity with women; bringing the businesswomen who participate in these groups more […]

If you’re near St. Petersburg, FL, you may be interested in a group of non competitive home businesses that meet to support one another. It’s called the Home Business Women’s Network.
The Home Business Women’s Network (HBWN) was founded by Virginia Burns, R.N., of Sarasota, FL, in August of 2006 as an alternative venue for women […]