If you’re thinking of starting your own business this Autumn, listen to this interview I did with new freelance site Hire My Parents. Steve and I chat about how I got started, and I share some advice to help you start your own business.
The Mumpreneur Guide has received rave reviews from some of the top businesswomen in the country and I wanted to share some of them with you.
“I refused to compromise between career and family – both are so important to me and I was determined neither should suffer just because I wanted ‘to have it all’. This guide is a great starting place for new mums who would like to try juggling. It is definitely not the easy option but if it works for you then the results are well worth the effort.” Laura Tenison MBE, Founder & MD of JoJo Maman Bébé and mum to Toby & Ben
The “must-have” read for anyone considering setting up a business whilst combining the responsibility of raising a family. Don’t do anything until you have read this book … it could change your life.” Emma Wimhurst, Business Mentor and author of BOOM! 7 Disciplines to CONTROL, GROW and add IMPACT to your business
“We are seeing such an increase in the number of Mums starting and growing a business from home. It’s a way of working that keeps you on hand for the family whilst turning a skill/passion/hobby into a way of making a living. Becoming your own boss from the comfort of home is an experience that will fill your life with every day adventure – good on Antonia for publishing this Guide that will help Mums through the exciting times!” Emma Jones, Founder of Enterprise Nation, the home business website, and author of Spare Room Start Up – how to start a business from home
If you still haven’t ordered your copy of The Mumpreneur Guide then perhaps your answers to the following questions will make up your mind …?
Order your copy now and start making a difference to your life and the lives of your children.
If you want help to start your own business, or need to give your existing business a boost, visit www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk. Until 1 September, you can sign up for a FREE business basics e-course, ideal for every mum or dad who wants to learn about starting a business. Delivered to your desktop every few days it is a great way to learn how to start a successful enterprise and avoid pitfalls.
From 1 September, the site will be offering something even better – so sign up now and I’ll make sure you’re one of the first to know about it.
If you want help to start your own business, or need to give your existing business a boost, visit www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk. Until 1 September, you can sign up for a FREE business basics e-course, ideal for every mum or dad who wants to learn about starting a business. Delivered to your desktop every few days it is a great way to learn how to start a successful enterprise and avoid pitfalls.
From 1 September, the site will be offering something even better – so sign up now and I’ll make sure you’re one of the first to know about it.
If you want help to start your own business, or need to give your existing business a boost, visit www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk. Until 1 September, you can sign up for a FREE business basics e-course, ideal for every mum or dad who wants to learn about starting a business. Delivered to your desktop every few days it is a great way to learn how to start a successful enterprise and avoid pitfalls.
From 1 September, the site will be offering something even better – so sign up now and I’ll make sure you’re one of the first to know about it.
If you want help to start your own business, or need to give your existing business a boost, visit www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk. Until 1 September, you can sign up for a FREE business basics e-course, ideal for every mum or dad who wants to learn about starting a business. Delivered to your desktop every few days it is a great way to learn how to start a successful enterprise and avoid pitfalls.
From 1 September, the site will be offering something even better – so sign up now and I’ll make sure you’re one of the first to know about it.
Remote Employment has announced the launch of the Remote Worker Awards, to highlight how remote and home working benefits the environment and everyone’s quality of work life. The Remote Worker Awards is not just another business award – it is a life changing award! You could win:
The Remote Worker Awards comes at a time when thousands of people across the UK are faced with job losses or reduced hours. The awards aims to raise awareness for remote and home working as an alternate solution to redundancy and the traditional nine to five office routine. (more…)
If anyone knows how to juggle, Julia Hobsbawm does. As she says on her website, she is a mother, step-mother, wife, daughter, sister, sister-in-law, friend, cousin, niece, and businesswoman. The See-Saw is a guide to ‘inspire and reassure you that you can get your work-life balance on track.’
The book covers topics including flexibility, childcare, me-time, flexibility and guilt. It also looks at the ‘Dammy’, or stay at home dad: Julia’s partner Alaric has been taking this role for many years, allowing her to operate a busy full time business. It is up-to-date, written in the Summer of 2008.
Hobsbawm does her best to make The See-Saw applicable to people without children, featuring a few case studies, but basically it is a guide for parents to sorting out work life balance. The book has something of a flavour of privilege about it, despite including some people in ‘ordinary’ jobs there are many more high flying parents like Hobsbawm herself. More ordinary mums may be slightly irritated by the inclusion of Julia’s pals, Julia, a Rabbi, Antonia, a leader writer and ‘old friend’ Rosie Boycott in the space of a few pages.
Amusing cartoons and recipes break up the book. There is a good mix of views from men and women. It is easy to read – I managed to get through it quite quickly despite being 37 weeks pregnant, so in that way is ideal for time pressed parents. Overall it is a pleasant read, but you could probably get just the same tips by sitting round with a group of friends who are also juggling working parents.
The See-Saw (paperback) Published January 2009. 176 pages. ISBN: 978 1 84354 911 6. RRP: £6.99
If you want help to start your own business, or need to give your existing business a boost, visit www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk. It is a FREE business basics e-course, ideal for every mum or dad who wants to learn about starting a business. Delivered to your desktop every few days it is a great way to learn how to start a successful enterprise and avoid pitfalls.
Galia of www.chocchick.com says, “I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading the Mumpreneur Guide on Search Engine Optimisation. I worked in Internet marketing and thought the advice you offered was excellent. A lot of SEO is common sense and knowing your market, but many people still see it as a bit of a dark art! Your guide on SEO was very well explained, clear and easy to follow. It even reminded me of things I needed to sort out on my website (SEO, as you said, is indeed a continual process) and I found it extremely useful.”
If you want to know about SEO, business models, business finance and juggling work and family go to www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk
Over half of new mums would like to run their own business, and the number of mumpreneurs is growing daily. If you want to start your own home business, here are some pointers from Antonia Chitty, author of Family Friendly Working, to get you going:
Good luck with your new enterprise.