Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
You’ll need to act quick if you want to take advantage of the EARLYBIRD ticket offer for this year’s Business Mums Conference, which closes tomorrow on the 15th July. The conference takes place on Tuesday 5th October, in Brighton. After 15th ticket prices will be £57 but if you book by tomorrow you will get the [...]
Mum’s The Boss Hertfordshire launched in June and is run and hosted by mum of 2 Louisa Baker who also runs online giftstore Dyna-Girl. Louisa is helped and supported at MTB meetings by Emma, owner of BagsToDie4. What inspired you to start your own business I gave up my office job after having my first daughter. Once you have had [...]
Karen Woods is a busy mum of three. Having two children with severe nut allergies has inspired Karen and her husband Mike to establish Just Love Food Company, a company specialising in the production of delicious nut safe food. The company is launching this month with two children’s birthday cakes which are available in 200 [...]
Sally Hunter, author and illustrator of the popular Humphrey’s Corner books shares some insights into how the books started and her inspiration. What was the biggest challenge in the beginning? The early days were very difficult, I was a single parent, with two children and a new baby and struggling with a mountain of debt [...]
If you are looking for inspiration, and an example of how a business idea can just appear out of thin air, then look no further than Chrissi Sharkey, a 29 year old working textiles teacher & mum to 2 small children, from Oxford. Her business – aMillionJobsToDo… is a unique, national concept where you can suggest literally any task [...]
We are delighted to announce the launch of Mum’s The Boss Hertfordshire, which will be run and hosted by Louisa Baker who also runs online giftstore Dyna-Girl. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th June at the William Penn Leisure Centre, Rickmansworth, from 10.00-12.00. The launch will be an Open House for business mums to come along [...]
Guest blog post from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev - writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur. Last month I was inspired to write by a song by Tina Charles. This month I turn to one of the most famous working mums on the planet – Madonna. And no I’m not about to launch into a [...]
Footprint Bags are an ingenious product range created by two environmentally-aware young mums, Hanny and Claire. When Hepden Bridge in Yorkshire, near where they lived, decided to become a plastic bag free town this sparked an idea, and 3 years later a fabulous and practical product – the reusable shopping bag pack. I still get excited at [...]
Victoria Dixon is a mum of 2 and set up her business of Enhance Me when looking for something to do that allowed her to be at home with her 2 young children. She uses digital imaging software to alter pictures of your children to create a unique and individual portrait, something special to treasure forever. What [...]
This is the first in a series of articles about the Art of Blogging by the Queen of Blogging herself Natalie Lue. Natalie earns a living from blogging at Bambino Goodies & Nest Goodies , Style Bambino , Baggage Reclaim and Self Employed Mum 1. Add Value Write content that supports your offering and by [...]
We are delighted to announce that Mum’s The Boss has been nominated for the Best Business Support Award at the forthcoming Mumpreneur Conference & Awards. This is a genuine thrill as it is the first time we have ever been nominated for an award! Not only that, we are also pleased to be sponsoring the [...]
In this post our our blog PR expert Lesley Singleton suggests you look at the story behind you & your business to see if there is something newsworthy to say. As competition for space in newspapers and magazines is fierce, I’ve spoken before about the importance of thinking laterally when it comes to trying to [...]
Today’s blog post is from our resident Copywriting expert Sam Thewlis, who starts off with the basics of why you might need to hire a professional copywriter to help your business. Why would I need a Copywriter? It is a simple enough question- most people can read and write so why would your business want to spend [...]
Working for yourself is certainly one way in which to take control of your working hours, be more flexible with childcare arrangements and, more importantly, spend more time with your children when they need you. However, nothing in life is for free: everything has a cost attached. So what is the cost for work at [...]
Guest blogger Naomi Richards is a Life Coach for Children. Here she explains how she organises her time with her own children and her clients. I don’t think it is possible to have it all when you are a working mum especially when you are very passionate about the work you do and even more [...]
Just over a year ago I had a new baby, but it was very unlike my previous two children. It had been discussed for a short while and was very wanted, but there was some doubt as to whether this was the right time. I already had 2 children, but I had a new partner and [...]
