Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
Louise Player is an Arbonne consultant, selling botanically-based skin care products. Having. been in business for over 30 years Louise had felt it was time for a change and since joining Arbonne says she has really enjoying being part of a team and had lots of support and great fun too! What inspired you to [...]
Mum of 2 Anne-Marie Mittelman founded her VA business, A Virtual Angel, in May 2007 on the back of her balloon decorating business. Having 15 years administration experience in travel, logistics and training means that she can help business owners focus on what they do best by delegating the rest! And on top of that Anne-Marie is [...]
Suzanne Dibble is a highly experienced, award winning business lawyer with over 13 years experience. Suzanne worked for 9 years at global law firm DLA Piper before moving in-house to ITV plc and then becoming Legal Director of Hamptons International, the award winning national estate agency. In addition to first rate legal experience, having been [...]
Mother of 2, Tracy Clarke, has developed her business whilst looking after her family and working full time. With a degree in Media Production and as a teacher of ICT, Tracy has turned her sewing skills into a business making hand make accessories for babies and new parents, including Bibbla dribble bibs, bags, changing mats, [...]
Gemma Hopkins started Little Gem Business Support in 2010. Like many mums who start a business, she had years of experience in paid employment and now puts those skills to use in her own business which gives her the flexibility to work around her young children. What inspired you to start your own business? I [...]
Debbie Atkins, like so many mums in business, set up her own company after the birth of her daughter in 2008. She loves the freedom of running her own business and has a very strong idea of where she wants it to go. What inspired you to start your own business? Whilst employed I was [...]
With more than 300,000 mums running a business and contributing over £7 billion to the annual UK economy*, a group of small business organisations (of which we are one) are suggesting the best gift for Mum this year is to buy her a business or lend a helping hand by calling on the government to make childcare [...]
Like many mum’s in business, Lindsey has created a product after discovering a gap in the market. Whilst expecting her first child she could not find what she wanted to wear during labour. It was whilst on maternity leave with her second child that this idea became an actual product and a business. What inspired you to start [...]
Carol Atkinson is a mum of 2 young boys who set up her own bookkeeping business so she could combine being a mum with working. Carol was Mum’s The Boss’s very first member and has been coming to meetings regularly since 2008. What inspired you to start your own business ? I knew that I didn’t want to commute to London daily [...]
Pippa Moss is a mum of 2 boys and an Active Birth teacher who offers prenatal and postnatal services in Bedfordshire. This includes: Pregnancy and Postnatal Yoga, Active Birth Workshops, Developmental Baby Massage and Movement. Pippa also supplies Kari-Me baby slings direct to customers and is an advocate in natural parenting. What inspired you to [...]
We’ve had some new ideas for Mum’s The Blog this year, one of them being a new kind of Blog Carnival for Business Mums. Josie at Sleep is for the Weak has been running an incredibly popular Writing Workshop, with weekly writing prompts, for well over a year while Helen, from Business Plus Baby, launched [...]
The run up to Christmas can feel like a two-pronged attack on mumpreneurs. As we all know, businesses and families both experience their busiest times in the build-up to the festive season. Businesses find themselves hiring extra staff, constantly topping up the stock, or cranking up their marketing efforts as they seek a share of [...]
Are you looking for a way to work that fits around your family? Like to do what you love AND reach your personal/professional goals, dreams and ambitions? Have you ever thought about the myriad of skills you have gained throughout your life that have got you to where you are right now? Then once you’ve [...]
In a tribe, not everyone can be a chief. In a big corporation not everyone can be a manager. And in business it is not possible for every entrepreneur to become a millionaire. And not everyone with their own business wants to be the next Richard Branson or Anita Roddick. For many they just want [...]
If you’re finding it a problem organising your busy household, struggling to keep on top of your kids busy social schedules, remembering birthdays, planning your meals and your groceries etc, as well as running your business, then look no further than Sarah Sadler, the founder of Organised Mum, who produces a brilliant range of stationery products to help mums organise themselves, their families [...]
Sarah Chapman of Seven Twelve PR, has joined the MTB team as the local leader of MTB South Yorkshire. Sarah has over 18 years public relations consultancy experience, working for PR and marketing agencies in Sheffield and Manchester. After the birth of her daughter she decided to go freelance and now she helps brands and businesses to communicate better, by generating positive [...]
