I’ve been an entrepreneurial woman ever since I was in my early 20’s. I’ve started and run three businesses since I became a mom in 1994.
eMoms at Home is the third, and most successful to date. I attribute much of my success to my past failures - hard won lessons learned by trial and error (lots of error…). Some of the best entrepreneurial advice I’ve ever heard is “Fail a lot, and do it fast - get those lessons, because you will need them”.
I’ve also been able to find what worked along the way - balancing client pitches with screaming kids in the background while throwing in a load of laundry.
These articles highlight what made me, and what broke me. They are some of the most popular pages on the site.
Top Ten Key Success Ingredients for Home Based Businesses
As a serial entrepreneur, I have watched my income both skyrocket and plummet – sometimes in a blink of an eye. I have learned many lessons along the way…
Top 10 Obstacles to Success as a Work at Home Mom
We all have some internal barriers to success. These are limiting patterns and beliefs that people experience, acting as a wall between their desires and achieving their goals. Success takes many forms, and though one may be successful financially, they might not be successful in their personal relationships. As work at home moms, we are especially susceptible to falling into patterns of behavior that can turn into self sabotage…
Top Ten Working from Home Mistakes
Beware of bad habits that can bring your business to the ground. These are the top ten ways you can easily end your home based business before you even get going…
Why do Entrepreneurs Need Inspiration?
From first hand experience, I think most of us know that we, as entrepreneurs and business owners, need inspiration…
A Productive and Organized Home Office
Once I moved into a separate office, I was immediately able to tune out the noise in the house - at the same time, by finally working at a real desk again in my own little cubby, my mind and body immediately knew it was time to get to work, and I focused more than ever before…
What can Wall Street Teach Us About Running a Home Business?
In my never-ending quest to grow, grow, grow, I’m constantly on the lookout for new ways to expand my business knowledge and add to my efforts to build my business…
10 Signs that You are Ready to Start a Home Based Business
Some of you are still in a job outside of the home, longing to take the leap into home based business-land. Are you ready? Well, if you can say yes to at least ONE of the following, you had better start giving a home business some serious consideration. Three of them should be a wake up call. If you have more of five of them you had better stop reading this blog right now and start on that dang business plan…
