If you want to find a business opportunity, look for where people are in pain or having problems. Here’s a good one for you – maternity clothing. You’d think that someone would have sorted out all fashion problems for pregnant women years ago. After all, women have been getting pregnant since, well, forever. And it’s [...]
July 2009
Here’s a really inspiring piece for all mumpreneurs from the Mum’s The Boss blog – Can you feel the force?
Kate Godfrey’s comment yesterday got me thinking about party plans and direct selling, which is interesting because I doubt I’ll ever actually do it again. Never say never and all that, but I don’t think it’s my cup of tea. And that’s fine because I’m on a mission to find what is my cup of [...]
Following on from party plans and direct selling a couple of weeks ago, here is my next business idea for mums. Or dads, of course! What is it? Many parents want to give their children a memorable birthday party but can't face entertaining a crowd of excitable children themselves! But if you do love entertaining [...]
I’ve been hanging around the Netmums Working For Yourself forums lately and there are lots of mums out there who are thinking the same way as me. That it doesn’t make sense to have a 9-5 job, not spend as much time with your children as you want and then have to pay an enormous [...]
I was delighted with all the comments and feedback from my post 'Mumpreneur Mistakes Number 1', especially from people who have succeeded at running a business from home around their children. But one comment from Chloe Wilson really got me thinking, 'I think it’s very hard to find work that is really what you want [...]
