Have you ever wondered how much mums who own their own businesses contribute to the economy, or what makes them so successful?
Choose from:
Mum Magnates - 2008 Research
Yell Ltd
Queens WalkReading, Berkshire
RG1 7PT
United Kingdom
Finalist: Nadine Lewis, Bury, Lancashire
Nadine now sells her wristbands and medical jewellery - hand-crafted and unobtrusive emergency ID tags for those with medical conditions - in more than 1,500 stores nationwide.
www.identify-me.co.uk
Nadine’s tips:
- Don’t be too hard on yourself. Accept that you won’t do everything right all the time and that you will experience guilt for working so hard. Prepare to make the occasional compromise
- Find out what you can delegate in your life. Personally, I would rather spend time working than cleaning the house, so I have someone who comes in to do it for me
- Promote yourself and your business every day. This could take the form of a major project like a press release, or posting a special offer on a forum/during a sales call. I won’t go to bed without making sure I have done at least one thing to promote myself every day
Tip on filling out the application form:
- Think about it like you are writing about someone else. It can be hard to write these things without getting embarrassed!
Quick links to the top ten Yell.com classifications recommended by Sarah Steel and other finalists of the 2007 Prowess Awards. Because mums know best…
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To all business mums reading this, running a business around the madness of family life can be hard and isolating, but you're not alone.
Think about that when you're working late into the twilight hours after the kids are asleep...you'll fine a whole army of mum's surgically attached to their laptops...building their empires!
Good luck to us all, and enjoy it!
Jane
Jane Hopkins, Warwickshire