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On Mondays we feature a mumpreneur just like you and me who’s ready and willing to open up their lives and their business to us.

They share with us their motivation, their challenges and their proudest moments in business and they also tell us how they take time to nurture themselves.

If you’re looking for inspiration, then our featured business mums show you what’s possible.

This week’s mumpreneur inspires us to help each other in order for all

Every Monday we feature a mumpreneur who’s ready and willing to open up their lives and their business to us.

They share with us their motivation, their challenges and their proudest moments in business and they also tell us how they take time to nurture themselves.

If you’re looking for inspiration, then our featured business mums show you what’s possible. Our message is “If we can do it ~ then so can you!”

Come and meet this week’s

Every week we bring you a tip to help ease the stress of working from home.  It may be a technique for getting things done, avoiding interruptions or just getting through the day with your sanity intact.  This week we’re dealing with getting rid of the clutter.

When you did your Spring Cleaning – did the home office get overlooked?

As you look around you, be honest, is your office as tidy as it could be?

Do you

You’ve done all the hard work and your business is set up.  So, what’s next?

You’ve got the unenviable task of getting out there to spread the word.  This is where a lot of mumpreneurs fall at the first hurdle.  Unless you’re a natural public speaker, marketing guru or ace networker – the thought of selling yourself can be daunting and damaging to your confidence.  But to have a successful business

I’m part of a supportive online group – Helen Rappy’s  30 Day Productivity Challenge.  All the members get together at the beginning of each month and commit publicly to achieving a set of business goals by the end of that month.

I’ve experienced the most wonderful support from my productivity family (that’s just how it feels – a family) and this week has been even more supportive.  As we see the finish line in sight, some

Surrounding ourselves with people who will support us and cheer us on is crucial to our business success.  So many of my clients confess to feeling unsupported by their family and friends when they set up in business.

Often, it’s because those friends and family members are concerned or worried.  They may not understand the desire to have your own business.  They may see what you’re doing as risky and irresponsible.  They may feel that you

Welcome back to our weekly series Business Basics – last week we looked at whether we had a pricing strategy or just plucked a figure out of thin air when it comes to deciding what to charge for our product or services.

I wanted to share with you some advice that I was given when I first started out as a therapist.  The accountant on my business course asked us to do 2 things:

Firstly she wanted

My new weekly series ‘Business Basics’ will be looking this week, at the subject of charging for your product or services.

What seems like a very straightforward process can be fraught with anxiety over what to charge, what to ask for and what we think of ourselves.

Pricing is always a tricky subject when you’re starting out in business.  At some point we have to sit down and work out our pricing strategy.  This can be based

Wow!!

This is a question someone asked me recently.

If I was setting up in business again, would I do anything differently?

If I could go back in time and give some advice to myself, what would it be?

After a long think, I came up with the following list:

I would not waste time wondering if I was ‘good enough’
I would say ‘yes’ to a lot more opportunities a lot quicker
I would push myself out of my comfort zone

Every Monday we will feature a mumpreneur who’s ready and willing to open up their lives to us.  They will share with us their motivation, challenges and proudest moments in business and they also tell us how they take time to nurture themselves. It’s going to be lovely to have them here at Mums Got A Business and we hope you enjoy connecting with them too.

I’m delighted to introduce you to our first ever featured