Juggling motherhood and running a business venture together is never an easy task, but there are thousands of mompreneurs who have scripted their success stories in the world of business.
“Being a mom gives you superpowers for doing stuff you don’t want to do.”
Solly Baby founder Elle Rowley
Most successful mompreneurs reveal that it wasn’t easy for them to make their ventures successful while balancing their lives. They faced numerous challenges, but what kept them moving forward was their passion for entrepreneurship.
The recent global women entrepreneurship reports suggest that one in every 3 women-owned businesses is run and owned by a mother. It means, mompreneurs are doing an amazing job and they are no longer ready to accept the status quo at home.
But how do they manage to be such successful entrepreneurial mamas? Here are the 5 success mantras most famous women entrepreneurs swear by.
1. Every Aspect Of Your Life Changes
Entrepreneurship and motherhood both are full-time jobs and require continuous efforts, love, patience, and perseverance. Both come with their own challenges hence it isn’t easy doing one or the other. Thus, women entrepreneurs have to embrace the fact that, every aspect of their life changes as they roll their sleeves up to become mompreneurs.
From managing home chores to spending time with their children whilst thriving for the growth of their business venture, mompreneurs have to balance everything. They have to manage, multitask, and delegate things to balance their priorities instead of shifting them.
Corinne Lavictoire, a mompreneur shares her experience of balancing her responsibilities as a working woman. She says, “When I had children I undoubtedly wanted to be a mom first, but what came naturally for me was putting my business first so I had to find a new way to balance, not shift, my priorities. My daughters get to see me a lot, despite being a mompreneur, because they’re a priority for me. I always leverage the flexibility I have (and love!) to be able to spend as much time with them as I can.”
So, to be a successful mompreneurs the foremost you are required to cope with is to accept changes in your life and be prepared to manage zillions of chores singlehandedly.
2. Mompreneurship Gives You A Sense Of Purpose And Feeling Of Accomplishment
The most successful women entrepreneurs have considered entrepreneurship as a way of survival. It isn’t just a way to earn money but a job that gives your feelings of accomplishment and sense of purpose.
Your role as a mompreneur also helps you earn the respect you deserve in your family. When you are empowered, it makes you feel as if you are achieving something meaningful. This feeling of triumph makes a positive impact on your overall well-being and helps you become more productive.
Running a successful venture and amassing accomplishments also makes you a role model for your children. You can lead them by example and it gives your children the courage to build their own world.
Unlike a 9-5 job, mompreneurs also get the opportunity to spend more time with their children. The flexible work nature enables them to spend a substantial amount of time with their kids and the small tasks like being present to give your children a pick and drop give you the greatest pleasure.
Thus, being an active and available parent is a true blessing for mompreneurs. Research has also suggested that entrepreneurial parents often have children with entrepreneurial prowess. They also bear the intrinsic extinct of analyzing things critically. Hence, they learn the art of accomplishing big things at a very young age. Knowing that you are the reason behind this exceptional growth of your child, gives you immense pleasure and a sense of accomplishment which ultimately boosts your confidence.
3. Your Patience Level Increases
Motherhood is the toughest job on this planet, and when you add a running business to that, it makes an onerous deal. But as you learn the art of dealing with them together, you become the epitome of patience.
Michelle Weber, a successful entrepreneur and mom to twins, reveals that pursuing mompreneurship has added to her patience and helped her better understand her business and the needs of her clients.
She says, “I was an entrepreneur for many years before becoming the mom to twin girls. I am thankful that I was an entrepreneur when I became the mom of twin infants because it gave me flexibility in my schedule which would not have been possible if I was working for someone else. What surprised me the most about raising twin daughters is that it has helped me become a more patient and understanding business owner to my clients, employees, and Unit Franchise Owners in the successful and challenging times.”
The level of patience you get from managing your venture whilst fulfilling all the demands of motherhood, helps you better understand the business dynamics and adds to the success of your venture.
4. Your Family Becomes Your Greatest Support System
Motherhood and entrepreneurship go hand in hand and when entrepreneurship becomes a vital part of your life, your family becomes your greatest support network.
Having the flexibility of work hours, you get to discuss all your business matters with your family and they serve as the greatest advisors and mentors.
There are hundreds of mompreneurs, who look at their children to get inspiration from. Barbara Edelstein, is the co-founder of ‘Partyology’ (an application that helps moms streamline the party-planning processes) has also got her business idea while managing a party for her children. After managing several parties for her children she came to know about her entrepreneurial skills.
Another mompreneur Lauren Thierry, started her clothing line after being inspired by her son Liam. Considering the struggle her son had to make for dressing up in the morning, Lauren got the idea of launching her apparel line that made getting dressed easier. She tried her samples on Liam and came to know the feasibility of her venture.
There are several other tales of mompreneurs getting inspiration from their children.
5. A Mompreneur Is Most Likely To Bind Her Family Together
Being an entrepreneurial mommy, you can bring your family closer by making your family work on a common goal. In some cases, working mommies fail to keep a balance between their life and work which makes them suffer both in their personal and professional life. But, mompreneurs, who know the art of keeping a work-life balance, can lead a successful and happy life.
The majority of successful women entrepreneurs have revealed that their family has played a vital role in their venture’s success. As your children grow up, they can play their role in your venture by bringing an insightful younger perspective, they can also help you cope with the latest trends. Working together ultimately binds your family and lets you follow a common goal.
While talking about how she works with her children to grow her venture Claudia Warner, the executive vice president of Gourmet Advisory Services says:
“As my children have gotten older, we have developed such a profound level of respect for each other as it relates to my career. We discuss business and trends and logistics of events, and they bring an insightful younger perspective, often impacting the direction I may take in guiding a client. I feel the most immense pride emanates from them with each successful event that we produce, each post-event thank you we receive, each time we raise the bar and are acknowledged in some way. For your children to be proud of their mother’s accomplishments is an extraordinary feeling.”
6. You Overcome Your Diffidence
Becoming a mompreneur helps you focus on your dreams and what matters most for you is your family and your passion.
As you step into the world of entrepreneurship, you encounter various obstacles. To deal with all these issues hindering your growth, you get the negative perceptions out of your mind and overcome your self-doubts. This helps you emerge stronger and confident and you come up as a strong team leader in both your professional and personal life.
As a mompreneur, your work directly benefits you and your family, working with this perception makes your work extremely rewarding.
Above all, mompreneurship makes you a role model for your children and your family. It teaches you the art of being a happy mommy and a successful entrepreneur.
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