It includes this Top 10 list for getting your business started right, practically speaking. Things like:
1. Do the URL hunt.
2. Establish your company name
3. Legal Formation
4. Open A Bank Account
5. Trademarks & Service marks (optional)
6. Hire A Graphic Designer For Logos & Branding
7. Hire A Web Designer For Your Website
8. Find A Hosting Company
9. Set Up Your Social Networking Sites
10. Get To Work
You can see the details about each item listed here. Read ‘em and weep (…with joy…because you did all these things already, right?).
As any New Year brings, this 2010 will wreak plenty of change and growth in our businesses and in us.
I’m pretty sure, though, that this year will be a huge one for us momtrepreneurs. There are already signs everywhere we turn:
1. At the end of last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that women were nearing the work force majority–as though it was something to be afraid of?
2. The Economist’s January feature is titled, “The Rich World’s Quiet Revolution: Women Are Gradually Taking Over The Workplace.”
3. Major marketplaces like Startup Nation, Ladies Who Launch, Yahoo’s Shine and more have recently launched (read: put big money behind) “Mompreneur Cafes” and other networking sites where momtrepreneurs can network, share information and resources and see how many other women are doing it.
You can bet that there’s plenty more to come…in the way of forums for momtrepreneurs to do what we do best–gather together and make things happen. How much am I looking forward to seeing more momtrepreneurs come on board this year? Very, very much.
Can I throw humility out the window at holiday time?
I was just profiled in a brand new book. A Cup of Cappucino For The Entrepreneur’s Spirit (Vol II) is now published and on sale thanks to the wonderful folks (especially Cindy Thompson) at Entrepreneur Enterprises. It’s chock full of stories by and about entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes. Makes for an interesting read over the holiday season–you can revv up on your momtrepreneurial spirit by checking out these profiles!
I’m nine months pregnant with my second child, am still busy running my businesses, and I have decided to add more work to my giant pile of work. Since I’m often asked, “How do you do it all?” I thought I would take this opportunity to chronicle my experience putting together my first national conference.
There, I said it. (The more I say it, the crazier it sounds and the more excited I get. Perhaps I need a therapist.)
Sure, I have enough going on with my business responsibilities, nevermind my two-year old constantly interfering. But I know that this conference is a great idea. Necessary, really.
It all began when I organized a neighborhood Meetup in the hopes of meeting 5-10 fellow momtrepreneurs to discuss the trials and tribulations of our lives over coffee. It’s been less than a year and the group now has 120 members (!!!). That number is not a typo. In the middle of Illinois I’ve found that there are an incredible number of momtrepreneurs who have been thrilled to come together and talk about work/life. As we neared the 100-member mark in the middle of flyover country, it occurred to me that there must be many more momtrepreneurs around the nation—and we needed an event that would bring us together.
Because I want to create awareness about The Momtrepreneur Exchange, and because I want to solicit as many ideas from you as possible to make this the best conference ever, I am going to chronicle my activites as I put together this massive event. Please join me, and let me know what you think along the way.
Watch how this inventor has taken one computer’s mouse and turned its technology into something almost unimaginable. I cannot *wait* for his product to come to market, making all momtrepreneurs’ lives one heck of a lot simpler.
