4 posts tagged MumPreneurs

Everyone has heard of coaching, but is this just a new trend that will go the way of things like Feng Shui or something that could make a big difference to your life? From personal experience, I’d say the latter, It took just one session with Suzy Greaves of The Big Leap back in 2003 for me to see that there was a better way to earn a living.

The other day, at my daughter’s playgroup, I was talking to the other moms about careers and kids.  Something very interesting transpired — at least half of the group were starting up their own businesses from home, just like Courtney, Esther, Michela and me.

More than 10 million Brits dream of leaving their jobs and starting their own business, according to a new study. The survey found that a third of us have recently thought about going it alone in business, with one in five of us actually planning to take the leap into self employment in the next year.

Listening to the breakfast news on Wednesday morning, announcing Sir Edmund Hilary's death, I was struck by one of the most poignant quotes he had ever said.... As a mum who decided to leave the corporate world and set up in her own home-based business, I sometimes feel I have climbed & conquered many mountains, and I will continue to do so as my business grows and develops.