Happy Mothers’ Day to Mompreneurs

May 9, 2005 by Dane | 1 Comment
In Entrepreneurial Lifestyle

Steve Strauss:

“Mompreneurs” (stay-at-home mothers who create home-based businesses) are definitely an emerging trend in this economy as more and more mothers are finding ways to start their own businesses, contribute to the family income, and still take care of the family.

Not so long ago, the idea of a mom staying at home and starting a business while simultaneously raising a family seemed (and was) farfetched. But a confluence of factors has changed the status-quo:

  • An ever more entrepreneurial society
  • Changes in work and attitudes whereby working at home and at odd hours is, well, no longer odd at all
  • And of course, technology generally and the Internet specifically

Together, these changes have made the possibility of starting a business and a family (mompreneurs tend to be mothers with young children) far more likely to occur, and succeed. Indeed, according to the Associated Press, roughly two-thirds of all home-based businesses are owned by women with children.

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