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The Promise of Entrepreneurship… is bigger always better?

theEmother — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:49:29 +0000

We are made to believe that when it comes to business success, bigger is always better. In our super-sized, consumption-oriented culture, not even small business is exempt from the pressure to grow for growth’s sake. We fixate on top-line revenue growth and increasing numbers of employees and locations. We pepper entrepreneurs with questions such as, ‘What are your plans for expansion? What’s next? How many cities will you go to?’ instead of asking what their goals are or why they started their business in the first place. When talk about growth we focus on speed, not sustainability. When we talk about success we focus on size, not satisfaction.

So much so that entrepreneurs doubt their own success and skill if they aren’t pursuing the largest form of their business possible. We’ve talked with countless business owners who run profitable ventures, make a good living, enjoy what they do every day, and have significant impact in their industry—but who also hesitate to call themselves successful. Why? Because their companies could be bigger, or they decided not to open several more locations, or they don’t have the largest market share—even though these are not the things that they want.

We believe that it doesn’t have to be this way. There is an alternative that is both rewarding and attainable—it just requires rethinking things a bit…

Another gem from ChangeThis.com by Adelaide Lancaster

“The World Needs Female Entrepreneurs Now More Than Ever”…

theEmother — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000

Indeedy, it does!

The key point I’d like to point out in this fine article is this:

Becoming an Entrepreneur does not require
any shifts in corporate culture.

In fact, becoming a Business Owner does not require changing any societal norms at all. It does require however a distinct shift in your own internal thinking in combination with your family’s particular circumstances.

So… why not be opportunistic and bold in 2012, and become a “3%” member? (refer last post)

You can always tap into the entrepreneurial mothers group if you need support…

3% of women-owned businesses make $1million or more a year; so why are you in your Mother of a Business?

theEmother — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:29:10 +0000

As featured on the Ruby Connection…

A little while ago, I came across this… according to recent statistics in the Wall Street Journal from the Center for Women’s Business Research in the U.S., there is only 3% of women-owned businesses with a revenue of $1million or more in The Million-Dollar Club… (and I bet that percentage is a whole lot smaller again if being the only breadwinner for the family is also taken into account).

Only 3%, is that all I hear you say?

Given that 7-figures is the turnover my Mother of a Business was doing at time of its Sale, that put me in the category of the 3%…are you kidding? How can it be that with all the businesses started by women, only 3% manage to reach 7-figures?

Why are Businesses being built if not to serve your Lifestyle, as opposed to the other way around?

Couple that with some of the more disturbing statistics from our very own Ruby Connection “Westpac Women’s Financial Health Report, September 2011”:

Nearly half (49%) of women agreed they felt disadvantaged in terms of the amount of superannuation they were able to save as a result of having to cut back or stop work. This view was even more likely held by Gen Y (63%) and Gen X (63%).
After having children, 64% of women reported that it had significantly affected their ability to work continuously and impacted substantially on their working career cycle

We’re not in a very good place are we? Well, the majority of us that is.

Business gives you Lifestyle to be the Mother you long to be. No question.
In fact, it’s not just about the mothering, it’s ultimately about Lifestyle and the ability to earn what you must earn, plus a whole lot more.

Come on, join the club too…
If the notion of a 7-figure business scares you right now, you may be thinking that it must mean a whole lot of work that will take you away from your family even more? WRONG! You couldn’t be further from the truth, provided you structure properly and of course, “Start with the End in Mind”.

Just financing the family holiday is not enough of an “End” to justify all the blood, sweat and tears you will invest in your business, not to mention money…

Ladies, we’ve got some serious Business Building and Professional Development work to do…To discuss any of this further and, most importantly, to do something about it, feel free to contact me.

“the entrepreneurial mother.com” is refined, reenergised and ready to visit…

theEmother — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:24:48 +0000

hello there

It is with great pleasure that I re-introduce my newly re-formulated and reworked web site. I’m really pleased with it, I hope you are too!
www.theentrepreneurialmother.com

Please visit and make yourself acquainted. I’d love your feedback too.

Enjoy! Denise

Join my “Mothers Group” – Viv did and look what’s happened…

theEmother — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:15:28 +0000

As Viv has discovered, there’s a lot more to being a successful Mother and building a Mother of a Business than just dreaming about it every day. It’s about behaving in a manner which builds a genuine business. It’s about having the confidence to do whatever you dream of achieving. And most of all it’s about Mothering as you want PLUS earn what you need to earn (and a whole lot more!).

Viv McDonald is going places with
“The Web of Wheels”

So much so, she featured on p21 of the recent Green Guide in The Age newspaper.

Viv came to join my Mothers Group after previous attempts at really firing up The Web on Wheels. It would appear that this time she has done just that! Congratulations.

the entrepreneurial mother® Mothers Group has been developed in response to an overwhelming number of requests asking me to share my knowledge. However the majority wanted more than just help. They wanted to transform their Mother of a Business, they wanted to start achieving. And they wanted real backing to do it. Not simple once off help, not just electronic help but live and timely ongoing structured interactive support.

Is It a Sin For You To Want More?
Organise a Mothers Group of your own and/or Join mine and
You’ll Be Gaining More Than Just Profit

This is my way of truly demonstrating how you can to Learn to Earn and Build a Mother of a Business as an Asset, in your own guilt-free school hours.

I value my fellow entrepreneurial mothers because word of mouth and recommendation is the most effective form of marketing known to the human race, and the most flattering!

Hold your own Mothers Group, and/or Join Mine and
You Could Be On Your Way to Much More
Than You Had First Imagined…

Give me One Lunch, One Evening, and I’ll Get You Started…

Organise 8 or more people in a room, and I will come!
Think Mothers Group with a Twist.
Think Party Plan for your Business!

It’s as simple as that. (Australia only at this stage I’m afraid, although other destinations will be considered)

Whether it’s to be in the school hall, the church hall, the classroom, the lunch room or your lounge room; and I will be there to talk all things Mother of a Business, and Starting with the End in Mind TODAY, regardless of how old your business is…

Or you can join my existing Mothers Group where you get to talk to me and the likes of Viv, on a regular basis…

Interested in finding out more?
Either email my invitation or request information to info@theentrepreneurialmother.com

I look forward to hearing from you…

The EXIT generation need HELP! indeed…

theEmother — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:58:16 +0000

Don’t you just love it when the Press catch up with what you’ve been saying for some time now… Tony Featherstone has done just that in this fabulous summary on all things WHY you must start considering EXIT strategy and execution right now. Especially if you are as a BusinessOwner coming into the twilight of your care factor… Read on by clicking here

Would you consider this an Opportunity or a Threat to your business and / or that of your clients?

Could early preparation be a Strength? Or a lack of action a Weakness?

Keep reading by clicking here

Success Is Easy, But So Is Neglect – Jim Rohn

theEmother — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:54:46 +0000

Not a truer word spoken…

People often ask me how I became successful in that six-year period of time while many of the people I knew did not. The answer is simple: The things I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do. I found it easy to set the goals that could change my life. They found it easy not to. I found it easy to read the books that could affect my thinking and my ideas. They found that easy not to. I found it easy to attend the classes and the seminars, and to get around other successful people. They said it probably really wouldn’t matter.

If I had to sum it up, I would say what I found to be easy to do, they found to be easy not to do.

Six years later, I’m a millionaire and they are all still blaming the economy, the government, and company policies, yet they neglected to do the basic, easy things.

In fact, the primary reason most people are not doing as well as they could and should, can be summed up in a single word: neglect.

It is not the lack of money – banks are full of money. It is not the lack of opportunity – America, and much of the free World, continues to offer the most unprecedented and abundant opportunities in the last six thousand years of recorded history.

It is not the lack of books – libraries are full of books – and they are free! It is not the schools – the classrooms are full of good teachers. We have plenty of ministers, leaders, counselors and advisors. Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach.

The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply neglect.

Neglect is like an infection. Left unchecked it will spread throughout our entire system of disciplines and eventually lead to a complete breakdown of a potentially joy-filled and prosperous human life.

Not doing the things we know we should do causes us to feel guilty and guilt leads to an erosion of self-confidence. As our self-confidence diminishes, so does the level of our activity. And as our activity diminishes, our results inevitably decline. And as our results suffer, our attitude begins to weaken. And as our attitude begins the slow shift from positive to negative, our self-confidence diminishes even more… and on and on it goes.

So my suggestion is that when giving the choice of “easy to” and “easy not to” that you do not neglect to do the simple, basic, “easy”; but potentially life-changing activities and disciplines.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

So what are you finding easy at the moment … success or neglect?
(excerpted from The Challenge to Succeed CD series)

Top WAHP Awards 2011 l Support a WAHP, namely me!

theEmother — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:33:26 +0000

I am most fortunate to have been nominated for the Top WAHP Awards for 2011 (which is greatly appreciated…) and I humbly ask you to click here and do same…

At Support a WAHP they are committed to recognising the achievements of work-at- home parents/people.

In honour of this, they are really pleased to announce the first ever Support a WAHP Top WAHP Awards.

10 finalists will be chosen, and you’ll get to vote for who you think should win a Top WAHP award for 2011.

The top 5 finalists will be interviewed in a special 2011 In the Spotlight showcase to be featured in our upcoming Christmas e-magazine and on our website (after the magazine is published on December 1st, 2011).

So, share the love!
Nominate me and/or your favourite WAHP business today. Thank you.

Arianna Huffington; an entrepreneurial mother in her Prime…

theEmother — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:22:34 +0000

The co-founder of the Huffington Post marks its arrival in the UK with a lecture on love, guilt and getting what you want. She talks to Celia Walden.

Fresh off the plane from LA, the Greek American author, businesswoman and co-founder of internet newspaper the Huffington Post - bought by internet provider AOL for $US315 million ($298 million) in February this year and launched in Britain last week… read the full story & more

How to Restart your Creative Juices! Little Bets: Think Differently

theEmother — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:33:27 +0000

Our education system places great emphasis on teaching us about facts that are already known, such as historical information or scientific tables, and then testing us in order to measure how much we’ve retained about that body of knowledge.

Those skills work perfectly well for many situations, but not when doing something new. Or creative. Or original. They certainly won’t help us invent the future.

As education and creativity researcher and author Sir Ken Robinson puts it, ‘We are educating people out of their creativity.’

But it’s still there. And unleashing our creativity, however deeply it’s hidden, begins with little bets.

By Peter Sims for ChangeThis.com