#OpportunityAlert Strategic Financial Controller, 15-20 hrs per week, $130kp.a. pro rata… Is this job for you?

To all entrepreneurial mothers who double as a Financial Controller!

This role may just be the ideal job you have been looking for… are you able to?

  • make strategic decisions based on financial data produced
  • work as a senior member of a management team
  • communicate at a high level with both team and colleagues
  • utilise your industry experience in design, architecture, construction
  • commute to an office in inner Melbourne
  • command a pro-rata salary of $130,ooo+ p.a.
  • do this working 15-20 hours per week
  • contribute and do good work

If this is for you, email me at info@theentrepreneurialmother.com.au by March 15 with contact details and CV or equivalent.

Position Description – Finance Manager_LC

WEBINAR: Women in Business, Ensure a Saleable Business = FREEDOM!

The powerhouse of motivating mum’s, Alli Price, invited me to speak on one of her recent Google Hangouts. Once I got the technology sorted (!), it was all systems go and it is now proudly displaying on her youtube channel. Please, go check it out…

http://www.motivatingmum.com It’s great launching and running a business but your eye should always be on the prize – selling your business successfully! Check out these great tips from Denise Hall, The Entrepreneurial Mother

On this one I talk a lot about FREEDOM.
Why did you start your business in the first place?
How well is that working for you?
What are you going to do about it if it is not working out as planned?

Contact me of course!

buy | sell websites – what to do when you want to sell?

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Email me!

This week I was introduced to two entrepreneurial mothers who have built neat little websites, with a form of eCommerce platform. In both cases, life circumstances have altered therefore informing them to do something other than their respective businesses.

Both made similar comments – “I was just going to shut it down if I couldn’t work out what to do with it. I had not even thought of selling until ____ (can’t reveal my sources!) mentioned it and now I’m really pleased to explore this as an option”

Excellent! so am I.

Too much time, effort and money have been invested in setting these businesses up. Yes, they are micro but they are still a representation of one business owners work and need to therefore be treated with the respect deserved. 

In both cases, we have had preliminary discussions about what I’m looking for, to be able to analyse the best way forward. That includes relevance in niche, traffic stats, revenue generating options and success etc. (Not dissimilar to any business really, only with online, there is specific information required as well).

Once I do my analysis work, I will come back to each of them with a proposal and we’ll go from there.

Stay tuned!

And if you have an online business you’re no longer loving, please get in touch by emailing me at info@theentrepreneurialmother.com

wanna-be entrepreneurial mothers – juggle don’t struggle…

"umbrella" companies can help...

Easier said than done, right?

As you know, we often have a lot to deal with in our daily lives and quite often, all at the same time. Many find it hard to balance business with the demands of raising a family. The good news is that striking a balance between the two is not as hard to do as you may think.

In recent times, many entrepreneurial mothers have opted for freelancing and consulting over salaried employment, as did I when I started. Some of you may have decided to quit employment in favour of starting your own businesses while others may have lost the jobs they had. Being a Consultant and Freelancing offers the flexibility of pursuing business aspirations and/or careers while still fulfilling family responsibilities.

By the same token, thanks to setting up your consultancy by freelancing, wanna-be entrepreneurial mothers no longer have to end businesses or careers once they decide to start a family.

Although starting a personal business is thoroughly satisfying, it comes with a fair share of challenges. Savvy entrepreneurial mothers learn how to meet these challenges while expanding their businesses and raising a healthy family.

Simple, general business tips for working mothers:

  • Effective time management.

Mothers who run their own businesses while bringing up children need to develop effective time management skills. This calls for prioritisation of tasks and drawing up a time-schedule to ensure all important or urgent functions are dealt with first. It is also important to learn how to juggle or outsource various roles to make sure everything is done on time. The one key requirement with this is discipline!

  • Creating boundaries

Another vital skill for working mothers is learning how to set well defined boundaries between their businesses and their home lives. The boundary can be as simple as designating a separate room in the house as the office. Boundaries help to ensure that business duties do not spill over or interfere with running the home and vice versa. They also help the mother to make the mental switch from homemaker to businesswoman.

  • Outsourcing unnecessary tasks

An entrepreneurial mother who wishes to make the most of her business should outsource some of the business functions to external third parties. This would assist in freeing up valuable time and resources to concentrate on business growth and expansion. Outsourcing also allows a businesswoman to complete tasks in a short period, leaving more time for her important business tasks and her family.

  • Working with umbrella companies

Working mothers who do hire subcontractors might find it time-consuming to deal with payroll issues. This can also be the case when being subcontractors, i.e. when freelancing themselves. This is where an umbrella company comes in handy. These companies act as intermediaries between the hiring organisations and subcontractors. They effectively take over administrative and payroll duties, reducing the strain on entrepreneurs.

Additionally, they make all the necessary tax and insurance deductions from the subcontractors’ salaries, saving business owners the hassle of calculating those for themselves.

  • Managing finances

Finally, mothers who run businesses need to know how to manage their finances, both for their business’s and their family’s sake. Other than hiring accountants or financial officers to handle the accounts, a business owner should take the initiative of learning how to embrace cost-effective methods and streamline business expenditure.

Sometimes the umbrella companies will offer to do this for them. Alternatively, there are a number of Online options which may suit.

Entrepreneurial mothers also ought to seek out how to take advantage of any available tax breaks, reliefs or credits they are entitled to receive.

Having just spent the Christmas break reworking the entrepreneurial mothers® Online Mothers Group, it reminded me of just how important getting these tips right, as they are for you. If you’re interested in finding out more about the Online Mothers Group, drop me a line at info@theentrepreneurialmother.com

what to do when the diary is just way too full…

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Just sometimes, Life seems to take over your diary, well it does mine at least. And that in turn leads to feeling really quite overwhelmed.

That’s because (I guess I’m similar to you) you don’t want to let anyone down. I most certainly don’t.

Should I have said no to a few things, probably. But when youré a solo-preneur, a solo-breadwinner and a solo-parent (a double parent actually!), you are often set to accept all that comes your way (within context) because usually something happens and not all comes together, all at once.

But in my case, at the moment, it has all come together and I am under the pump! Right now, I’m even feeling a little “Mother Hubbard” as Daughter will be living on cupboard leftovers soon if I’m not careful. Yes sure, I can get help but that also takes head space and time to arrange, which I don’t have right now. If only the EA of my dreams rolls up on my doorstep and takes over my diary and half the stuff that emanates from it.

Cinderella wanted a Prince.
Me? If a Prince relieves me of my diary, my to-do list build-up, then bring him on!

 

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