When we were interviewing all of the amazing self-employed moms as a part of our research for Mom Inc a few things really stayed with us. Here’s one that stood out. According to Kathy Buckworth, author, spokesperson and all around funny mummy, mompreneurs should take the time to enter awards. When you step off the corporate career path you lose the valuable career feedback that comes with having an employer. As Kathy puts it, “As a mompreneur you only get feedback from your kids, and they always tell you that you suck!
Amy here. As we all know, motherhood is a marathon. A sometimes unrelenting, gratitude-lacking marathon.
You keep at it: “Sit up straight.” "Sit down." “Say ‘thank you.’” “Say ‘please.’” But since you don’t always get positive feedback, it’s hard to know if the kids are getting it. Can they hear me? Is it all sinking in?
My daughter recently caught me reading a particularly grisly newspaper article. She asked me why the person in the story would behave so badly. Can I tell you what my response was to my eight-year-old?
This summer Admiral Road will host a summit. For only the second time in the history of the company we’ll invite some respected thinkers to meet with us and delve into complicated issues. There will be refreshments and laughs, but there will also be the need for diplomacy, tact and problem-solving. And hopefully we’ll walk away with some great conclusions and action plans. That’s right, this summer we’re having the husband summit.
One of the main reasons that Danielle and I wanted to write Mom Inc. was to dispel some of the myths of mompreneurship. Despite what one might read in the media, mompreneurship is no walk in the park. Like any job, running your own company as a mom is work - plain and simple. And even though you may want to go into business for yourself in order to be available for your family, you’ll quickly figure out the challenges that this arrangement presents.
