Women Entrepreneurs: May Be, Baby!

Over the years, I have spoken with many women entrepreneurs who had various questions around balance and flexibility. The most critical question comes up when these entrepreneurs face the have a child vs. start a company question. One of the best conversations I ever had on the subject was with Sara Sutton Fell, founder of

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Five Mompreneurs Say You Can Do It All

I frequently facilitate discussions about female entrepreneurs, and the company vs. children question, and I would like to do so again. We’ve seen through conversations with entrepreneurial women like Sarah Sutton Fell that not only is it possible to have both, you can also be incredibly successful. To reinforce that point, I would like to

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Mompreneur Stories: Personal Fulfillment

By Guest Author Erika Valdez Last week we saw that many women entrepreneurs start their own businesses partly because of the flexibility that an entrepreneurial life can offer. This week’s essay explores another benefit of entrepreneurship that is perhaps less easily measured but is no less important: the chance to embark on a journey towards

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Mompreneur Stories: Flexibility

By Guest Author Erika Valdez There are many extraordinary examples of women entrepreneurs out there—women who, due to various circumstances, have chosen to take the path of entrepreneurship and are now owners of successful businesses. Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to interview many women, most of them moms, who have

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Forbes Column 2009: Mompreneurs

Here’s Zero In on women juggling motherhood and careers using entrepreneurship as a vehicle: read Mompreneurs. As part of this story, we also encourage you to tell your own story of mompreneurship, or stories of other women entrepreneurs who are successfully juggling entrepreneurship and motherhood, and have insights to share.