Saturday, September 4, 2010

title pic When To Do It Series: Work Doesn’t Just Fall Into Your Lap

Posted by Tisha Tolar on June 10, 2010

If work just fell from the sky, the world would be a lot richer. I know I sure would be! But it doesn’t happen that way. Work must be sought out. Work must be asked for. Work must be pursued all of the time. Otherwise, work just doesn’t happen.
Finding Work Is a Priority
No matter what [...]

title pic Can You Handle It?

Posted by Tisha Tolar on May 6, 2010

Being an entrepreneur that chases their dream and makes concrete their vision is like nothing else in this world – if you have right mentality. Entrepreneurship takes a certain kind of person. You have to be willing to be flexible, confident, aggressive, social, hard-working, able to handle rejection, revel in the thrill of victory, and… [...]

title pic Yes, It’s a Real Job

Posted by Tisha Tolar on May 4, 2010

For some people, it is hard to believe you have a real job that earns a real income. You wake up in the morning, turn on the coffee, and start to work in your pj’s. Sure you can be comfortable at least some of the time while working from home but sometimes getting others to [...]

title pic Put Your Support System in Place

Posted by Tisha Tolar on April 30, 2010

We entrepreneurs are often misunderstood because it takes a certain kind of person to fly solo. Finding support may not always be easy, especially when you are a mom, wife, sister, daughter, scout leader, soccer mom, taxi driver, cook, etc… When family and friends begin to see how much time it takes for you to [...]

title pic Why Your Business Needs Mentoring

Posted by Tisha Tolar on April 28, 2010

Mentoring is a great way for any potential business owner to learn the ropes of a startup. You have to be outgoing and not afraid to approach people for help. A mentor to seek out will be someone willing to give up their time – preferably free of charge – to teach you the realities [...]

title pic How To Do It: Part Four – Claim Your Space

Posted by Tisha Tolar on April 20, 2010

There are many difficult aspects of working from home but few compare to the difficulties of claiming a work space as your own – especially if you are a mom. If you decide to work from home, you probably already have a work area in mind – a spare bedroom, the attic, the basement – [...]

title pic 2010:The Year of the Empowered Mom

Posted by Tisha Tolar on January 5, 2010

Our mission at Empowering Mom Blog has always been and still is: to inspire and empower moms (and anyone really) to find their niche as an entrepreneur. While our blog has been established for nearly three years, our own entrepreneurial lives sometimes take over and we’ve neglected our blogging duties. However, with the onset of [...]

title pic Starting a Small Business – Part One: Planning

Posted by Debbie Dragon on July 30, 2009

There are all kinds of people in the world and our personalities play a large role in the type of career we decide to pursue. Some people are more than happy to work as employees in any industry, while others feel confined by the daily routine, and frustrated by working hard day after day to [...]

title pic MOM BIZ SPOTLIGHT: MOLLY at TICK-A-TOO

Posted by Tisha Tolar on June 9, 2009

Website:
Tick-A-Too
Company Description:
Tick-A-Too is a unique online children’s boutique with a large selection of baby gifts, clothes, toys, and furniture.
Molly, proprietor of Tick-A-Too, was 18 when she had her first child. She had never held a job before that nor did she have a credit card or even a bank account. But starting Tick-A-Too was [...]

title pic No Turning Back Now…….

Posted by Trisha Wagner on June 8, 2009

A few weeks ago, my good friend and one of my partners in crime dropped a not-so-subtle hint that it is time for an update on my progress as a work at home mom. So without further delay, here is my update.
When I started in January, my first concern was quickly replacing my old income to ensure [...]