Although I love blogging and social media, I will always be a book person. Earlier this year when I decided to take my entrepreneurial journey more seriously I started haunting the business section of the library. There are some really great books out there about the great juggling act of being an entrepreneur and mom . One book that provided a great combination of inspiration and practical advice on this subject was Secrets of Millionaire Moms by Tamara Monosoff founder of Mom Inventors Inc.
In her book she profiles a number of famous entrepreneurs including Victoria Knight McDowell, founder of Airborne Health and Maxine Clark founder and chief executive of the Build a Bear Workshop. My favorite anecedote is that Victoria Knight McDowell, who was still a school teacher when she was first developing her Airborne product enlisted the help of school staff, students, and even parents when she needed to attach 44,000 samples by hand to preprinted post cards!
This book is well organized and contains a wealth of good information. It gives you ideas on how to get started, market your business, deal with finances, as well as balance work and mothering.
I’ve been feeling in kind of a slump lately, so I plan to take this book on vacation with me next week and give it a second look. I don’t know if I will ever be a millonaire mom, but I find it inspirational to read about fascinating and confident women who have “made it” in business. Hopefuly in a few years I will have my own business stories to tell.
If you own your own business and/or are a mom inventor check out Tamara’s Website http://www.mominventors.com/ . You can purchase Secrets of Millionaire Moms and Monosoff’s other book The Mom Inventors Handbook on Amazon.com .
