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Are You a Mompreneur Trying to Grow a Business? Try This Simple Strategy to Help You Succeed
In life, we choose to surround ourselves with people with whom we share common values, and we call these people friends. In business, we surround ourselves with people with whom we share common business values, and we call these people customers. But is there really a huge difference? Are our customers not just our friends, but in a different sphere?
Some of my best and most loyal customers have also become very good friends. We share a laugh when we see each other and have a bit of banter or “craic” (as the Irish call it). I genuinely like catching …
Ready to Become a MOMpreneur? Start Your Own Small Business
How fantastic to see Sara Blakely, 41, owner and inventor of Spanx body-shaping underwear being named the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire this week in the 25th annual rich list from Forbes magazine.
What a great story! Sick of VPL, Sara found herself cutting the feet off her tights to wear under her cream trousers. Not being able to buy what she wanted in stores, she decided to make her own underwear solutions and patented her design with a legal text-book (to save costs). With an investment of just $5,000 of her savings, she made up a prototype and sold …