I met Karen Shopoff Rooff back in 2009 through our local business group, Biz + Balance. At the time, she was running a personal training business from home. But as her family grew, so did her interests and business offerings. See how Karen's personal trainer business has evolved into a complete health resource for women that includes ... Read More
Mompreneur
From Fired to In-Demand Photographer – One Mom’s Story
Eryn Chandler is an Austin-based photographer that specializes in engagement and family photos. Find out how this mom turned her passion for photography into a thriving business, after she got fired from her day job. You started your photography business in 2011, tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started. I've ... Read More
How This Pittsburgh Mom Became a Best-Selling Romance Author
Rachel Blaufeld is a bestselling author of Romantic Suspense, New Adult, Coming-of-Age Women’s Fiction & Romance, and Sports Romance. Originally a social worker, Rachel creates broken yet redeeming characters. She’s been known to turn up the angst like cranking up the heat in the dead of winter. Blaufeld is also a long-time ... Read More
From Diaper Cakes to Business and Life Coaching – One Mom’s Journey
LaTersa Blakely is a mom of two little darlings. She's a woman of God who’s been in business since 2011, and she loves helping moms make money from home. Find out how this mom went from selling diaper cakes to coaching other moms in business and in life. When I met you in 2011, you were selling Diaper Cakes. Tell us a little bit ... Read More
This Mom Created a Home Business That Allowed Her Husband to Retire From His Day Job
Stacey Harris is a Digital Marketing Strategist, Speaker, Author, and Trainer. She’s worked with everyone from one-woman shops to large start-ups. Find out how this mom created a home business that allowed her husband to retire from his 9-to-5 day job. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your entrepreneurial journey. After ... Read More
How This Mom Started a Successful Home-Based Career Around Food
Jan Pinnington is the Founder & CEO of Healthy Hands Cooking. She is a Certified Nutritional Consultant who previously spent 26 years in the corporate communications industry developing custom programs for some of the industry’s largest retailers through her position as Account Executive and then CEO of her own boutique ... Read More
How This Mom Boss is Earning a Full-Time Income Helping Others with Tech Solutions
Jaime Slutzky is a WordPress website developer and the owner of Virtual Summit TECH where she and her team produce multi-part online events. Jaime is married and the mother of two girls, she has been working from home [and coffee shops, gymnastics, and dance studios ~ basically anywhere with WiFi] full-time since 2011. Read on ... Read More
How One Mom’s Career Change Turned Her Passion for Gluten-Free Living Into Profit
Jenny Finke is a certified nutrition and health coach. She founded her gluten-free blog, Good For You Gluten Free, after a devastating celiac diagnosis in April 2012. Today she helps her readers and clients live a healthy, gluten-free lifestyle, and she works hard to advocate for those living with celiac disease or following a ... Read More
How to Earn $75/Hour Working From Home as a Baby Planner
April Beach is the founder of Baby Planner Inc.™, Sweet Pea Baby Planners™, The SweetLife Company and creator of Baby Savvy®, April Beach has been in the baby planning field since day one. Her authentic passion for consulting entrepreneurs and promoting the baby planning industry has proven successful and beneficial to the growth of ... Read More
Solid Advice for Buying an Established Online Business
Julie Fry's passion has always been for small business and building community. In her family, she's the designated event planner for birthday celebrations and milestone events, so she decided to harness her talents for the mom entrepreneur community. Find out how this mom became the owner of Business Among Moms, and what advice she ... Read More
The Benefits and Challenges of Being a Mompreneur
By Holly Reisem Hanna In collaboration with cabi and in honor of International Women's Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women worldwide -- I wanted to share some of the benefits and challenges I've faced as a mompreneur. I had never considered becoming an entrepreneur until the ... Read More
The Birth of a Baby-Proofing Business – Interview with Courtney Ilarraza
Courtney Ilarraza is the Co-Founder of Baby Bodyguards, a National Safety Expert, an American Heart Association CPR Instructor, and Mom of three. Read on to see how this criminal prosecutor traded in her law practice for a baby-proofing business from home. Tell us a little bit about your entrepreneurial journey. I went to law ... Read More
Working from Home as a General Transcriptionist – Interview with Lisa Mills
Lisa Mills is a work-at-home mom of three girls. She's been working from home since the early 90s and has done just about everything including selling on eBay, running an online used bookstore via Amazon, day trading stocks online, freelance writing, and publishing websites, and more. Read on to see how her work-at-home journey ... Read More
How a Blog Can Be a Launchpad for Other Job Opportunities
Susan Wenner Jackson co-founded the blog, Working Moms Against Guilt back in 2006. Since that time, her blog has evolved into a nationally recognized resource, with mentions and coverage on ABC News, the New York Times, Real Simple Magazine, and CNN. While Susan hasn't focused on monetizing her blog, it has become a launch pad for ... Read More
10 Ways to Take Control of Your Life
Having to manage your time and tasks can either be your closest friend or fiercest enemy, depending on your organizational abilities, discipline, and execution. As a busy working stay-at-home mom, business owner, wife, friend, neighbor, sister, daughter, (and numerous other roles), there were many times in my life where I ran on ... Read More
