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The Mumpreneur Guide by Antonia Chitty

10 October 2009

Welcome back to Self Employed Mum. Thanks for visiting!

Hot on the heels of my post about the mum label wars, I’m back using the ‘M’ word again as I got a copy of Antonia Chitty’s new book The Mumpreneur Guide a few weeks back. Antonia’s a journo, owns her own PR company, writes about family [...]

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Don’t Call Me ‘X’ – The Mum Label Wars

8 October 2009

In the past few days there has been a lot of tweeting and posting about the use of the word ‘mumpreneur’. Ali and I have always felt a bit divided by the term – On one hand it recognises entrepreneurial mothers and on the other hand it’s sometimes an overused and misrepresented ‘label’.
But it’s not [...]

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Mumpreneur Conference – Birmingham – 3 October 2009

15 September 2009
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Here at Self Employed Mum we’re still undecided whether the title of “mumpreneur” makes us gag on our cornflakes or beam with pride.  However, there’s a golden opportunity coming up for networking with, er, “fellow entrepreneurs who have a child” – at the first Mumsclub Mumpreneur Conference.
The idea of Jane, who manages the networking site, [...]

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Entrepreneur’s Corner: The Organic Toy Company

31 August 2009

The latest in our mumpreneur series features Natalie from the Organic Toy Company.

Why I started my business?
All of my children have suffered since birth with eczema but Jade, my eldest at 10 years old, has always been by far the worst affected. I’d frequently have to prise her (synthetic) cuddly toys away from her at [...]

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