Mum and business owner Lorna Ive found herself longing to return to a social work environment post-Covid. With her self-taught, newly-acquired...
Real-life Entrepreneur Stories
Read inspiring real-life stories from mum entrepreneurs. Learn from their journeys, struggles, successes, and tips for starting and growing a business.
Unleashing your inner entrepreneur – how Laura found balance as a Virtual Assistant
The birth of her second child was what prompted Laura Dodsworth, from Ashford in Surrey, to start her own business. After a successful career...
From Filing to Freedom: How Being Demoted Was a Blessing in Disguise.
Before I had children, I always thought I’d return to the job I enjoyed and be one of those Mums who managed to combine the two. I’d been...
Bad Mother Short Film – Calling All Mums!
Mini Productions and First Person Productions present Bad Mother - A short film about trust, fuelled by fear. A short film written and directed...
Career Change – From Acccount Manager to Entrepreneur
Lisa had a successful career change from account manager for a telecoms firm to founder of a baby gift company. She is also a wife, and a mum...
Creating my own Flexible Work – Personal Assistant, Entrepreneur, Franchise holder
When Vicky Matthews took voluntary redundancy from a high-street bank after the birth of her second child, she vowed no-one she ever employed...
From Registered Nurse to Plug-In Developer
Now here's a great story of a mother changing career. To inspire you all to try something new. Of course there is lots of work in nursing, but...
Motherhood, Starting a Business and Simon Cowell
Starting a business is a daily uphill struggle, or at least it can feel like that at times. Working mother and entrepreneur Michaela knows...
The Mummy VA Myth
As a busy mother myself, I can assure you that being a virtual assistant (VA) is a great job to have alongside family commitments, such as the...
Seeking professional challenge AND flexibility? Why I decided to create it for myself
Is eighteen my magic number? Eighteen months ago, I decided to leave my corporate career. In December 2013 I actually did leave after eighteen...
An Unemployed Mother Becomes an Independent Financial Adviser
How do some women seem so focused and clear in their decisions? How do they turn their lives around and turn the worse situation into a...
More mums are successfully earning from home – and watching the kids
When becoming a mother women are all too often faced with a hard reality of putting their career temporarily on the shelf to focus on their...