I am a mumpreneur!

It’s official – weird word but hey I’ll go with it. I still cringe though at the thought of being any kind of ‘entrepeneur’. It feels like I should be Richard Branson.

I was approached by BT Tradespace who were writing an article on how to be a successful mumpreneur. All publicity is good publicity right?

I have lifted the below from the article which can be read in full here

For some like Sarah Alderson, owner of ethical and green business, Boudalu, running her own business wasn’t a choice, but a necessity, “I don’t think I really chose to become a mumpreneur, it just happened. When I was on maternity leave, I went slightly crazy. I was just not used to not working (not that having a newborn isn’t hard work but I missed the sense of creating new projects, project managing and making things happen)!” Sarah found a gap in the ethical and green business market and founded Boudalu, a fairtrade boutique where users can shop by type of product or by cause. She’s proves she’s committed to her cause – both as a mumpreneur and as a green business when she says, “We don’t think it would be right to keep our profits, so we donate them all back to grassroots social projects in the developing world.”

The article has some good tips for success for other women looking to do the same and some inspiring business stories from other mothers.