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by Vicki Larson (Around the Watercooler - Mommy Tracked)
Forget about father-son businesses; although that’s the model still ingrained in the American psyche. Mother-daughter businesses are the new black. I have no idea how they do it; honestly, most women I know have such complicated relationships with their mothers without having to worry about ordering, restocking and bookkeeping, it’s a miracle they still talk at all.
But it seems sort of romantic to go into business with someone you love and know so well; who better than a mother, father, sibling or husband to work with? Whenever a big-box chain store threatens to move in to our neighborhood, we tend to rally around the tiny mom-and-pop store that we’ve been shopping at for years. We love mom-and-pop- run businesses — they make up more than 80 percent of the nation’s companies. And although we often see them through rose-colored glasses as the cozy diner on Main Street or the quaint B&B somewhere in Maine, many are Fortune 500 corporations.
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According to SCORE, the Counselors to America's Small Business, the number of women-owned businesses in the U.S. has doubled since 1987. And nearly 85% of those businesses are sole proprietorships. So more and more women are taking the entrepreneurial leap and doing it on their own. But opening the doors of a new business is still a scary thing. "Everyone has big fears of starting new things, even people you may consider the 'pros,'" says Pamela Slim, a mother of two, whose blog, www.EscapeFromCubicleNation.com is required reading for new entrepreneurs. "So check your perfectionism at the door and just get moving with little things." Read More »
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An accidental new breed of entrepreneur has emerged. "Unintentional entrepreneurs" span all generations and walks of life. There are victims of corporate lay-offs, post-grads who are uninspired by the lagging job force and those who claim they were just tired of being miserable at their…
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After raising her kids alone for nine years, Shine user Red has just started establishing a life for herself. Now a turn of events has her scrambling to face her responsibilities without resentment. What should she do? Read More »
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