I am sure most moms have once dreamt of working from home but don’t know. If you are one of them, I am here to help you to understand it.

1. Do what you love. Since you are going to devote a lot of time and energy into starting a business and building it into a successful enterprise, it’s really important that you truly enjoy what you do.  Use the problems you have experienced at past jobs, or in life in general, to develop an entrepreneurial idea.
2. Know your target market. What problems do they have, how can you provide a solution.  Targeting your market makes it easier to design your products or services to meet consumer needs.
3. Get clients or customers first. Don’t wait until your officially up and running to get prospects in the door. You want to test the waters and make sure your target market exists and this is what you want to do.
4. Find a mentor or coach. Ask friends, family and colleagues. Contact successful entrepreneurs and find a mentor who you respect and who has already achieved what you want to do.  
5. The Money and the Plan. Save up if you have to. Approach potential investors and lenders. Figure out your financial fall-back plan.
6. Outsource, Outsource, Outsource. Over the last 10 years outsourcing has become critical to the success of millions of small businesses around the world. Many start up’s have obtained substantial growth in a short time once they started to outsource.  

As a living testimony, I am a proud work at home mom for many years and I have never regretted joining this noble field. I enjoy creating my wealth while working on projects for my clients from a conducive home environment as my own boss. You can also be one as long as you have self discipline, determination and focus on what you need to achieve in your life.

Ready to turbo charge your business? Join Lucinda Cross of Corporate Mom DropOuts along with Traci Bisson the founder of “The Mom Entrepreneur who are currently sponsoring a Business Baby Shower Contest to celebrate entrepreneurial moms .

Too many mompreneurs hold a pistol to their heads and give the revolver a good spin when trying to get their businesses started and keep them going. They have what I call shiny object syndrome. Any little thing can pull them away from business job one, starting their entrepreneurial life and making sure it brings in the income and keeps the customer satisfied. Getting distracted will surely harm the business.

Trying to balance family, the most important people in your life, and a business isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes drive and desire and focus and plans. If you feel in your deepest soul and in your head that you must have your own business, then go for it. But don’t go off in every direction at once. Make a business plan and make sure you build in the right amount of work time but also children time and significant partner time. Remember you left the rat race because you didn’t have enough time for the people who make your life worthwhile.

Don’t get sidetracked from your goal. If the home phone rings during business time, don’t pick up even if it’s your best friend. It’s business time now, and you can call her during non-business hours. That’s what answering machines (and even all the gizmos on cellphones) are for. Just because you work at home doesn’t mean you’re available to everyone, and that includes the older kids. Of course, if your son just fell out of a tree (which they seem to do with regularity, well, yeah, you have to take him to the hospital). Otherwise, you’re at work; don’t lose your focus and stay directed.

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Many times we get so consumed with our businesses that we don’t actually communicate to our family members, especially the little ones, about what we are doing and why we are doing it. There is a lot of doing going on and not enough explaining.

A simple explanation can cure some of the distractions because family and little ones will understand that Mommy is helping someone become better. Part of the Business Baby Shower concept is to help you as moms and women understand that it is the little things that count. If we could just get some support, an explanation, or just Stop, Look and Listen at what we do and why we do it, it would help us continue to burn the entrepreneurial fire.

It is important to pull yourself away from the busi- ness of the business and look at the little things that count like reading a book, having a conversation with a peer, or getting support you need from a fellow friend. All of these help tremendously when it comes to moving on and moving up in your business.

If you are one of those busi-moms who is smothered in busi-ness, it is time to take a step back and look at what little things you have pushed to the side that can either make or break your next season in business. Will you celebrate Christmas in April? Or will you have winter in June?

It is time to reward yourself by taking a look at your business and see what little things you can’t do without in your next season. Make sure you sign up for the Business Baby Shower Contest to start your season greetings with Christmas in April.