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Please welcome Aneesha Constant, our first international momtrepreneur to have joined our Crib Sheets series! Aneesha, a jewelry designer, is Indian from South Africa, living in Thailand and is married to a Frenchman…which makes her our first “tricultural” momtrepreneur as well! What business did you start up? Designing, manufacturing and distributing jewelry (mainly silver and…

I heart Peter Walsh. Today I received new, free goodies from OfficeMax and their new guru, organizer and Oprah-certified consultant Peter Walsh. I’ll be joining a webcast tomorrow during which time Peter and OfficeMax’s Julie Krueger (who?) will demonstrate how I can explore my new tools. Let’s see…I got the new InPlace System Kit that…

Attention! The United States government is giving every momtrepreneur a one-time only no-questions-asked $10,000 tax credit for being you. If you started your business after 2006, or plan to start one in the current tax year, you qualify to receive nearly eleven-thousand bucks for creating a new small business that will contribute to rescuing our…

Faithful Reluctant Momtrepreneur readers know I have struggled to settle on one business. I always have a dozen ideas bouncing around my brain and can’t decide which one is worth going for. Luckily, a conversation with our own Momtrepreneur Maven, Jill Salzman, helped me narrow things down. Jill asked me to describe all my business…

A healthy alternative to your kids’ food/snack containers! Three cheers for Jacqueline Linder. She’s a momtrepreneur AND an environmentalist, doing good for lunchtimes everywhere. What business did you start up? I am the Founder of LunchBots. LunchBots are stainless steel lunch and snack containers that are made from the highest quality, 18/8 stainless steel and…

Ellie & Melissa are The Baby Planners who put a new spin on the old concierge business, with a brilliant slogan to boot. You can read their blog, check out their site, or watch them on the one and only Rachael Ray show (scroll down for the clip). For all you momtrepreneurs thinking about teaming…

No, really. Do you? I ask because every time I go for a run, ideas pop out of me like overworked kneecaps. It takes only a few blocks and my endorphins, one by one, kick up new ideas for unique promotional efforts, better marketing strategies, or new blog posts. If I spend too much time…

I’ve decided to harness the collective genius of our readers and ask for your thoughts. After all, what is the internet, if not interactive? Anyway, I’ve been mulling over the following: am I more likely to succeed with a business in my former field or in something completely new?  On the one hand, using my…

This momtrepreneur has diversified her talents and seemingly does it all. Alexandra Levit has written three books, speaks regularly at corporate functions about her expertise, and is a media darling on all things job-related after college graduation. Read on, aspiring writers and speakers…and watch her on TV, below. What business did you start up? Workplace…