YOU are Mom, Incorporated

This site is all about YOU – the mom or mom-to-be who wants to start a business from home or grow your existing home-based business. On this site, we’ll promote women with home-based businesses, share expert advice on a wide range of topics to support you, and offer learning resources and materials to help you [...]

7 Smart Ways to Market Your Company

Here are some of our favorite tips for getting started with marketing your home-based business. 1. Spread the Word: Send an e-mail to your entire list of contacts, letting them know about your new business and offer a referral discount. (We use MailChimp.) 2. Be Social: Create a presence in popular social networks for your new [...]

Becoming an Unintentional Work-At-Home Mom

By Kathy Zucker Over the past six years, I have been a managing partner in three companies. In the past year, I have written two business plans and raised a million dollars in investor capital commitments. In the past 16 months, I established a beverage company’s online and social media presence, redesigning the look and [...]

Advice for The Pregnant Entrepreneur

Darla DeMorrow wrote The Pregnant Entrepreneur because she couldn’t find a book to help her through her pregnancy while running her small business. A professional organizer who owns Heartwork Organizing,  Darla helps people find their desktops, their keys, useful time in their calendar, money and their sanity. (Still, she admits, her kids leave their toys [...]

Mom Incorporated Podcast #1: Sarah Cook of CEO Kids

Well, it has been a long time coming, but finally we can share the first podcast for Mom, Incorporated. Aliza spoke with Sarah Cook, co-author of the book The Parents’ Guide to Raising CEO Kids. In this podcast, Sarah talks about : her entrepreneurial kids writing a book with her husband running a business from [...]

Just in Time for Last Minute Holiday Shopping!

Yes, it’s that time of year! We’ve compiled a list of some quick, last-minute stocking stuffer-sized gifts for this holiday season. We’d be remiss if we didn’t suggest our book, Mom, Incorporated, as the perfect gift for a mom or mom-to-be in your life. Whether you get the actual book or gift the Kindle version, [...]

She’s Mom Incorporated: Debra Cohen, Home Referral Network

Debra Cohen, one of the moms featured in Mom, Incorporated, initially wanted to contribute a few hundred dollars a month to her household income so she could afford to stay at home full-time with her infant daughter. Today, she not only owns Home Remedies of NY, Inc., but she’s created a nationwide network of independent [...]

Mom Incorporated donates to Operation Shower

We have told you how incredibly proud we are of Mom, Incorporated.  Even more so when we are able to use this book to accomplish something good. It has been a beautiful experience to hear how women have been moved by something within the 192 pages…. to start something of their very own, to push [...]

She’s Mom Incorporated: Vicky Scesa, Mamatography

Vicky Scesa is a photographer, graphic designer and teacher by inclination and training. She’s also a mom, and when Safina Stella was born, Scesa’s focus shifted a bit. She loves taking photos of her darling daughter, and she wants to teach other moms to take better pictures, too. That’s the genesis of her business, Mamatography [...]

Worksheet No. 12: Questions to Ask a Bookkeeper

You’re officially in operation. You’ve found your first clients, sent out several invoices, and you’re eagerly awaiting your initial payments. It’s time to get a bookkeeper on board. Here are 20 questions to ask potential bookkeepers so you know what services you’ll be receiving, and be certain you have someone you can work with. Thanks [...]