Do you agree that these days a lot of ladies, especially after they’ve become mummies, turn to be entrepreneurs? I personally have come across mummies that are work from home mothers and they are very happy doing what they’re setting out to do. Many of them are also very ambitious with their home-based business ventures too.
I find more and more mummies are now taking advantage of the internet as a medium to set up a trading business. Many of the blog shops are run by mothers. From niche baby products to maternity products for other mothers, clothes, accessories and even lingerie, arts and crafts, scrap booking products and even educational books and toys. You name it, some mothers are already doing it and even well received in the market.
Being one myself, I find it a great way to run a business without having to leave home too much in order to run the business. So far I’ve enjoyed doing so and I’m sure other net-preneur mothers are feeling the same. Some may even be looking after their kids and running their shops at the same time. What more could you ask for, right? 
As great as it sounds, I’ve got to admit running a business and doing so from home is not the easiest thing to handle. There are moments of work pressure even when it’s a self-run business. So work-at-home mummies have their down moments too.
Just imagine when you are home-based, you miss out on interacting with friends at work. And when you first start out in business, you’ve got to do everything from the nitty-gritty to the bigger things by yourself. You’ve got to start managing accounts, do the marketing and sales, customer servicing, etc. All these become a 1-person job, no more passing on the duties to fellow colleagues in their specialised departments to run the numbers or do their marketing magic for you. Suddenly, you have to be the expert in every field!
But as with everything, these days you can find just about anything you need on the internet, including solutions. What I have found to complement my needs as well as act as a great resource and support to me is this support group called The Mom Entrepreneur Support Group.
Nowadays support can come from just about anyone, and virtually, so it doesn’t matter that it’s a group that’s not even in the same country I live in. Having said that, I’m sure it’ll be great too if there’s something similar in this country so at least once in a while, some of the support group members can get together. Have you seen, heard or even joined something like this in Malaysia? If you have, do introduce to me, I would love to be a member
So how do I feel after 6 months of being a work at home mum? Great, really. It’s worth taking that risk and going through the initial pain to get to where I want to be in the end. So it is worth it for me. How about the other work at home mums? What are your stories?
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Hi Penny – thanks for the shout out! Glad you feel our support group has helped you even residing in another country!