Moms Mean Business: A Guide to Creating a Successful Company and Happy Life as a Mom Entrepreneur

There are 9 million women-owned businesses in the United States; they account for $1.3 trillion in revenue. American women are starting businesses at a rate twice that of men. Most of these women are also moms.

What does it take to be successful as both a mom and as an entrepreneur? Moms Mean Business gives existing and potential mom business owners the encouragement, advice, and healthy dose of "how-to" they need.

In this helpful guide, you will create a customized strategy that includes:

A personal definition of success in both life and business--and the way to achieve it

The tools needed to manage time and productivity when your priorities as a mom and business owner conflict

A mom-friendly business plan to get you focused

An approach to self-care that allows you to handle all that's thrown your way

Tips, checklists, and guidance to quickly solve the problems mom entrepreneurs encounter

Behind-the-scenes stories and advice from well-known mom entrepreneurs make Moms Mean Business fun to read and full of that all-important "me, too!" factor. It is inspiring, motivating, and, above all, practical.

Erin Baebler has spent the past 10 years coaching women in transition through her company, Magnolia Workshop. She has been featured on several mom-focused blogs and Websites, had an essay published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms, was a contributor to Five Must Know Secrets for Today's College Girl, and is a sought-after speaker. She and her husband have two children and live in Seattle.


Lara Galloway is the Mom Biz Coach--a certified coach, entrepreneur, sought-after speaker, and frequent media guest. Lara has a strong social media reach that includes more than 24,000 Twitter followers, a Blog Talk Radio show that boasts more than 4,000 downloads each week, and a weekly Twitter chat. She lives near Detroit, Michigan, with her husband and three children.