Top 10 Must-Haves for Mompreneurs

23Apr2009 Filed under: Entrepreneurs, Mompreneurs, start a home business Author: Bikash

What does a mompreneur needs most. Find out 10 most important thing, places, people, system they cannot live without.

There are thousands of mompreneurs working today. Mompreneur and their situations are little different from a guy entrepreneur. There are some situations which only mompreneurs face and not the father of the child who is also an entrepreneur. Now these must have do not include something abstract like “determination”, “urge to perform” etc. but includes something that is more tangible.

1. Daycare- It is a must for most of them. Mompreneurs need a reliable and good day care for their babies. Mompreneurs may not work 9-5 but they may need to go out for a meeting, workshop or something else. They also need to work through the day and so need a day care service to remain productive.

2. Housekeeper- A good housekeeper is what you need as a mompreneur. A good housekeeper will help you to avoid the household chores that may waste your business time. A good housekeeper will look after your house and your children when you need to go out.

3. Husband- Ok, you may need it and may not. It depends on you. A good husband can help you in the business, look after the kids, and specially make and keep you happy. A good husband will see that you are at your most comfortable state all the time.

4. Phonetag.com – This is a website which transcribes your phone messages and then sends it to an email id. So, you can read all your voicemails in text format and while in the school, in a conference or in a workshop. It provides you the call back phone numbers so, you do not lose any information.

5. Helpareporter.com – This website can help you when you do not have a publicist. Here business owners get 20-30 queries everyday. You can keep checking it for a match for your business.

6. Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Myspace – All these social media sites can actually help you in your business. Mompreneurs can get lots of traffic from these social media sites. These sites can get your visitors to your blog or to the site where you display your portfolio. But do not waste lots of time here. Use other tools which can update your status in most of these social media together without actually visiting these sites. There are many such social media desktop clients and tools which will post your status updates to your Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts.

7. A smart phone- You need a smart phone. You can get an iPhone, a Treo, a BlackBerry or any other smart phone. It helps you in many ways as it offers many different functions together. So, from your home, you can manage your business works while taking care of your children and so become more productive.

8. A good Accountant – You need a good accountant who will take care of your accounts all the time. A professional accountant is always better for you instead of you doing it. A professional accountant will make sure you business is sound from the start and he will also help you to make decisions.

9. Work space- whether you are working from home or from a high tech office, you will need a dedicated office space for your work. A dedicated office space may not look the priority for you but actually you need it to make yourself productive. An organized office space will save your time and will make sure you perform more work.

10. A virtual working space- What we mean by this that you need to have everything online so that you can work while traveling and your work is not impacted because you are traveling.