Five Ways to Finagle Founding and Family by @stacykatz

April 16, 2016 by Guest Post 1 Comment

by Stacy Katz

Launching a new business? Exhausted trying to figure out how to keep family life on track? So am I! Here are five tips that are working for my business partner and I and that we hope make your journey a bit smoother:

1. Tackle the Gaps with Gusto
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain. We’ve worked with startups and global corporations for years, and the thrill of the tech sector is that there is always an area of expertise applied to inventing something that doesn’t yet exist. To succeed, being honest about areas of “ignorance” is key. For our venture, Not Parent Approved, a kid’s card game we created in desperation to get our kids off their screens without a fit, we are deep in the Operations stage and are networking with advisors as we learn the difference between “freight forwarding” and “fulfillment!” We are veterans in some areas like digital and marketing yet we are newbies in others. Being a newbie is uncomfortable but it’s really important to tackle these areas with honesty and gusto. We’ve seen so many founders and CEOs tank promising endeavors with hubris by not having the humility to know what they don’t know.

2. Modeling Entrepreneurship Prepares Your Kids for THEIR Future
They say (who are THEY by the way?) that in parenting, kids model your actions not words. Founding a business while juggling a demanding income-producing career with parenting concierge services like play-dates and homework supervision is the new normal. A traditional career where people work for a stable company for thirty years and earn a paycheck is now a rare scenario. Rather than feel guilty or completely stressed out about the time you are investing in your new business and the time trade-offs that often requires, we share with our kids stories and real-time moments of triumph, teamwork, frustration and failure. Yes, FAILURE. Research is showing that GRIT not self-esteem is the key to being a successful adult. If we can model how our aspirations sometimes fail to hit the mark and that this is an organic part of life, hopefully this can better prepare our kids to face their own roadblocks.

3. “Hire” Your Kids
We’ve given our kids the titles of CKO (Chief Kid Officers), granted it’s a little easier when you’re developing a kid’s card game, but the purpose is truly to engage them in the process. The hours spent on launching a new endeavor can often make your loved ones feel excluded or that your focus on them has diminished. From assisting us pick out the best photos for our website, to helping us find and set aside the items we need to bring to tradeshows, bringing your kids into the process helps them share in your aspirations, develop entrepreneurial skill sets and perhaps most importantly, feel that they are part of the team invested in the success of the business which will benefit the family.

4. Bootstrap It: Trade Your Talents
My business partner is exceptional at UX design and product strategy. She’s built websites “pro-bono” for a handful of friends and colleague. This generosity paid off for us in getting some amazing copy-writing support and professional photography. I have traded public relations counsel to get retail introductions and video production services. When you’re bootstrapping it, it’s imperative to be creative in ways you can make every minute and dollar stretch. It’s critical to weigh the opportunity costs of how you spend your time, but it’s smart business to trade your time for valuable services from quality professionals rather than diminish your cash flow.

5. Find the Fun in the Frazzle
Let’s face it; launching a new business, delivering exceptional work for your current clients or boss while being a present parent is a Herculean effort. This is not going to be pretty. Instead of beating yourself up, it’s important to embrace the mess and frazzle. You might have to Face-time a bedtime story to your kids while you’re on a business trip, be late to a game because you promised home made cookies and barely made it to the market to pick up non-organic Chips Ahoy. Perfectionism is poison and if we can have a sense of humor about not getting it right, that might be the best aspiration of all.

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Stacy Katz is the co-founder/inventor of Not Parent Approved, a new card game for mischief-makers 8+. She is also the CEO of Katz Communications which specializes in public relations, marketing and social media. She has worked with giants like Verizon, Hewlett-Packard and Hill & Knowlton, as well as startups like M-GO, PeoplePC, Danny DeVito’s Jersey Flims. Her greatest mission is to get her son off the screen and into life. She wants to make their family life more entertaining and fun than any virtual world and more satisfying than killing zombies.

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The Key to Career/Motherhood Balance? by @ENAMOURstyle

October 28, 2015 by June Cruz 2 Comments

by June Cruz | Featured Contributor

This is exactly the type of article I would have clicked on a year and a half ago, while six months pregnant, trying to figure out how I was going to balance a newborn baby and a burgeoning fashion career. As I was excited to welcome our baby girl into the world, I was also realizing that as a person I still had a passion for my career and I was excited about the course it was taking and I still wanted to be actively pursuing my dream while being a new mother. I wanted to be successful in my career while still being successful as a mother. As long as I can remember and for as many women as I’ve known, before tackling this subject for myself, this question of career/motherhood balance has always been a struggle.

The struggle and questioning of: Can you have the successes in your career and the thing you are passionate about and still have the same success as a mother? After reading multiple blogs and articles on this very subject and seeing these questions and the subject of “mom guilt” addressed over and over, I decided to ask successful mothers and career women their opinions about the balance.

Each woman had their own take on the balance and how they “mastered” the conflict in their own lives.

The first woman was in Corporate America and her advice:

Hire a Nanny or Find a Great Day Care

Entrusting someone with an extensive background in childcare and with the interest in taking care of your child during the time you are away allows for a bit of ease in helping with the balance. Although this advice was helpful and the idea was one I wanted to explore in the future, childcare services are quite pricey and I couldn’t afford a nanny or day care at the time I spoke with her.

So I spoke to a professional who hadn’t used early child care next. She had recently retired from 37 years of running her own company and her advice:

Begin When Your Children are School Age

Starting a business when your children are in school allows for an automatic allotment of time for you to have free to work on growing your business. As your business grows and your children get older it allows more freedom for travel and to attend work related events. Her advice gave me something to look forward to, but the truth of my situation was, I had begun the business before my daughter was born, so waiting for her to go to school meant a five year hiatus I didn’t want to take.

I decided to ask an entrepreneurial mother who had been in business for multiple years and was about to have her first child; and her advice:

Scale Back and Delegate:

Look at the scope of your business plans for the coming year. If your business could only have your undivided attention 50-75% of the time what portions of your plans for the year would need to be eliminated or brought down to a smaller scale? Does this mean waiting 6 months for new clients/partnerships? Participating in fewer shows and events? Next figure out which areas of your business could be delegated to someone else to do. Could you hire someone part-time, look for a virtual assistant, work on a barter system, or even find a great intern? I liked this advice for myself and definitely implemented many of her ideas into my current business plans, but I was interested in hearing from the professional mother who I spoke to last.

The last mother I asked was an entrepreneur who had a nice analogy of how she viewed the motherhood/career balance because she felt she had never mastered the balance as much as it became a natural part of her life:

Prioritize and Plan:

Look at your calendar of events for the month and decide what events are most important both professionally and personally, then plan accordingly. She felt being a mother and entrepreneur was like juggling. If you juggle three balls there will always be one ball in the air and two in your hand. The ball in the air has sometime and doesn’t need your immediate attention, but the two in your hand need the attention. She felt that is how her career and personal life balanced. Sometimes she gave her children more attention and sometimes her career.

After speaking with all of the professional mothers I admired each of their solutions and how they made their career/motherhood balance work for them. What I learned most from speaking to each woman is that there is NO KEY to the balance. We all have to find the methods and services that suit our lives/businesses and our children’s needs best.

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June Cruz is a mom to an active toddler and the Founder and designer of ENAMOUR. ENAMOUR is a women’s clothing line featuring designs for the transitions of a day, creating beautifully comfortable clothing for women to feel confident at work or home.

When June isn’t in the design studio she enjoys family outings to local Cape Cod events and beaches as well as long road trips to warm destinations. She is a music and movie lover and finds inspiration in both. After becoming a mom, fitness and healthy living has become more of a focus in June’s life, so smoothies, sugar/cream-free coffee and running goals are all a part of her weekly routines.

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Do Entrepreneurs Get Maternity Leave? by @unger82

October 9, 2015 by Melissa Stewart Leave a Comment

by Jason Unger

Being married to an entrepreneur isn’t like being married to a nine to five’er. That probably goes without saying, but knowing this and comprehending this are two different things. My wife owns a small business coaching aspiring flight attendants. She does all her business via the internet so when we were making plans for the upcoming birth of our third child, I asked her if she wanted me to get her cell phone upgraded. I wanted to make sure she had no problems working from the hospital.
Abbie has been due for an upgrade for several months now and I figured we should get her a newer phone with a longer battery life and a bigger screen before her hospital stay. She wanted to know exactly when we would have time to get a new cell phone on top of everything else that was on the to-do list. She knew we were running short on time and since we live an hour outside of town, we couldn’t run into town just for a cell phone upgrade. Then, because my wife somehow knows everything, she asked me if I wanted her to get a new phone so she could work in the hospital. I was honest with her and said “Yes.”
I know, I know. She was about to give birth to our third child. I know that giving life to a child is more important than any business, but fear about paying the bills started to set in for me. This was her roughest pregnancy out of all three. Around 27 weeks, she finally started feeling better and her business, and revenue, picked up. I was afraid if she let up while in the hospital, there was a strong possibility she would lose the momentum she had gained.
You would think I would get it after the phone upgrade conversation, but I was so nervous about losing clients, I went on to ask her which laptop she wanted to pack in her hospital go bag. This is where there was a disconnect between knowing and comprehending. I knew that she was giving birth. I knew that once the baby arrived she should have time to recover, nurse, and bond with the new baby. Even though I knew all these things, I still didn’t get it. This was not one of my finest moments as a husband. In the hospital is where it finally hit me: entrepreneurs should get maternity leave, too.
I should have approached the conversation differently and next time we have big event coming up, I will. I should have asked her about her business continuation plan during her recovery before I started talking about cell phone upgrades and which laptop she wanted to take. Abbie is a business woman and she already had the next couple of weeks mapped out. She had prepared her clients for her upcoming absence, but she also knew that if she was feeling up to it, she would be able to reply to some emails and Facebook posts. She had also decided she wouldn’t be doing any coaching for a week, no matter how good she was feeling. Once she was feeling better she was able to reply to a few emails (with her non-upgraded phone) and she even schedule a few coaching sessions.
As the spouse of a small business owner, I learned that even though she is never going to receive paid vacation, she still deserves to take sick days, vacation days, and maternity leave. It is good for her to take time off from the business to recover or to recharge and reconnect with her family. Entrepreneurs know their businesses inside and out. They know how much time they can take off and they know when they need to hustle or slow down. Now I know if I have any questions or concerns, all I have to do is ask the CEO.

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Jason is a natural encourager who is passionate about seeing people live their dream life. He and his wife Abbie live on Edisto Beach SC with their 3 children Ty, Emily Grace and Jet. Jason hasn’t always gotten it right, but figuring out how to support his wife’s crazy dreams, while juggling a family and a full time job, is his life’s work. Learn more about how you can encourage and support your entrepreneur and connect with Jason at jasonunger.org.

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Melissa Stewart is the founder of SheOwnsIt.com. She is a Purveyor of Possibility, Entrepreneur Advocate and Coffee Addict. She believes that behind every successful woman is her story. What’s your story?

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I’m not Sorry – Mom Entrepreneurs are Changing The Conversation by @Flesche_H

July 18, 2014 by Flesche Hesch 20 Comments

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by Flesché Hesch | Featured Contributor

“Mama! Mama!” Ahh, the soundtrack of my life. My son was calling me from the other room. I had just taken a quick call before we were to head out to his music class. “Ugh!” said the caller, do you need to go?” The disgust in her voice was palpable.

“No, it’s my son and he’s all set.” My two-and-a” half-year-old, now in sight, was signing to me that he wanted milk. I retrieved it for him and he smiled. He was set. Thank goodness I taught him to sign!

I felt a strange and new sensation in my core. It fascinated me. As a recovering “nice girl,” I felt the urge to apologize for the interruption. My inner mama bear wanted to rip the woman’s head off for implying that I could not have a conversation AND have my son with me. Well, guess what? I’m not sorry!

I am a mom entrepreneur. Notice that the word “mom” comes first. I created my business teaching other women how to launch and grow their own businesses when my son was 13 months old. I literally built my business around him, his needs and my absolute desire to be his primary caregiver.

You could say I was raised this way. My parents are entrepreneurs, running a childcare corporation. I grew up with our family business office in our home. I learned how to be quiet when my parents were on “business calls.” I also learned how to answer the phone “professionally” when I got old enough.

It shaped who I am today, to have had my parents so available to me. I always understood how hard my parents worked for our money and I did my fair share of work as well. I knew how to work a professional stapler when I was 8, as we assembled our own brochures for the child care centers. I spent my summers tagging along with my mom, schlepping papers, materials and encouragement to and from each location. I did filing in our office on the weekends.

Now my son, two-and-a-half years old, is my “associate.” He is little, and everything focuses on him right now. I am so proud to have figured out how to run a flexible and lucrative business for myself and be his mom full-time.

So here was this woman, trying to sell me on her idea no less, acting as if my son was getting in the way of what she wanted. Maybe he was. Well, I’m not sorry!

This is what I know: It is time to change the conversation in this country about the separation of work and family. We cannot pretend that we don’t have families. I believe it is slowly killing each of us.

Too many women I meet live in fear of being fired if they miss work one more time if their kid is sick. Too many women are getting replaced in their jobs during maternity leave against their will. What is “offered” in this country for maternity leave is downright abusive!

I never want to hear another story like these again, which is why I teach women how to start their own businesses and thumb their noses (or another finger) at employment.

Roughly 40% of women will NOT return to work after having children. What if Motherhood and generating in business are not at odds with each other? You can do both!

Now, I’m not saying you can have it all. What I am saying is that you can have what you want. Usually, these are very different things.

My solution:
We moms are so hard on ourselves and each other. What if we slow down and really ask each other what we want and why? What if we could be honest with ourselves and our loved ones?

I want to hear the next woman I speak to say, “I want to earn $X to help support my family. To that end, I want to do work that supports my natural talents and abilities, not just stay busy at a desk. I want the freedom and flexibility to take my kid to the doctor and the ability to pay for it. I want to go to the grocery store and buy anything my family wants and needs without feeling that tightness in my core when I see the total. I want to be a whole woman. One who has dreams and desires for myself, my children and the whole planet. Will you help me to make this dream a reality?”

I will respond, “Um, yeah!”

Can you imagine asking yourself these questions? Try it on. I think you will like building the life of your dreams, and stop apologizing for wanting so much. Leave a comment below.

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Flesché Hesch is a full-time Mama, and Business Advisor for Moms! She brings her training as a (non practicing) Marriage & Family Therapist, Meditation Teacher, and Small Business Coach and Strategist together to create the most positive and empowering Coaching programs for Mom Entrepreneurs! She can often be found at her other office, the playground.
Follow Flesché’s adventures as a Mom Entrepreneur at http://TheBizyMom.com Twitter: @Flesche_H Google+

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From Mom to Manager: 4 Tips for Wanna-Be Franchise Owners

January 16, 2014 by Guest Post 1 Comment

by Lauren Rose

Starting a franchise can cost upwards of half a million dollars and take years to turn a profit, according to Entrepreneur. The hours are long and stressful, and time managing your business will be spent away from your family. However, the result is a successful career and a consistent income stream, if all goes according to plan. The transition can be challenging, but many of the things that make you an incredible mom will actually translate into business savvy and help you get a leg up on the competition.

Be Prepared

You wouldn’t leave home with a baby and no diaper bag, and you shouldn’t even think about launching your own franchise without looking into what resources are available to help you. The Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) works to serve and promote franchise owners and staffing requirements. Look into business bookkeeping programs for help with business finances, sales and expenses. There are additional resources online covering everything from loans to the necessary labor law posters.to be displayed in your office—take advantage of them.

Use Your Community

You’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Many mothers are comfortable reaching out for childcare needs or support, or they themselves eagerly lend a hand to others. However, when it comes to your new business, you may worry about alienating friends by appearing to be selling something. According to a New York Times piece that polledwomen in executive roles, successful female executives argue that using favors owed and even your reputation as being reliable or trustworthy is nothing to hesitate about. Similarly, don’t hesitate to reach out to others working to grow their business. Not only is it the right thing to do, but they may have connections or advice that will be useful to you in the future.

Know Your Financing Options

Any mom whose baby wouldn’t sleep through the night has likely checked half a dozen resources to find information. The drive to get a second or third opinion will serve you well in getting the money you need to start a business. The CFA has a list of banks and financial services that loan money for a new franchise. Talk to multiple banks and look into multiple franchises, if necessary, to find the best fit for you.

Adapt Social Media

Businesses large and small pay top dollar for social media consultants. However, according to a recent white paper from SheKnows and Harris Interactive, working moms already have a social media advantage in their Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followers. The people in your networks may not be close friends, but they are people that will view your posts—free advertising, if you keep it to a minimum. Alternatively, someone in your extended online circle may be connected to someone who can offer assistance or advice. As a parent you have juggled obligations, birthday greetings and posting pictures and updates to keep people up to date. As a new part of your life develops, utilize those skills to reach out to your contacts and grow your business.

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Lauren Rose: Stay at home mother of 3. She would like to eventually go back to school to get her MBA. But she can’t do so until her youngest of three is off to college.

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Business and Babies- 5 Simple Tips to Balance Business and Motherhood by @tiffulcher

July 23, 2013 by Tiffany Fulcher 1 Comment

by Tiffany Fulcher | Featured Contributor

As an entrepreneur and mom I have learned that there is no such thing as caught up. I am constantly coming up with new ways to reinvent my companies and enrich my client experiences. Which in turn creates new projects, deadlines, and more to my workload. Sounds exciting right, well it can be, but as a wife and mother of 3 young children there are times when taking on new tasks can seem daunting.

Attempting to balance life as women has always proven to be a rather difficult task. At times business peaks and you want to take advantage of the opportunities so you spend more time with work than you should. Other times business slows down and causing you to question the validity of your craft as a result you may spend more time with work. Oh and let’s not forget you do have a family and friends who needs you. Life never stops going and every season in your life brings with it blessings and challenges.

Here a 5 simple yet practical steps to help balance out your life. I have implemented each of these throughout the years when I have lost my way, in other words these are tried and true!

Make a schedule– I know this is so redundant, maybe even cliché, but it’s the best piece of advice you can ever use. A schedule can keep you from working, working, day and night as MJ would say! When I opened my first company I spent all day and night working on it. It was my baby, I quickly fizzled out, my marriage suffered a little and I became resentful in the process. Schedules help you stay on track and if you need to work a little more than usual you can schedule that time along with some much needed downtime.
Make family a priority- One of the main reasons I entered into business for myself was the ability to have a larger impact in the lives of my children. For me this means I don’t miss out on special events, school performances sports I commit to volunteering at their schools and attend business events with my husband. All of this is done with balance in mind. I don’t overcommit the kids to outside activities, I let teachers know what I can and cannot do and I inform my clients early on that I am a mother. This open bridge of communication keeps everyone informed should challenges arise, its also a great relationship builder.
Do away with the Superwoman complex– Someone , somewhere told us we were supposed to have it all, do it all, and be everything to everyone with Pinterest perfect homes, and not an ounce of fat on our bodies. I don’t know about you but that’s far more than I can commit to. Don’t set yourself up for disappointment. Laundry will pile up, your house will get dirty, you will have challenges in your business, you might miss a hair apt or two or God forbid forget to go to the gym. It’s ok and you will be ok! As women, we oftentimes become victims to pleasing others and fall prey to over performing. Release yourself of this responsibility. Be your best you every day, illicit help from others, and allow balance to guide your life.
Set up a regular date night with your family/spouse– Fridays is our family night. We find something exciting to do with our kids in our city or close by. My kids look forward to the day because I am unplugged and attention is on them. My husband and I don’t have a set day of the week but we make it a point to date every week. We grab lunch, a movie, breakfast or some other time together. It helps us to decompress from the week, discuss important items, or just laugh at each other and our lives. I so look forward to this time. It helps to shift my perspective and get back to what’s important in life.
Rest– This is important; you won’t be at your best when you are exhausted, crabby, or overwhelmed. I recently started implementing an hour a day just for me first thing in the morning. I spend time reading and drinking my favorite cup of coffee. That hour is pure bliss, there’s nothing special about it just a book, silence, and Keurig in my cup. This sets the tone for my entire day. No matter how you choose to schedule rest, your body will thank you. You are not built to function on very little sleep and long working hours forever. Take some time to unplug and unwind.

Try to implement these tips into your over time. No need to become overwhelmed attempting to get underwhelmed. Balance is the beauty of life. Your life, business, and body will thank you once you find that perfect place of equilibrium.

Blessings and nothing less,

Tiffany

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Life Purpose Architect – Tiffany Fulcher

Tiffany Fulcher is an entrepreneur, speaker, and life purpose architect tm boldly encouraging women to live their lives by God’s design. She provides inspiration and motivation through Tiffany Fulcher llc a personal and professional development company. Her practical yet strategic approach helps women to overcome obstacles and pursue limitless possibilities.

She compels others to walk in their authority, embrace their extraordinary, and to own their influence. Through her development and leadership training Tiffany equips her clients with the tools to help them define their purpose, set goals, and confront challenges that keep them from pursuing the enriching life God has planned for them.

Tiffany also owns Education Outsource, which serves to teach and train educators, schools, and organizations on the rising trends in education technology and how to implement these trends in effectively in the school and organizational environment.

Always considering matters of the heart, Education Outsource also provides teachers and administrators with leadership and personal development training encompassed around the educator influence.

As a writer and media personality Tiffany has been featured on ABC’s affiliate Good Morning Texas as an expert and blogger, Essence Magazine online, The Fort Worth Star Telegram and countless other news and media outlets.

Tiffany’s heartbeat and passion is her family. She simply adores her husband of 11 years Fred and 3 kiddos Symone 3, Trey 6, and Sydnei 9.

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3 Tips for Balancing Entrepreneurship & Parenthood by @AmyliMcDaniel

June 21, 2013 by Guest Post 3 Comments

by Amyli McDaniel

Do you wake up each day with great intentions of getting a lot done, but then find yourself fall into a state of stress as the realization that there is just not enough time in the day to get everything done?

I know that exact feeling. Time management is the biggest challenge for entrepreneurs who happen to also be parents.

A few years ago, I found myself ending each day exhausted from doing a little here and a little there but not getting anything completed. It was not until I invested some time into learning and mastering time management and productivity when my business started to flourish and I was able to really be present and engaged with my children and in family activities.

I learned that you must have a strategy each day for achieving balance your home and business life. Here are my top three tips that can help you achieve your goals and maintain work life balance along the way.

Setting Practical Daily Goals

The first tip is to end each day by writing down your two or three most important daily tasks you need to get done for the next day. Then, when you wake up the following day, make sure that before you do anything else these things are accomplished.

You should start on these at the beginning of the day and they should be goals that are specific, practical and achievable and still leave you time to do other things you might want or need to get done.

I work during the time my children are in school. I create a business task list for each day. I make sure I complete that as soon as I sit down in my home office after the kids leave for school. It is so nice to get those done before noon each day!

Then I have a second family based task list for each day. These can be things like helping my son with his book report, getting my daughter a haircut, or cleaning out the garage together. Those kick in when the kids come home!

Blocking Out Your Time

The second tip is to block out specific periods of time on your calendar to devote to specific projects, events and obligations. The ideal period to block out for specific tasks are 30-45 minutes for work

If you block time to work on a business task, then during that time, only work on that specific task. Do not check emails or go on Facebook . . . and do not multi-task by doing other things during that period.

I have found that blocking time for household and family tasks work really well. For example, the period from 2:30-3:30 every weekday is blocked off on my calendar. The tasks for that period include getting the kids from the bus, preparing them a healthy snack, sitting with them to hear about their day, and then getting them set up to do their daily homework.

Before I blocked out this time, I was always frazzled when my kids got home because my mind was thinking about business issues of the day or a project I was in the middle of when 2:30 came around. Now, because I know that time is blocked out for family, I am present and engaged with my children and our whole family benefits from that valuable time together.

Blocking time is a secret productivity tip for success. This will help you manage your time better. By blocking time, you will make real progress with your business and ensure that you are spending the necessary time with your family.

Leveraging Outsourcers

The third tip that can help you greatly is to take advantage of the opportunities of outsourcing that are now available today.

In business, I take advantage of online service marketplaces like eLance and Guru to find assistants and professionals to help me with a variety of business tasks involving maintaining my business websites, customer service, marketing, writing, financial bookkeeping, advertising, and design work.

In family life, there are outsourcing possibilities as well. For example, if you are working on a business project that will yield huge returns, then it is well worth hiring a sitter to free up some time, or hire a housekeeper to help with the housework.

Having a little extra help can go a long way towards making sure that you are able effectively balance your home life as well as your work life. Outsourcing has not only created work life balance for me, but it has helped me build my business faster and allowed me more time to spend quality time with my family.

As you can see these are simple steps that you can take to ensure that you are able to balance your home and business life as a parent entrepreneur. Incorporate these time management tips into your daily business and family life!

If you have any other great tips to help us entrepreneurs who manage business and family life, share below!

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Amyli McDaniel is the founder of ParentEntrepreneurs.com. She helps parents create lifestyle supportive businesses so that they can have the financial and time freedom to live life on their own terms. Visit her site and download her popular eBook: The Parent Entrepreneurs Opportunity Guide: Top 5 Ways Parents are Creating Family Financial Freedom today: http://parententrepreneurs.com/getguidenow/

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