Mompreneur
Encyclopedia
Mompreneur is a neologism defined as a female business owner who is actively balancing the role of mom and the role of entrepreneur
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The term has a dedicated section on the Entrepreneur.com website, there is a Canadian magazine devoted to the topic, and an MSNBC article declaring the rise of the mompreneur to be a hot trend in the small business sector.
WiseGeek
observes that "the mompreneur movement is one steadily growing in the US as mothers try to find ways to make money, express their creativity or business acumen, and also to parent their children". Investopedia adds that "mompreneurs are a relatively new trend in entrepreneurship, and have come to increase prominence in the internet age, with the internet allowing entrepreneurs to sell products out of the home rather than relying on foot traffic to brick-and-mortar business.
U.S. News and World Report tries to dispel the myths around the mompreneur movement, including the belief that an innovative product idea will lead to easy money.
Other examples of mompreneur coverage by major news outlets include the weekly advice column "Ask the Mompreneur" published by The Charlotte Observer
website, the city's largest daily publication.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
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The term has a dedicated section on the Entrepreneur.com website, there is a Canadian magazine devoted to the topic, and an MSNBC article declaring the rise of the mompreneur to be a hot trend in the small business sector.
WiseGeek
WiseGEEK
wiseGEEK is an informational website founded in 2003 by Denis Grosz which attempts to provide short answers to a wide variety of questions , such as "What is fraud?" and "What is a subprime loan?". The information on a wiseGEEK page is interspersed with advertising links.The website encourages its...
observes that "the mompreneur movement is one steadily growing in the US as mothers try to find ways to make money, express their creativity or business acumen, and also to parent their children". Investopedia adds that "mompreneurs are a relatively new trend in entrepreneurship, and have come to increase prominence in the internet age, with the internet allowing entrepreneurs to sell products out of the home rather than relying on foot traffic to brick-and-mortar business.
U.S. News and World Report tries to dispel the myths around the mompreneur movement, including the belief that an innovative product idea will lead to easy money.
Other examples of mompreneur coverage by major news outlets include the weekly advice column "Ask the Mompreneur" published by The Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Observer, serving Charlotte, North Carolina and its metro area, is the largest newspaper, in terms of circulation, in North Carolina and South Carolina...
website, the city's largest daily publication.
See also
- Work-life balance (United States)
- Work-life balanceWork-life balanceWork–life balance is a broad concept including proper prioritizing between "work" on the one hand and "life" on the other. Related, though broader, terms include "lifestyle balance" and "life balance".-History:The work-leisure dichotomy was invented in the mid 1800s...
- Work-Life-Balance in GermanyWork-Life-Balance in GermanyThere are different approaches, to define the term Work-Life-Balance. At the one hand Work-Life-Balance is seen as a popular, but also imprecise term that covers from a scientific perspective, not a single phenomenon, but rather an entire subject area. In the focus of this subject area, stand...
- Working MotherWorking MotherWorking Mother Media is a subsidiary of Bonnier Corporation It is the largest multimedia company in US which focused on diversity and the advancement of women...
- Entrepreneur (magazine)