Pregnant Entrepreneur (ePub)

The Pregnant Entrepreneur is the essential how-to guide for combining pregnancy with running or starting your own business. Although many books for new moms discuss going back to work in a corporation, and just as many cover staying home for those who choose that option, there were no books offering advice to entrepreneurs who become pregnant...until now.

From cribs to cash flow, from style to staffing, from maternity leave to marketing plans, this book offers encouragement and practical advice for succeeding as a pregnant entrepreneur.

Inside is a wealth of strategies for balancing small business and family life, including:

• Building a support team
• Financing maternity leave
• A one page business plan

When I first became pregnant in my late thirties, after I had started my own small business, I couldn't find any books, magazines, or stories about women business owners and how they made it through their pregnancies. Two years later, it was the same, so I wrote the book to help the next gal, which is you!

My background includes management experience at a multinational communications company, experience working with small businesses, and an MBA from Temple University. But my favorite job has been as the owner of my own business, HeartWork Organizing, since 2005. I live just outside of Philadelphia, PA with my lovely family. That's me in the picture on the back, five months prego with baby number 2. (Fashion tip: busy prints hide the bump.)

My pregnancies were both healthy and fun. I was the annoying woman who absolutely loved being pregnant, even the icky parts. I enjoyed the special attention from strangers and the new excuses to shop. I did not, however, like the maternity clothing.

More and more women are starting businesses today, but many women put their dreams on hold or minimize their efforts when they have kids. I hope that women entrepreneurs will be more confident and profitable, whether their businesses are multi-national or teeny-tiny, because of the tools and advice in The Pregnant Entrepreneur.

If you are looking for more information to keep you sane past your delivery date, be sure to follow my main business, HeartWork Organizing at Http://HeartWorkOrg.com. We'll help you keep your stuff, your time, and your information organized. My newest book, Organizing Your Home with SORT and Succeed: Five Simple Steps to Stop Clutter Before It Starts, Save Money and Simplify Your Life.