How to Survive and Prosper with a Mother-Daughter Business: Four Tips for Success
by National Association of Mothers & Daughters in Business
For those of us lucky enough to experience the special bond of a mother- daughter relationship, it’s easy to understand how building a business together is a natural choice. Nevertheless, as much as we love and respect our family, there are unique challenges that come along with starting, maintaining and growing a business as a mother-daughter duo. Before you close the door on this rewarding opportunity, take some time to read a few tips on how to survive- and yes, prosper- with a mother-daughter business. Read More
6 Steps to Mother-Daughter Respect
by National Association of Mothers & Daughters in Business
Respect is something that you don’t often think of when dealing with a child. After all, they’re a kid! Yet, the respect you show your child will mirror the respect given to you. Learn to demonstrate respect for one another and the bond you share is strengthened beyond words. It’s never too late to develop this valuable characteristic.
Here are six important steps… Read More
Mother-Daughter Businesses
by Wenda Reed
(Shared from Seattle Woman Magazine.)
“You work with your mom? You’re so lucky,” many people tell Corey Colwell-Lipson who runs the Green Halloween website and Green Year LLC with her mother, Lynn Colwell.
“You work with your mom? Don’t people spend their whole lives trying to get away from home?” a smaller number of people ask.
Mother-daughter partnerships like theirs are growing in tandem with the increase in the number of women-owned businesses. There are no concrete figures on how many mother-daughter partnerships there are in the region or the country, but the number of women-owned business has increased by more than 42 percent from 1997 to 2006 and stood at 7.8 million in 2007, the latest Census Bureau figure.
In talking with mothers and daughters in partnership in four local companies, three words came up over and over: Family. Trust. Love. Read More
Our Mothers, Ourselves: Mother-Daughter Relationships
by DiscoveryHealth.com writers
(Shared from Discovery Fit & Health)
Whether you have a great mother-daughter relationship or a mother-daughter relationship that can be improved, you probably know that mother-daughter bonding can start at an early age.
When you’re five, she’s a goddess. You smear your face with her lipstick and model her earrings and high heels, wanting to be just like mommy. That’s the way it is until you’re about thirteen, when she suddenly becomes the most ignorant, benighted, out-of-touch creature on the planet, and you can’t get far enough away from her. Your primary form of interaction for the next five years or so will be a single word, “Mooooooooooooommmmmmm!” And then, somewhere between your twenties and your thirties, if you’re lucky, she becomes your best friend again. Read More
Mother-daughter teams: Tips for running a business together
(Shared from Office Live Small Business Community)
In years past, bringing the kids into a family business usually meant grooming the owner’s son to take over.
Times, of course, have changed.
Today, younger entrepreneurial women are launching businesses of their own. Likewise, many older women have been running companies for years.
Nearly half of all privately-held enterprises in the United States are at least 50 percent owned by women, according to a 2005 survey from the Center for Women’s Business Research. That adds up to roughly 11 million companies.
As a result, moms now frequently turn to their daughters for technological know-how and other skills. Daughters often ask moms to get involved because of their experience as lawyers, retailers, bankers, marketers, and more.
Can mothers and daughters really work well together? Read More
