So, to start off with, a little bit about myself... I’m one half of a
dynamic duo that has set up our own little “business-ette”. I can’t
call it a “business” because that’s the first rule of being a mumpreneur
– we don’t run a business, we have a little hobby on the side that
we’re hoping, if all goes well, might one day make us a little bit of
money.
But, we do have buyers and sellers, a website and a proper
spreadsheet which accounts for money in and money out (if I’m honest
it’s mostly money out at the moment). We run monthly good-as-new
children’s clothes, toys and equipment sales in our local area and we’ve
just had our very first sale (so far, “so mumpreneur”, I know).
Like many mumpreneurs, as well as having two small children, I’ve got
a day job, as does my “business” partner, who’s also six months
pregnant. What we don’t have is a business plan, marketing strategy,
business bank account, much spare time or, in fact, any idea about how
to run a proper “business”. Sound familiar?
Over the coming months I hope to be writing about all our wonderful
business successes, but in all likelihood I’ll probably be sharing our
trials and tribulations, mistakes and dead-ends, not to mention steep
learning curve that I guess most fledgling start-ups go through.
Feel free to join me for the ride — in the words of that other dynamic duo, “to the Batmobile…”!
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