Searching for Canada's Top Mompreneur |
Savvymom.ca has set out to find Canada's top Mompreneur with a readers choice contest.
A PR consultant, a successful retailer, a web designer, a kids clothing designer… what do all these successful Canadian business women have in common?
They’re all Mompreneurs™, united by the common desire to create a working arrangement that allows them the opportunity to spend time with their families when they choose. These women have taken matters into their own hands by developing products or services where they see a gap in the market. What makes this fast emerging segment of the work force so unique, is the strong network of support that they have developed among each other - as only women can do.
Savvymom.ca has set out to find Canada’s top Mompreneur with a readers’ choice contest that is running throughout the summer. The winner, who will be announced in the fall, will be rewarded with an $18,000 prize package of cash, business services and office equipment designed to help take her business to the next level.
"Mompreneurs are a great inspiration to us at SavvyMom. They have amazing ideas and the courage to start a business as well as facing the very real challenge of balancing that drive with the demands of motherhood and caring for their families." says Minnow Hamilton, co-founder of SavvyMom Media. "We’re thrilled to be in a position where we can bring together such an awe-inspiring group of partners to recognize Canada’s successful mompreneurs."
Here’s what some of the nominees have to say about what motivated them to start the business:
"I wanted to be able to maintain a career and a family on my own terms."
Charmain Emerson from Building Blocks Communications Inc.
"Our inspiration was the opportunity, through our partnership, to grow our families and our business at the same time without sacrificing the needs of our families."
Holly Hykawy and Shannon Stannard from Best Beginnings Educational Consulting
Voters are encouraged to browse the nominee gallery at www.mompreneuraward.com and show their support by voting for their faves. With each vote, readers also enter to win one of 35 prizes from Robeez and other partners. And if you are a Mompreneur, don’t be shy – nominate yourself!
Then sit back and wait to find out who will be Canada’s top Mompreneur™
TM Mompreneur is the trademark of The Mompreneur Networking Group Inc. in Canada
