The Mompreneur List
Agoobebe
www.agoobebe.com, www.agoobebe.multiply.com
Mompreneurs: Cheryl Tan, Charissa Tan, Aileen Tan
09275061388, 0928 2742268
3651981 fax 3651981
onesies, safety blankets, shoes, trinkets, pacifier holders, baby bags
Baby Lingo
http://babylingo.multiply.com
Mompreneur: Jaymie Pizarro 09176208891
US-certified Baby Sign language instructor
BY NATURE Handmade Soaps
Call…………………………………………09175370124
Website…………………..www.bynaturehandmadesoaps.com
Home of REAL and PREMIUM Handmade Soaps
and 100% Natural Products
Darlene Del Mundo
Contour Fashion Wear
502B Eurovilla 1, Legaspi Vill, Makati
Call……………………….5176822 / 5176823
Specializes in designer maternity wear
Sherry Duenas
Cuppy Puppy Cupcakes and The Mommy Project
Mompreneurs: Joanna Penaloza Romero and Jill Tan
0917 7928025 8253400 0920 9245455 5328548
Baby shoes, infant and toddler shirts, toys and educational toys/puzzles/original dvds: imported maternity/nursing pajamas and other related clothing; cupcakes
Fridge To Go
fridgetogo_ph@yahoo.com, fridgetogo.multiply.com
Mompreneur: Stephanie Co
9262720 fax 9295308
Freezer bags, great for storing breastmilk
Happy Stamper
Mompreneur: Macy Mumar
macy.mumar@everynation.sg.ph, 0920 9092886
4849698
wine glass charms, personalized embossed cards, crosheted coasters, crocheted water pitcher covers and skirts, beaded napkin rings, crocheted book markers
Indigo Baby
Website………………………………………..indigomanila.multiply.com
Products for yummy mommies-nappy clutch,
baby pouch, organic bath and body line
Monica Eleazar & Denise Gonzales
Instaprints Photo Booth
Mompreneur: Laurice Chua
0917-8675585, 6333336, PHOTOBOOTHCLUB@GMAIL.COM
onsite party souvenirs, photo booth rental
Jelly Baby
jellybabyph@yahoo.com, www.jellybabyph.multiply.com
Mompreneurs: Vicki Bitanga & Ines Del Rosario
8454361, 0918 9144907, 09178644489 fax 8454361
Jelly baby shoes, California Baby Products
Kinder Company
Website………………………www.kindercompany.multiply.com
Marie De Guzman
Learning Lion
Call………………………………………………………..09178522000
Website……………………………………………thelearninglion.com
Tisha Gonzales-Cruz
Reading and Math games for children ages 2 to 5
Mommy Matters
Call……………………………………09178973490 / 5147173
Website……………………….www.shopmommymatters.com
Exclusive distributor of the Belly Belt – pants extenders
for pregnant women. Mommy Matter’s bestselling nursing
nightgown is an essential item in any mom to be’s labor bag
Candice Yaw & Janice Villanueva
Mommy Matters Nursingwear
Mompreneur: Candice Cu-Yaw & Janice Villanueva
7809898 / 09189300313
http://mommymatters.multiply.com
Nursingwear, Nursing & maternity accessories, and more
Nappy Sac
Mompreneurs: Micky Peralejo, Jen Jose, Mai Ignacio, Jell Ong
0917 5314233 0917 5317010 0917 8120478 0917 5226349
baby/diaper bags
Tasca Bags
tasca.manila@yahoo.com, tasca.multiply.com
Mompreneur: Selina Eleazar
0920 9276451/ 4374007 fax 4374007
diaper bags, diaper clutch
The Little Red Shoe
138 Kapiligan St., Araneta Subd. Q.C
Website……………………………..www.thelittleredshoe.multiply.com
Grace Profeta
Two Tots
Website…………………………..www.twotots.net
Bedroom accesories for kids
Bea Ilusorio and Liza Robinson
To join this active community of mompreneurs,
sign up at www.mompreneurmanila.com
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Mommy Pages launched its Moms Mean Business advocacy at Expo Mom 2008, in an effort to provide support to mom entrepreneurs, and celebrating the busy, creative lives they lead.
There are many definitions of what a “mompreneur” is. Mommy Pages’ definition is:
MOMPRENEUR
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:a mom who runs her own business while raising her family
- All mompreneurs are invited to be listed in Mommy Pages’ The Mompreneur List.
- The following information will be listed: Mompreneur’s name, business name, contact info, website or blog link, address and/or branches (optional), email address (optional), brands/product lines/services/etc.
- To avail of a BOLD listing, mompreneurs must post the official Mompreneur badge on their website/blog. Select the code of your desired badge (250×200, 200×160, or 150×120) and press CTRL+C to copy
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The Birth of a Mompreneur
“When a child is born, so is a mother.”
Whoever said these words should have also said, “When a child is born, so is a mompreneur.” Because when a woman becomes a mother, her life undergoes a sudden yet magical transformation, a fertile ground for new endeavors, one of which could be a new business.
With motherhood comes a rebirth of the imagination and a wealth of new ideas.
When I gave birth to my firstborn, Coby, I remember having a new business idea at every stage of his life. I wanted to …After having so much fun organizing his 1st birthday party, I was contemplating setting up a party company. As I dealt with having to breastfeed in public, then I wanted to go into launching my own brand of breastfeeding apparel. (And this was actually the birth of Mommy Matters!)
Being with our children everyday also keeps us in touch with our youth and this makes our imagination and creativity soar.
Whether it be those colorful books or cartoons we are suddenly exposed to again, or because we have to be creative to keep our child happy and entertained, we ourselves “become children” again somehow, and this opens us up to new …
Motherhood comes with a million and one tasks and responsibilities. We can call motherhood a lifetime enrolment into a needs assessment workshop or a automatically applied feasibility study.
From pregnancy to caring for a newborn to parenting a toddler till childhood. Every stage is a challenge and they say there is a product or service out there to aid us in every task and step. Then again, there isn’t. And that idea could very well be the next big invention after diapers.
Questions: Whom else would have thought a piece of fabric could be a baby sling and spur off a whole new baby wearing lifestyle? Whom else would have had the astuteness to study if classical music (hint: Baby Einstein) had an positive effect on the cognitive development of babies?
Answer: A) Scientists in a lab? WRONG. B) Product development specialists in their office cubicles? WRONG AGAIN. C) Real moms? CORRECT!
When this beautiful new person comes into our lives, some of us are faced with that innate desire to drop everything for him.
Super successful career woman one minute, super mom the next. I’ve met some women who have climbed the corporate ladder, consider their careers as their lives, and aim to be CEO of the multinational they work for. Then as soon as they set their eyes on their little bundle of joy, they make a radical life choice (mental, or not), and decide to drop their career and become a SAHM (stay at home mom) or a WAHM (work at home mom) so they can spend time with their child.
Many mompreneurs were born this way, with moms choosing to have that flexibility of being with their kids specially in their early years. In leaving her job, it is either inspiration that prods them into setting up a business, and it could also be economics, with her having to support her husband’s income even while staying home.
Moms make natural entrepreneurs.
Mothers are creative, resourceful, resilient, self-motivated. natural networkers and marketers, expert multi-taskers and have good time management, budgeting and people management skills. Read any business book and see that these same characteristics are what makes for a successful businessman.
A mompreneur creates and runs her business usually with a delicate balance of heart and mind, but always with a lot of passion. It is her passion for motherhood and for her children that makes a mom inspired enough to create (product development). It is this same passion that motivates her to go for her goals and dreams. (business set up). It is still the same passio that makes a mother want to share her discovery with others (sales and marketing). It is her passion that drives her to succeed.
*Article published in HIPP Magazine, Janice Villanueva’s column dedicated to Mompreneurship. HIPP Magazine is published by Sesame Seed Creatives and is available in National Book Store and all leading magazine stands.
