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|Mumpreneur Profile: Joanna of L’Occitane
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Name of Business: L’Occitane Party Plan with Vnatural Well-being
Your Name and Age: Joanna Mulaku 34
Tell us about your family:
I live in Isleworth South West London with my Husband and two children, Delfina 5 and Maximus 18 months
What did you do before coming up with your business idea and how was it making the transition?
Prior to having children I was a Restaurant Manager for Cafe Rouge, after having Delfina although I would return to work quickly I soon realised that I did not want to go back to the restaurant business. That together with health complications meant that I was out of action until Delfina was 20 months. Due to financial reasons I went back to work full time as a Recruitment consultant, which I did for 2 years before having Max. Just as my maternity leave was coning to an end I was made redundant, (more…)
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Mumpreneur Profile: Deirdre of Parties Around The World
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Name of Business: Parties Around the World
Your Name and Age:Deirdre Bounds, 44
Tell us about your family
I’m married to a gorgeous American Actor called Bryan and we have two children, Frankie age 8 and Ava age 3. We live in between Leeds and Harrogate so get the best of both worlds of city and country life.
What did you do before coming up with your business idea and how was it making the transition?
I set up the ethical travel company i-to-i.com, which became the world’s largest gap year company. I launched the business from a bedsit in Leeds and over the course of 10 years, built the company up, selling to a FTSE 100 company in 2007. (more…)
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Mumpreneur Profile: Dawn of Funky Dory Party Bags
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Name of Business: Funky Dory Party Bags
Your Name and Age: Dawn Raymond, 41
I live with my partner, Lee and our 3 children – all boys aged 5, 7 and 9. We live in Heanor, Derbyshire.
What did you do before? I graduated from Leicester Uni with a degree in French in 1990. I did various office-based jobs, and ended up at a French textile company in Leicester. I worked there for 8 years, starting as a sales co-ordinator and PA to the Sales Director, and ended up as an office-based Sales and Logistics Manager for lining fabrics and clothing accessories (zip fasteners, hook and loop products etc). I left in 1999 following the birth of my first baby, and settled into the life of full-time (more…)
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Mumpreneur Profile: Joanne of Charlie Moo’s
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Joanne Dewberry of Charlie Moo's
Charlie Moo’s – Party Bags, Gifts and Toys
I launched Charlie Moo’s the birth of my daughter Megan in August 2008. The business is named after my 21month old son Charlie who we affectionally call Moo. I wanted to provide parents with quality wooden and traditional toys and gifts at a reasonable price based upon my own experinces. I started to incorporate the smaller wooden items into multibuy options of 10, 20 and 30 and suddenly a Party Bag side began to grow. The cloth bags are specially handmade for Charlie Moo’s not only are they gorgeous but any child will want to treasure them after. I felt that it was important to fill the bags with items which the children could use, keep and stand the test of time. I only stock items that have been tested by Charlie, Megan or my nephews and that are at a price I would pay myself, as a parent.
I have found the whole website aspect so very challenging. I am completely computer illiterate!! Google is a complete mystery to me. It is my aim in 2009 to promote the site and see more orders coming in so that I can do less fairs and fetes. Although without the fetes Charlie Moo’s wouldn’t be in the position it is right now.
What has been my biggest challenge so far? Apart from building a website – having two children under the age of two! But with a newborn at least I had lots of late nights early mornings to work on building my site and searching for suppliers!
I have thoroughly enjoyed the last few months meeting like minded mummies who have taken the initiative to start up their own business to enable them to spend more time with their children. I still totally consider myself as a stay at home mum, my children, and partner, play a major role in my business.
www.charliemoos.co.uk
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