Moms learn early on how to be creative, resourceful and very fast on their feet- all skills that are essential in self-employment. Work from home requires many of the same quick-thinking, problem-solving skills that moms pick up with time and experience (often, under fire). Maybe that’s why work at home and moms seem to go so well together. Even some of the biggest entrepreneurs started out very small, making a little bit of money at a time. Learn more about famous work from home moms, and their stories.
From Bread to Big Business
Margaret Rudkin was married just before Prohibition and the Great Depression. Together with her husband, she established a property they named Pepperidge Farm, after the tree. As the Depression worsened and cause economic troubles all over the United States, they began to scratch out a living by selling turkeys and apples.
Rudkin was a work from home mom with several children, but it was young Mark who had special needs. His asthma made it impossible to eat the bread the family purchased in town. She decided to come up with her own bread recipe that wouldn’t trouble his breathing difficulty. Rudkin made a chocolate Bobka, and in a matter of months the treat was being sold not just in their small town but all over the United States. Today’s Margaret’s recipes and mom-style cooking survive in all Pepperidge Farm products.
Mary Higgins Clark is the Queen of Suspense, but once upon a time she was a widowed, work from home mom who had to care for five children all alone. She wrote radio scripts to make ends meet, until someone suggested she attempt to write a book. Today, Mary Higgins Clark has cemented her status as a bestselling mystery writer. Her novels have sold millions of copies all around the world.
Ultimate Mom/Entrepreneur
Today, the name Martha Stewart is synonymous with the term “entrepreneur,” but she was once a work from home mom and wife. Self-trained in cooking, Martha learned her early skills from Julia Child’s famous cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Early in her marriage, she began catering locally in the early 1970s. Stewart soon gained a large following because of her creative presentation. Today, Martha Stewart is a multi-million dollar enterprise.
Work at Home Moms
Stay at home moms already have many of the skills needed for work at home: discipline, drive, determination. What they lack is often energy and time, but motivated moms learn how to balance work and family. Would-be work from home moms should explore different work from home ideas to find out what might work best for their particular situation. Thanks to the Internet, there are lots of different opportunities in writing, catering, product-selling and many other career fields for entrepreneurial, hard-working moms.
KC Morgan - KC Morgan has been the featured writer in Self-Employment since 2006, using personal experience to create guides to being self-employed.
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