WORK IT, GIRL! Alright. You’ve got your ticket, you’ve cleared your calendar for Oct.3, you’ve checked out the breakout sessions, your stack of business cards is ready to go, and you’ve even picked out a chic-yet-comfortable power outfit to wear to Illuminate. You’re itching to get to Illuminate (I am too), but it’s a bit away. What do you do …
Are you juggling or balancing? Find “Success from Within”!
The Illuminate Planning Committee is delighted to introduce this year’s Illuminate Conference Keynote Speaker Mary Michele from Style FinderID. Michele will not only answer these questions but she’ll also share her insider secrets about finding that “Success from Within.” Tweet this: Get insider secrets to finding that “success from within!” This is the click to tweet link! Just in case! Calling all Mompreneurs …
Salem Baptist Preschool Vendor Event Invites Vend Raleigh Mompreneurs
Raleigh Area Vendor Event | Salem Baptist Preschool Apex , NC | Vendor Event, Craft Fair, Bake Sale and Raffle The highly anticipated Salem Baptist Preschool Vendor Fair is seeking new crafters, new vendors, and new ideas to add to the traditional home sales companies (e.g. Scentsy, Pampered Chef, Rodan & Fields, etc.). They are looking to Vend Raleigh for …
7 Tips for Attending a Trade Show
Did you know that Americans purchase approximately 6.5 billion greeting cards each year? Annual retail sales of greeting cards are estimated between $7 and $8 billion. Crazy, right? You may think that this market is taking a nose dive because of technology, but we beg to differ. We’re two sisters who run a small Etsy shop, hedoe precious paper, and …
Corporate Job to Entrepreneur Coaching Sessions
I’ve had many of you come to me saying you wish you could leave your full time jobs, your 9-5 corporate positions, to live out the dream of working on your own businesses full time. What steps do you need to take? Is this a realistic goal for you? Beyond planning the process of exiting the corporate world, maybe what you need is support, encouragement and …
Who’s Who at Illuminate 2014: Conference Speakers
The allure of being able to work around your family’s schedule has created a buzz around self-employment. While most mompreneurs are working for themselves as their own company or a part of direct sales company, they may or may not realize the need for a local team, support, or tribe in their business journey as a working mom. When I …
Illuminate: A Moms Story On Childcare
Let’s take a little trip back in time to the summer of 2013, shall we? Back then, I was a mom of a 3 ½-year-old boy and a 10-month-old baby girl. I hadn’t slept more than three hours or so at a time in well over a year, I was exhausted and really didn’t think I could handle more on …
Illuminate Registration Is Open
Raleigh Small Business Conference | Mom-owned Businesses Illuminate is the original Raleigh conference for small business women, specifically Mompreneurs. We are excited to bring you the biggest and best event yet with talented speakers and brilliant breakout sessions. This year we have built in workshop time and lunch. Illuminate will be a full day of education, networking, and support. Don’t …
Illuminate Sponsorship
Every business owner wants to create customers, develop qualified sales leads, and convert leads into sales. Illuminate 2014 offers tailored sponsorship packages to help you do just that. Whether you’re just starting out or an established business, Illuminate is a great opportunity to make direct contact with new customers and strengthen relationships with existing ones. Illuminate 2014 is presented by Vend …
Susan G. Komen – Team Vend Raleigh
Pink shirts flooded the campus at Meredith Colege. Yet a certain group of pink shirts huddled nearby the WRAL tent before the Susan G. Komen walk/run event began. I had just finished running in the Competitive 5k portion of the event and was met by Cary Heise’s, founder of Vend Raleigh, smiling face. She was accompanied by Susan Newman another …