Baby Genius, invented by Julie Clark. She was a teacher-mom who wanted to share her love of the arts with her baby. Baby Genius was eventually bought by Disney.

The Belly Belt, a nifty maternity product invented by Christine Kinninmonth, an Australian mom. The Belly Belt is now sold sold all over the world.

The TP saver, invented by mom Tamara Monosoff. It’s one of those why-didnt-I-think-of-that products and Tamara was ingenious enough to develop it. She set out to solve one seemingly small problem (kids using too much toilet paper) and went on to not only invent the TP saver but eventually set up a free online resource for other mom inventors.

These are just some examples of thousands of products that came from moms, inspired by their motherhood and love for family, or just from the sheer determination to solve a problem or fill a need. For most of them, it took a lot of work and resources to bring their idea from paper to reality. If you have an idea but don’t have the time or resources to do research, product development, or go from manufacturing to marketing, consider partnering with Unilab’s Link Up program.

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If your idea is good enough to pass the evaluation, you might just end up not only seeing your idea on the shelves and the bragging rights that go with it, but also receiving Unilab products and a cash reward.

Full Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Unilab Link Up.

What can we attribute this growth to?  I would say, the internet would be one of the main reasons for more moms going into business. More people use the internet, more moms use the internet, more people shop online. The rise in internet use gives moms who are home-based the opportunity to set up and run a business from home while raising her family.  The increase in the use and trust of e-commerce through sites like Multiply, makes the business viable and more feasible.

Another reason would be  events like Expo Mom (and we say this with all humility). Expo Mom (as well as other mom-focused events such as Working Mom’s All About Baby, or Baby & Co’s Grand Baby Fair) gives mompreneurs the opportunity to launch their products in an easy-to-book, short-term setting. They are able to interact with their target market, gather feedback, study their customers, work on their merchandising, and meet other women entrepreneurs.

We’ve seen our mompreneur partners, grow from their table displays to full booth set-ups at our expos such as Rianna and Sherryl’s Proud Mama Concepts. We’ve seen mompreneurs launch their start-up at Expo Mom and go into full blown retailing with their mall outlets, such as Karen’s Momtrepreneur Shop.  We proudly watch our mompreneurs be recognized and gain awards at major business events like Denise and Monica’s Indigo Baby which was recognized at the recent Go Negosyo Young Entrepreneur Awards.

We are so happy and proud to be part of this movement and we look forward to more business-moms’s successes and achievements! Here’s to Mompreneur Power!

Read more about Expo Mom 2011 here.

Want to learn how? Sign up now for Mompreneur Manila’s Meet Up 2 and enliven your innate creative spark!  The workshop, to be facilitated by My Masterpiece Movement’s Anna Cortez and Kara Escay will be held on July 24, Saturday 1:30-4:30pm at the My Masterpiece studio in Valle Verde, Pasig.

Sign up now by clicking on this link as we have slots for only the first 30 registrants!

Registrants must be Mompreneur Manila members (those who have filled out our form on our homepage). Hope to see you then!

Watch out for the Mompreneur Manila Momworks episode on the following re-run schedule:

June 21 3:30pm
June 23 10:30am
June 25 9:30pm
June 26 10:00am

Thanks so much to LIfestyle Network’s Cha Pammit and to Momworks’ gracious hostess, Maricel for having us and for supporting our advocacy!

Read Annelle’s article here.

Thanks Annelle, and thanks as well to Ms. Tina Dumlao of PDI, Amor Maclang and the Geiser Maclang team for helping us spread the word about Mompreneur Manila.

What is the definition of MOMPRENEUR?

Mom-pre-neur, noun, [mom-pruh-nur]  1. a mom who set up and runs a business which she owns. 2. a businesswoman who manages her own company while raising her children.3. a mom who runs her own enterprise from home.

If you’re any of the above, and would like to be counted among other creative, dynamic and successful mompreneurs, sign up with MOMPRENEUR MANILA now and enjoy the following benefits:

• Special talks and activities throughout the year to enhance your creativity, business skills, network, and more
• Special invitation to special mompreneur events in 2010
• Your name & business listed in the Mompreneur Manila website
• Your name & business listed in the Mommy Pages’ “The Mompreneur List” (http://mommypages.com.ph)
• Special mompreneur rates in Expo Mom, and other mom and family events in 2010
• Special mompreneur ad rates in Mommy Pages & Urban Mom publications

Sign up now and join the growing Mompreneur Manila network. Once you’ve signed up as a member, you will receive more information on how to avail of the benefits enumerated above.

We look forward to having you with us!

Janice Villanueva
Co-founder, Mompreneur Manila