Have Your Baby and Your Business Too!

Babybites & In Good Company Workplaces Present:

Have Your Baby And Your Business Too!

Motherhood is an incredible time to re-evaluate your professional goals and opportunities. In recent years, starting your own business has become an increasingly popular option for new moms.

For some women, starting their own business is a dream that they have always had, while for others it is an option they have only begun to consider. Often going back to a former career proves to be an unappealing option, and going out on their own seems to be the best way to attain the balance, flexibility, autonomy, and creative outlet that they desire.

Regardless of the origin, the questions are inevitable…Is it possible? What should I know? Where do I to start?

Come join In Good Company Workplaces and BabyBites for an evening of discussion with several successful moms who have created awesome business to meet their creative, professional and family needs. Speakers include:

• Eden Abrahams, founder of Clear Path Executive Coaching, former PR/Communications Expert
• Cecily Kellogg, Bloging Expert and consultant
• Hannah Macdonald & SaSaDi Odunsi, Co-founders of Bump Brooklyn maternity store
• Pauline Sokol Nakios, Founder LillaP clothing line

Meet real women, just like you, who have started businesses in order to create work that works for them.

This panel will be facilitated by Adelaide & Amy, co-founders of In Good Company Workplaces – a community and workspace for women entrepreneurs who want to learn the business of running a business.

In Good Company Workplaces:

In Good Company Workplaces is a community of dynamic women entrepreneurs seeking more than a network and more than an office space.  Our beautiful loft-like space provides a place to work, a place to meet clients, a place to hold classes or workshops. Becoming a member of our community offers you connections and opportunities to collaborate with other like minded women business owners and gives you access to informative events and resources. Our flexible and affordable membership levels allow you to scale your use to match your business needs. www.ingoodcompanyworkplaces.com

SPEAKER BIOS:

Eden Abrahams is the founder of Clear Path Executive Coaching LLC. She draws on her professional development expertise, as well as nearly two decades of corporate communications and consulting experience, to help individuals and teams achieve their goals. A certified WholeBrain Creativity NBI™ Assessment consultant, Eden also provides career development consulting services to the NYU Stern School of Business. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.   http://clearpathexecutivecoaching.com/

Cecily Kellogg has been writing forever, but pretty much sucked at it until the mind 90’s. She started her blog “And I Wasted All That Birth Control” to chronicle her infertility journey in 2004, but after her daughter was finally born in 2006 she changed the name to Uppercase Woman. Cecily blogs about life, politics (she’s ridiculously liberal), her love of movies, and her sobriety and constant (mostly unsuccessful) search for a spiritual life. She also blogs occasionally at the Philly Moms Blog, and has done professional blogging for a variety of clients. In her professional life she writes copy for the web, and is currently the Blogger Relations consultant at Eden Fantasys, a sex toy company. Yes, you CAN get a cool job from blogging, and Cecily proves it.  www.uppercasewoman.com

Hannah Macdonald, a former marketing executive for Tommy Hilfiger, and SaSaDi Odunsi, formally of luxury retailer Cashmere Aspen, initially met in a prenatal yoga class. They became friends in mommy & baby yoga after their sons Auden & Ethan were born in 2006. Immersed in Park Slope’s unique parenting community, they gained an intimate understanding of Brooklyn’s stylish, sophisticated pregnant set and realized they had more in common than motherhood: they shared a passion for fashion and the years of experience needed to pull off a successful fashion venture designed for moms like them. After surveying their local network of moms and seeking out cutting-edge collections, Hannah and SaSaDi opened Bump in June 2007. http://www.bumpbrooklyn.com/

Pauline Sokol Nakios, creative director and co-owner of the highly successful LILLA P brand. She started the business in 1998 while living in Atlanta and moved to New York City in 2001. Her husband and business partner, Thomas, joined the business full time in 2004. The dynamic duo behind Lilla P, have parlayed a simple concept into a multi-million dollar enterprise through determination, meticulous attention to detail and an unparalleled respect for their customers.  Lilla P is a lifestyle collection, that marries updated styling with a modern fit.  The result, a sophisticated collection of easy dressing that is simple yet chic, and transcends trend emerging as an instant classic. Lilla P has a devoted coterie of retailers that can be found throughout the United States and Canada. http://www.lillap.com/