StartupNation.com Honors Nation’s Leading Moms in Business

May 7, 2012 - PRLog -- From among thousands of contestants, Mom’s Shopping Engine has been ranked 141 in StartupNation.com’s 2012 Leading Moms in Business competition (www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-in-business), sponsored by Web.com (www.discover.web.com/) and Sam's Club (www5.samsclub.com/YourBusiness.aspx).
 
Over 350,000 votes were cast in support of the 2012 contestants, reflecting immense interest and supportiveness for moms building businesses at the same time they tend to their families.

“There’s been a sea change among moms as they’ve come to realize that adding entrepreneurship to their lives brings exhilaration and immense gratification, not to mention supplemental—sometimes primary—income to their families in these dicey economic times,” says Rich Sloan, chief startupologist and co-founder of StartupNation.

“We are so excited to be a finalist in this great contest that embraces what it means to be a mom and a business owner,” says Kim Lomeli, co-founder of Mom’s Shopping Engine.  “We deeply appreciate all the support our fans showed with their daily votes for Mom’s Shopping Engine,” says Founder and CEO Silviya S. Schimenti.   The winner’s profile for Mom’s Shopping Engine can be found at http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-in-business/con...

Mom’s Shopping Engine (MSE) was born at the beginning of 2011 and is the first shopping engine to focus solely on handmade, unique; mom invented and pre-owned baby & kid related products.  MSE is a one stop shop where in one search you will find everything a shopping –savvy mom could be looking for - stylish and high quality children's clothing, practical mom-invented products and gently used baby and kid items.  MSE is also the place where Moms can list and sell their used items for free. In addition, Moms will also find timely and interesting product reviews, hot product picks, crafts, recipes and an array of articles that would help moms navigate their way through motherhood without wasting time and effort on searching through the millions of sites on the web.  Visit Mom’s Shopping Engine at http://www.momsshoppingengine.com

The 2012 Leading Moms in Business ranking highlights some of the dominant trends, motivations and attributes among moms in business. They include:
•   A great eye for providing attractive discounts, coupons, savings and value, all especially important to consumer moms of the recession era.
•   A likelihood to come up with innovative products and solutions to address the challenging maze of motherhood. It’s an environment that demands resourcefulness.
•   Conscience-driven business, where “doing well” is just fine, but the real rush comes from doing good.
•   The attraction of being your own boss looms large for moms wanting to take control they just can’t find in a day job.
•   Sustainable solutions and responsible business practices are increasingly paramount.
•   Making the most of social media for business benefit is seemingly a birthright for the socially adept moms.
The full results of the 2012 Leading Moms in Business ranking are available on StartupNation’s website at http://www.startupnation.com/leading-moms-in-business.

About StartupNation
StartupNation (www.startupnation.com) provides over 175,000 pages of business advice and networking for entrepreneurs and serves millions of entrepreneurs annually. StartupNation is a free service founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs with the intention of providing a one-stop shop for entrepreneurial success, including blogs from a host of experts, podcasts, webcasts, eBooks such as 23 Hot Businesses to Start Right Now (www.startupnation.com/hot-business/), award-winning step-by-step advice, and more.

StartupNation co-founders, Rich Sloan and Jeff Sloan, are two of the country’s leading small business experts. The Sloan brothers speak frequently at entrepreneurial forums and recently hosted a Public Television special helping people transform their passions into business opportunities. They are authors of StartupNation: Open for Business, published by Doubleday. The Sloan brothers are regularly quoted and featured in media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Small Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, FOX News and many others.

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