Holly Hurd is the founder of VentureMom.com, a web platform and national movement devoted to assisting moms in starting their own businesses. Over the last 5 years she has profiled over 250 VentureMoms making her uniquely qualified to speak on entrepreneurship for start-ups. Holly created the VentureMom Marketplace to promote mom-owned businesses by showcasing and selling the products and services of many of the moms she covers. Holly and VentureMom have received coverage in numerous publications, radio and television venues, on line and off, locally and nationally. A complete list can be found on VentureMom.com. Holly has become a sought after speaker for numerous women’s groups, entrepreneurship gatherings and charity events.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Holly’s dad
Tory Burch
India Hicks
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Technology, when I started my blog, I did not know how to cut and paste a photo and my son used to help me, but his senior year in high school he said mom I’m leaving for college next year and I don’t want to enable you any longer, you need to figure this out on your own. One woman I profiled, her son said to her, imagine Google is a consortium of all the sons in the world to help all the moms with their problems. Which I think is hilarious, what I’ve leaned technologically since then has been incredible. It’s all at the push of a button, I learned about e-commerce, blogging, wordpress, how to fundraise, I certainly learned how to cut and paste. It’s all been self taught. The fear that you won’t know how to do it, I’m a big believer in just jump in and figure it out later”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale CarnegieFavourite Quote:
“A woman who doesn’t help another woman has a special place in hell” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Recommended Online Resources:
Podcasts
Sites that share success stories
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Build your business around something you’re really passionate about”…[Listen for More]
More About Holly Hurd:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself.” Orson Scott Card
Other Quotes From the Chat with Holly Hurd:
- “You need to be clear about what you’re going to provide and how you expect to be paid”
- “Look at your why in the morning and at night”
- “You need people to give you guidance along the way”
- “Really look at what makes you happy, and build your business around that”
- “Research is a big piece of starting your business”
- “People seem to want to jump ahead, and I think you should get feedback before you invest a lot of money”
- “If you get a bad feeling about someone you’re usually right”
- “You don’t know where your path is going to go”
“You can’t be a perfectionist” - “You need to fail more, because when you fail you learn, and get better next time”
- “I’m a big believer of having a journal for why are you doing what you’re doing, and to look at that in the morning and at night, why am I doing this business?”
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