Celebrating 5 Mom Entrepreneurs – Mompreneurs

Celebrating Mom Entrepreneurs 

This month I had the privilege to be featured in the May issue of Uptown Magazine Phoenix, Uptown Magazine Phoenix  and So Scottsdale Magazine, So Scottsdale .  The May issues featured five women committed to their businesses and motherhood.  I was honored to be included with these amazing moms in the Mompreneurs issue.  

Please meet the four inspiring moms I had the pleasure to be featured with in this issue.  These Mompreneurs are juggling their families and business with grace. 

1. Teresa Young – Founder and CEO, TrueKonnect, So Scottsdale- Teressa Young
2. Nikki Metzger – Owner, BODI, Uptown Magazine Phoenix – Nikki
3. Beth Schutte – Founder, The Little Monkey Company, Uptown Magazine Phoenix – Beth
4. Shandee Chernow – CEO, CertiStar, Uptown Magazine Phoenix – Shandee Chernow
5. Leslie Lehr – All Your Ducks In A Row

Tell us about your company.  All Your Ducks In A Row, which I started in 2017, inspires and creates organized design for homes.  I believe when we eliminate clutter, we honor our home by creating a space that is welcoming, radiates pride, serenity, joy, relaxation, and comfort.

What inspired you to open your business?  My husband encouraged me to follow my passion for organization, tidiness, style, and function to start my own business.  I decided to celebrate my compulsion and embrace it. Now, I consider my need to organize as my passion rather than my compulsion. 

How do you balance motherhood and your career?  The secret is to stay organized – all important business and family events are entered in the calendar immediately. That could be months, weeks, or days in advance…sometimes hours.  I consider my family time as important as a business meeting. Last but not least, I seek help when needed. 

What is the best part of owning your own business?  The ability to follow my passion – the time spent on my business does not feel like work.  I love having the flexibility to spend time with my family and to balance my work and life.

What motivates you?  Creating + designing organized solutions that remove clutter and stress, and replacing those with order and joy.  Seeing the smiles on my clients’ faces when a project is completed is the best motivation.  

How has your child influenced you?  Brooke gives me inspiration through her amazing style and talent for design.  Her dedication, hard work, big heart, and sense of humor influences me every day.  

What lesson do you hope to pass on to Brooke?  Follow the Lehr family mission; Be kind to others, be grateful, count your blessings daily, dream big, follow your passion, do your best every day, and never give up.  

Most valuable lesson you’ve learned since opening your own business:  To be the most authentic self. Knowing and accepting who I am allows me to create organizational spaces that are stylish and functional. 

 

A special thank you and congratulations to the editor-in-chief donation So Scottsdale, Chelsea Young, on her book, The Color of Mother, Coloreverthing.love