=Work-life Balance=
Work-life balance is a challenge for many entrepreneurs regardless of their gender, but mothers who star businesses have dual responsibilities to their businesses and to their families. Finding a way to balance the two is not easy.
===Mompreneurs===
Mompreneur is a neologism defined as a female business owner who is actively balancing the role of mom and the role of entrepreneur. A 2011 MSNBC article declared the rise of the mompreneur to be a hot trend in the small business sector[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/40969268/ns/business-small_business/t/successful-mompreneurs/#.V1ryQvkrLRY]. Most of mompreneurs are self-employed since self-employment promises more flexibility than wage earning occupations in which hours of work are rigid. And internet allowing mompreneur to sell products out of the home.