So we're Blogging....

"So we're Blogging....."

On March 15th we (Sara and Heather) drove to Chicago to attend our second Country Living Women Entrepreneurs Conference. If we learned one thing this year it was that blogging is the way to go. So, as Heather said as we were leaving the conference this year,"I guess we're Blogging......"

We attended this awesome conference last year pretty much with just our business name and ideas. We were really there to learn more about launching a successful business and to gain some sort of direction on how to proceed with our business ideas. It was an amazing experience!

This year was a different story. We were on a mission. Months ago we had entered for a chance to "Pitch" our product in front of a panel of women and we won that chance. We had just launched our company's online store that same week and we were open for business. Armed with our shiny new business cards and some sample products we were on our way. We were feeling rather excited about our new business and anxious to hear how some experienced business owners felt about our creative ideas.

We really didn't know what to expect. We had three minutes to "pitch" and two minutes for the panel to ask questions. Our prior experience with "pitching" involved setting the microwave timer, pitching to Emma (Sara's 6 year old daughter who happened to be home sick that day), a Polly Pocket, and lots of coffee. That went well until Emma started rolling her eyes at the thought of listening to the pitch one more time. That's when the Polly Pocket took over as our practice panel. So, with Emma and Polly's constructive criticism and public speaking tips we entered the room anxious and confident????

We introduced ourselves:

Sara, has been married for almost 11 years, to Shawn. She has two amazing children (who were adopted internationally.) Emma is almost 7 (April 10) and was born in Cambodia. Max will be 4 in May, and was born in Nepal. She has a degree in education, but has been a stay at home mom for about 4 years.

Heather, has been married to Noah for almost 9 years. She has two beautiful biological daughters, Maycee 7 and Mya 6. She has also worked in education and has recently left her job to be a full time mom and entrepreneur.

We together have started My Culture, LLC www.my-culture.com

My Culture specializes in designing custom adoption products that will help a child identify with their birth country. We've designed our puzzles, clothing, glassware, and rugs by personalizing them with flags, maps and inspirational quotes.

We wore our company t-shirts (which are available to purchase online at www.my-culture.com) and brought our puzzles (also available to purchase) as our choice to pitch. The two women were extremely warm and kind and loved our puzzles. We left the pitch feeling successful and exhilarated. The pitch was over and now we had time to network, relax and enjoy the day.

We did enjoy the conference and felt we got some really helpful information. We don't find out about our "pitch" until the end of June. If we are chosen we will be featured in Country Living Magazine. Wouldn't that be great!

So please come back and continue to read our adventures about running a new business (out of Sara's house) and being mom's and wives all at the same time.

Heather & Sara.....The Mom's of My Culture