2025 Emerging Mompreneur Checklist
2025 Entrepreneur Roadmap
Take a Professional and Personal Inventory
Welcome to your comprehensive guide for starting your entrepreneurial journey as a mom in 2025! As a mompreneur, juggling the roles of businesswoman and caregiver is challenging but immensely rewarding.
This guide is designed to help you assess your professional and personal life, setting the foundation for a successful venture. From managing finances and childcare to maintaining self-care and crafting a robust business plan, use this essential checklist to prepare for your first year.
Whether you’re crystallizing your budget, establishing childcare solutions, or seeking the right mindset for growth, this checklist is your first step towards building a thriving business while balancing motherhood. Kick off your path to success with clarity and confidence!
Finances
Get crystal clear on how much money you can financially commit to your new business.
◯ Total up your savings across all accounts.
◯ Refresh your 2025 personal budget so you know how much money you have going in and out each month.
◯ Decide how much of the excess will go to savings vs startup costs.
◯ Budget monthly startup costs and determine if you need to look elsewhere for cash flow (crowdfunding, investors, family support, etc.).
→ Our favorite financial resources for female entrepreneurs:
Childcare
Build your childcare infrastructure and emergency backup plans.
◯ How many hours a week do you need childcare?
◯ How many hours per week do you HAVE childcare?
◯ How much can you put towards additional childcare if needed and what will that look like?
◯ Do you have free resources to leverage for childcare (does your gym offer childcare, do you have family nearby)?
→ Our favorite childcare resources for moms:
Personalized list of all possible 2 hour emergency babysitters – friends, family, gym childcare, neighborhood sitter
Join Local Moms Facebook Groups
Watch: Working Moms, the tv show for comic relief/guilty pleasure
Self-Care
Keep up (or kickstart) the must-do activities that keep you sane—so you don’t end up as easy prey for anxiety and decision fatigue.
◯ List the physical activity you will do at least weekly.
◯ Set your 5-minute level setting morning routine.
◯ Commit to one unmoveable social activity monthly.
→ Our personal favorite self care go to’s:
Daily read: Gmorning,Gnight! Little Pep Talks for Me and You, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Book)
Weekly read: Maria Shriver’s newsletter, “The Sunday Paper”
Plan to Launch Your 7-figure Business
First Year Roadmap
What does your first year of business look like to you? What do you need to DO to in the short-term to achieve your long term goals? And what does success in the first year look like to you? Thinking ahead to a fully operational business that is making 7-figures can be daunting. Let’s start with your first year ahead!
Market
◯ Who is your target buyer?
◯ Who is your toughest competitor?
◯ What is your single strongest competitive advantage?
Our Favorite Resources:
Quick Read – Rule 1: Prioritize the Right Idea Over Your Passion Project
Deep Dive – Purple Cow, Seth Godin (Book)
Money
◯ What revenue could you achieve in your first year of business?
◯ Where would you like to be one year from now? Revenues, Customers, Product goals?
◯ What are three critical success factors?
◯ What is the biggest trap that would block that success?
Our Favorite Resources:
Quick Read: Money Mastering – Financial Modeling Strategies
Listen: Getting Comfy with the Numbers, Erica Millard (Podcast)
Mindset
◯ What mantra will you say to yourself each morning to focus?
◯ What do you need to delete from your social media feed?
◯ What will you add to your media feed to feel empowered?
Our Favorite Resources:
Quick Read: 7-Figure Mindset and Habits for Every Mompreneur
Listen: The Life Coach for Working Moms, Katelyn Denning (Podcast)
Free Gift for Emerging Mompreneurs
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