Mom Entrepreneur Survey Question Title * 1. Demographic Information: City/Town: State: -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming Email Address: Question Title * 2. How old are you? 18-25 years old 26-33 years old 33-40 years old 40-47 years old 48 years old or older Question Title * 3. Describe your work situation before you moved into entrepreneurship. Full-time time, outside the home Full-time, inside the home Part-time, outside the home Part-time, inside the home In home, generating no income Question Title * 4. If you worked, how did your hours and salary change when you moved into entrepreneurship? My hours increased and my salary decreased My hours increased and my salary increased My hours decreased and my salary decreased My hour decreased and my salary increased There wasn’t a notable change in my hours or my salary Question Title * 5. Are you presently, or did you in the past 12 months, work an additional job while you got your product or company off the ground? Yes, I work(ed) another part-time job Yes, I work(ed) another full-time job No, I don’t (didn’t) work another job Question Title * 6. How does the location of your workplace affect your daily routine? I work out of my home, so I accomplish more in my day I work out of both my home and my office or store, so I am able to stay connected at home and be productive in the office I work out of my office or store, so I am very focused on work Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. How do you describe your start-up company? A product company A service provider A consultancy Other Question Title * 8. What was your main source of start-up funding? Venture capital Private investors Personal savings Credit cards Loans Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. What is your company’s annual income? Less than $50,000 $50,000-$100,000 $100,000-$500,000 $500,000-$999,000 Over $1 million Question Title * 10. What was your inspiration for your invention or start-up business? A struggle I faced with my own child(ren) A struggle my friend or family members faced with their child(ren) An issue that I heard or read about Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. How would you best describe how you felt before you launched your business? Overwhelmed Excited Nervous Confident Question Title * 12. How would you best describe how you felt after you launched your business? Overwhelmed Excited Nervous Confident Question Title * 13. When did you have your “aha” moment, which ignited your entrepreneurial spirit? Before the birth of my baby Within the first 6 months after my baby was born Between the first 6 and 12 months after my baby was born Between the first and third years after my baby was born After my child was 4 years old Question Title * 14. Did becoming a mom encourage you to be more innovative? Yes No Question Title * 15. When you became an entrepreneur, what key group did you want to help? Parents Children ages 12 and under Young adults 13 years and older An older generation Question Title * 16. Did you take your career in the entrepreneurial direction as a result of something that happened in your life? Yes, because I lost my job Yes, because of the decline in the economy Yes, because my spouse lost his job Yes, because I had a child No, there was not a significant trigger Other (please specify) Question Title * 17. Are you a Mompreneur for the money or for the emotional fulfillment? Money Emotional fulfillment Both Neither Question Title * 18. Do you think you can have a good balance between the time you spend at home and the time you spend on work? Yes No Question Title * 19. If you worked prior to becoming an entrepreneur, do you think you have a better balance now between work and family than you did before? Yes No No noticeable difference Question Title * 20. What was the single biggest obstacle when becoming a “Mompreneur”? Time Funds Resources Business knowledge Courage Other (please specify) Question Title * 21. Is there adequate funding available to Mompreneurs? Yes No I’m unsure Question Title * 22. Do you feel there is a bias against female entrepreneurs? Yes No I’m unsure Question Title * 23. Now that you’re the boss, what things do you do during your work day that you couldn’t have done at work in the past? Work in your pajamas from time-to-time Cook or bake while responding to emails Make calls or send emails from your bed Spend time with your child(ren) Other (please specify) Question Title * 24. If you could have an additional $15,000 in funding for your start-up company, what next step would you take to build your brand? Hire an employee Build online resources Expand production Invest in marketing efforts and materials Other (please specify) Question Title * 25. What has been the greatest source of learning, information and networking for you? Books and magazines Online resources Small business organizations Other moms Online forums and discussion groups Other (please specify) Question Title * 26. How do you stay connected to the news? Print newspapers Online news resources Mobile resources Other (please specify) Done