One of the groups to which I belong is the Nashville Business Collaborative. Nancy says it best… We’re a group of independent women business owners, with ventures ranging from pest control to party planning. Though our careers are diverse, we share a united purpose, which is to provide mutual support (because entrepreneurs can use all the encouragement they can get!), act as each other’s marketing team, and network to expand our sphere of influence. Most important to you, our goal is to improve our community as we build our businesses.

We’ve discovered that mothers, particularly those who don’t work full time outside the home, are often the person in the household that makes decisions about our products and services. These mothers, that we like to call Super Moms, are also passionate about issues and savvy in the marketplace, but they don’t always have opportunities to express those views and act on them. So, we decided to bring together some Super Moms for lunch and discussion… our purpose was two-fold:

• to give Moms a chance to tell us about themselves and their needs as mothers in the community, so that we can better serve all Moms with our products and services
• to brainstorm with a small group of Moms about ways that we might support them and other women like them on a non-business level

The converstation was directed by three broad questions.

How do you connect?

What’s missing?

What dreams do you have?

I will post more on my reflections and next steps from the Super Moms luncheon at a later date… but I wanted to go head and begin the conversation and see if there is anyone out there that will speak to these three broad questions? (You don’t have to be a Mom to conversate)