Create YOUR Mission And VisionA Mom Entrepreneur

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We do it because we can but it’s not easy. Connecting with like minded women can give us the strength and support when we most need it.

A Mom Entrepreneur is THAT place!

A Mom EntrepreneurAbout me:I’ve done many things in my lifetime from cosmetology to real estate, from retail to academics, and being self employed.

I haven’t always been successful but I have learned a lot of what NOT to do.

I am passionate about controlling my own destiny and LOVE helping others do the same.

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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. ~ Zig Ziglar

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementWhy does your business need a vision and mission?

Same reason you need a business plan.

It’s part of your road map to success.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementWhen you wonder WHY you are working 100 hours a week for little money you can revisit your Vision/Mission and remind yourself as to the reason.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementYour Vision and Mission statements will inspire you, energize you, and keep you focused.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementWhat are Mission and Vision statements?

People often think they’re the same thing but they’re not.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementVision – describes what you want your business to be in the future. It’s purpose and values.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementMission – describes what you want your business to be today. It’s purpose and primary objectives.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementYour Vision statementThe vision statement includes vivid description of the organization as it effectively carries out its operations.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementDeveloping a vision statement can be quick culture-specific. You may use methods ranging from highly analytical and rational to highly creative and divergent.

Utilize your dreams and ideals.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementDeveloping the vision can be the most enjoyable part of business planning, but it can also be the most difficult.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementThe vision is a compelling description of the state and function of your business. A very attractive image toward which the organization was attract the business is guided by the strategic plan. The vision has become more of a motivational tool.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementYour vision should remain intact, even if the market changes dramatically, because it speaks to what you represent, not just what you do.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementYour Mission statementA mission statement is a key tool that can be as important as your business plan. It captures, in a few succinct sentences, the essence of your business's goals and the philosophies underlying them. Equally important, the mission statement signals what your business is all about to your customers, employees, suppliers and the community.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementIf the organization elects to develop a vision statement before developing the mission statement, ask “Why does the image, the vision exist -- what is it’s purpose?” This purpose is often the same as the mission.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementWhen wording the mission statement, consider the organization's products, services, markets, values, and concern for public image, and maybe priorities of activities for survival.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementConsider any changes that may be needed in wording of the mission statement because of any new suggested strategies during the business planning process.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementEnsure that wording of the mission is to the extent that priorities in how products and services are delivered are clear.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementWhen refining the mission, a useful exercise is to add or delete a word from the mission to realize the change in scope of the mission statement and assess how concise is its wording.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementDoes the mission statement include sufficient description that the statement clearly separates the mission of the organization from other organizations?

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementYour mission statement may change, but it should still tie back to your core values, customer needs and vision.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementGuidelines to writing your Vision/Mission statements.Your Vision Statement should start with what you believe, why you do what you do -- your purpose or cause on a level higher than what your company does or makes.  Try starting your statement with the words "I believe..."  or "I envision a world..."  You'll find what follows will be quite different than what you expect.   You can always take out those opening words later, if you want. It’s about setting the tone.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission Statement Don't write more than two lines for what

you believe. This is not the place for long-winded

descriptions about what your company does.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission Statement Leave what you sell out of it.

This is a statement of your vision, not what you do. 

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementExamples of Vision statementsNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: A World Free of MS.San Diego Zoo: To become a world leader at connecting people to wildlife and conservation. Ikea: Affordable solutions for better living.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementExamples of Mission statements"...Georgetown College is committed to the Jesuit traditions of an integrated education and of productive research in the liberal arts, including fine arts, humanities, languages, sciences, and social sciences. The College seeks to expand the imagination, foster the life of the spirit, cultivate lifelong learning, encourage service to God and humanity, and promote respect for diversity in an age of global community." From Georgetown University.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission Statement"Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad" from Apple"

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementOur vision is to be earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online." from Amazon

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementA Mom EntrepreneurVision: To educate, inspire, and build a community of women entrepreneurs.

Mission: To provide tools, resources, and community to women entrepreneurs so they can reach their dreams.

Create YOUR Vision and Mission StatementAction Items

To work on your Vision and Mission statement.

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