10 Reasons Why Having Your Own Business …

…is like having a baby:

10. They both keep you up at night.

9. They both require financial investments (not to mention physical and emotional investments).

8. You can’t stop thinking about them when you are apart or away, yet when you are with them you sometimes crave some alone time or a break.

7. They both require planning (not that planning really worked for us in the baby department!!)

6. They each require a strategy and discipline.

5. Businesses and babies are both life altering.

4. They open your eyes to new opportunities and possibilities.

3. They both experience firsts. The first sale and the first smile. The first crisis and the first tooth.

2. Project Management skills, adaptability and perseverance are not optional.

and the number 1 reason why having your own business is like having a baby is… (imagine some David Letterman/Paul Schaeffer type music playing, drumroll)

1. They are nothing like you expected they would be, I am continually amazed by both my business and my children and consider them all blessings in my life.

Sue Sinclair
Chief Executive Mom, Raspberry Kids

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With 2 kids only 17 months apart, Sue Sinclair was hesitant to leap back into the corporate world. Sue’s eye for design and appreciation for high quality products and customer service excellence, made her third child, Raspberry Kids, launched in 2008, the perfect next step. 

Raspberry Kids prides itself on bringing you vetted, quality and environmentally sound products from all over the globe. Raspberry Kids is committed to their community and strives to continue to be an innovator in the industry while giving back any way they can.