THE MOMMY MANIFESTO: How to Use Our Power to Think Big, Break Limitations and Achieve Success

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Bestselling Author Kim Lavine is on a mission to kick-start a million new businesses in America!

To do it, Lavine is bringing everything she’s learned from the front-lines of business, private equity, media, entertainment, government, design, international manufacturing, and publishing to her new book THE MOMMY MANIFESTO: How to Use Our Power to Think Big, Break Limitations, and Achieve Success (Wiley, Sept. 2009) to inspire the world! 

With appearances on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC, Rachel Ray, and critically-acclaimed reviews in USA Today, Guideposts and Country Living, Kim Lavine has transformed the lives of people around the world who have read her book, watched her on TV, heard her speak, then turned their dreams into reality by following her strategy for achieving success. Now Lavine is taking her inspiring message to the streets and homes of America with a goal of jump-starting the creation of a million new businesses. But she’s not stopping there! She’s taking her book tour international, invited by organizations as far away as Hong Kong and Manila to bring her inspiring and timely message to a world in economic and social transformation. 

Forget about all the talk about doom and gloom. The economy’s not dying; it’s being reborn! We were sick before; what we’re going through now is the cure! Old institutions are failing, but in their place new and better ones are being created. Barriers to entry in the business world are falling in an epic fashion, making it easier than ever to compete with the big guys from your kitchen table. We’re simultaneously in the midst of major technological advances that will change our lives in America and around the world for the better, empowering people in unique and exciting ways through unprecedented access to capital, information and communication, as well as channels of distribution. In THE MOMMY MANIFESTO, Kim Lavine shows you how to think big to see big opportunity, how to find the money you need to start and grow your businesses, how to use cutting-edge tools of social media to take your products or services direct to consumers around the world at no cost other than their time, and how to use our power as consumers to take our place on the world stage to create meaningful change.

In the New Economy, you’re either part of the revolution or part of the problem!  The time to panic is over; it’s time to get down to work—for you, your family and for our country. If you’re one of this country’s 15 million unemployed, Kim uses her 10 Rules of the New Economy to show you how to kick fear to the curb, then hire yourself by starting your own business for as little as $500! When it comes to starting over, there’s no too-old, too-poor or too-screwed up—Kim proves that this is so easy a kid can do it!

But wait, there’s more! We’re on the brink of what some experts are calling the biggest technological and social event of our lifetimes, generating economic activities that dwarf everything that came before. In THE MOMMY Manifesto, Kim shows readers:

• How to find and profit from growth markets!
• How to grow your business on a bootstrap budget!
• How to tap into $20 Billion in angel capital!
• How to take your product or service to consumers around the world for almost no cost!
• How to compete in a challenging marketplace to not only survive, but thrive!
• How to use information to conquer fear!
• How to take control of your financial destiny today!

At times of historic change comes historic opportunity! Rule number one of the New Economy is “Everything is changing; don’t confuse change with fear!” Lavine shares no-nonsense, straight-talking strategies on how to face tough new financial realities like unemployment, bankruptcy and foreclosure head on. Learn powerful techniques to turn off insecurities while discovering the secret to getting what you want from life, and getting other people to help you get it, using newfound confidence to see new opportunities where none existed before.

“Mom is the New Sexy,” because power is sexy and today’s moms are powerful, controlling $8.5 trillion in annual consumer spending—or three-quarters of the U.S. economy. But not only is “Mom the New Sexy,” moms are “The New Geeks” too, as the top early adopters of new technology, driving billions of dollars in new product and market innovation, reshaping the American economy in ways equal to the Renaissance or the Industrial Revolution.

Forget the status quo; there’s never been a better time to take control of your career, your life, and your economic future—starting today. This is a manifesto for dreaming big, developing your confidence, and using your power and influence to create positive change—in yourself and our society.

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Get your share of historic opportunity! America’s New Economy is being recreated, and this is your wake up call! Forget about politicians, the reshaping of this country’s economy isn’t coming from the government, it’s not being legislated or bailed-out; it’s coming from the front lines of business, from entrepreneurs who are working without a safety net, putting everything they have on the line to create tomorrow’s wealth and employment opportunities today. With 70% of new jobs being created by small businesses, and women starting businesses at twice the rate of men, that makes women our new de facto leaders. In the New Economy we’re creating, small is the new big, and mom is the new green. Economic sustainability is the new social cause, and this trend will reenergize every market from high-tech to consumer products with fresh innovation and billions of dollars of opportunity that will transform our economy and the world. Kim Lavine will explain how to get on this train before it pulls out of the station, and get your share!

Don’t panic—react! How to use information to conquer fear. The antidote to fear is action, and Kim has an action plan for the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and are now facing tough economic choices. The only way past fear is through fear, and Kim will lead the way, replacing hopeless and helpless with confidence and courage. Starting with her 10 Rules for the New Economy, Kim will share real-world, no-nonsense tips with millions on how to take control of their life in an economy transforming under epic financial pressures, including how to deal successfully with possible bankruptcy and foreclosure, while protecting their families and businesses. When cash is king, Kim will show viewers how to barter and negotiate with creditors to protect cash assets, then give them a successful game-plan, laying out a dramatic strategy for “following the money” in their business and personal lives to not only survival, but success!

How to find money to start and grow your business. Traditional lending sources have dried up, but the private equity market is growing and is more accessible to a wide range of people and business types than ever in history! Forget high-tech—consumer products and media top the list of investment in the last two years, proving you don’t have to be Bill Gates or Steve Jobs to raise private equity money. From how to tap into the $20 billion available from angel investors every year, to the latest strategies including “crowdfunding,” Kim will share her own priceless experience of successfully raising angel capital herself, including step-by-step details on how to get the money you need to start and grow your businesses!

How to use social media to connect with consumers at almost no cost. Today’s women are emerging as a Super Consumer, wielding unprecedented power controlling $8.5 trillion in annual consumer spending, and an additional $3.6 trillion in business-related purchases every year—more than three-quarters of the American economy. On top of that, “Moms are the New Geeks,” driving billions of dollars in new product and market innovation as the top early adopters of new technology and social media. This combination of social media and broadband technology is creating what some experts are calling the biggest economic event of our history. Kim will show 24 million small business owners how to capitalize on this event to get their share of the new revenues they need to not only survive but thrive in these challenging times. She’ll take you step-by-step through today’s cutting-edge social media strategies, showing you how to connect with the most powerful consumers in history at no cost other than your time.

How to start a business for $500. Waiting out this recession on unemployment benefits is not the answer; many of the 8 million jobs lost in the last year are not coming back anytime soon. As a result, more and more people are looking for the job security they seek by becoming their own boss. Kim will show you how to see opportunity where you only saw fear before, then give you the steps and tools you need to start your own businesses for as little as $500. Whether you’re homeless, or a down-sized CEO, Kim has the strategy to help 15 million unemployed people take control of their financial destiny by thinking big and bootstrapping themselves to financial freedom and security through entrepreneurship. No excuses, no criers, no quitters, no complainers—this is so easy a kid can do it!

Kim Lavine is in the business of making other people successful. Just a few short years ago she was a stay-at-home mom with two little boys and a $200,000 mortgage when her husband came home to tell her he was out of a job. With no business experience and no business degree, she took a simple item she was making at her kitchen table called the Wuvit® to millions of dollars in sales at the nation’s top retailers in just a few short years, while raising private equity and recruiting world-class people to work for her company. Since then she’s started her own media company, been called upon by a Governor to create a strategy for economic development through entrepreneurship, and got a deal with one of Hollywood’s top hit makers for her own TV show. Now Kim is bringing everything she’s learned as a woman on the frontlines of business, government, private equity and traditional and social media to help people not only survive but thrive in America’s New Economy.

Kim is the bestselling author of MOMMY MILLIONAIRE, President of Mommy Millionaire Media—a multi-media company focused on developing traditional and new media opportunities in publishing, TV, radio, social networking, and digital formats—and of Green Daisy—a lifestyle brand focused on balancing life with love™. Identified as America’s expert on inspirational business advice, Kim has appeared on The Today Show, Rachel Ray, NBC & ABC news, CNN, CNBC, FOX, NPR, Oprah & Friends Radio Network, LifetimeTV.com, and featured in USA Today, Country Living, Guideposts, Women's World, and American Baby to name a few. Kim is on a mission to empower people to follow their dreams, inspiring them with hope, honesty and faith.

THE MOMMY MANIFESTO: How to Use Our Power to Think Big, Break Limitations, and Achieve Success (Wiley NY, September 2009)