Techstars DC Startup Week 2019

Career-minded military spouses (91% of whom are female) face the added challenge of maintaining careers while relocating every few years. This mobile lifestyle oftentimes includes moves overseas, which can make finding and holding professional jobs extremely difficult. As a result, a growing number of military spouses have taken the skills they have developed managing military families and translated them into “mobile businesses” that move with them when the military relocates their families to the next duty station.

What You’ll Learn:
This workshop will show you how to start a “mobile” business - that you can take with you anywhere in the world and adapt to your business life - for under $1k. We’ll look at the Top 5 businesses for Mompreneurs and Military Spouses, and give you the framework to get started for under $1k.

Why you want to learn it: 
The realization that entrepreneurship is a feasible path for many military spouses has created a groundswell of well-intended, resourceful and educated women who are moving past the hardships of military family life to create scalable businesses that provide job opportunities for others in their communities.

How it will help you: 
You will learn how to start a “mobile business” that gives you the flexibility and freedom you want from your career while still allowing you to put your family first. You’ll discover the top 5 businesses you can start today for under $1,000. Learn from experienced mompreneurs and military spouses, and leave with a plan to start tomorrow!