I might have laughed if you had told me years ago that my greatest entrepreneurial venture would start not with a pitch deck or a funding round, but with a tiny heartbeat and a hospital room full of dreams. Yet here I am — an entrepreneur and a mother — building two startups daily, wearing two very different, yet strikingly similar hats.

They call entrepreneurship the ultimate hustle, the most consuming journey of creation, risk, and relentless problem-solving. But I believe motherhood is the original startup that truly prepares you for every storm and sunshine life can throw your way.

Motherhood didn't come with a manual or a roadmap. Neither did entrepreneurship. Both required me to step into the unknown, trust my instincts, make mistakes, learn fast, and keep moving no matter how heavy my feet (or heart) felt.

When my child was born, a new venture launched too — one that demanded vision, patience, creativity, and more stamina than any boardroom marathon ever could. Suddenly, I wasn’t just responsible for a dream; I was responsible for a life.

The stakes were higher. The rewards were deeper. And the lessons I learned raising a human would one day become the strongest foundation for building and running my own business.

Wearing the two hats — that of a mother and that of an entrepreneur — is an exercise in constant balancing. In the quiet moments before sunrise, when the world is still and a tiny hand grips mine, I’m reminded of the purest form of leadership: service without expecting anything in return. Then, hours later, as I walk into meetings, pitch my ideas, negotiate deals, or solve last-minute crises, I find myself drawing from the same well of patience, intuition, and emotional intelligence that motherhood nurtured in me.

The truth is, entrepreneurship and motherhood are not separate worlds; they intertwine and teach each other. The negotiation skills I use to close deals? They were first polished, convincing a sleepy toddler to brush their teeth. The resilience I show when plans collapse and markets shift? That muscle was built during endless nights tending to fevers and fears.

The creativity needed to pivot a business model? Honed during countless improvised bedtime stories and kitchen-table science experiments.

Yet, the duality is real and not without its chaos. There are days when boardroom deadlines clash with school projects, when client calls are taken with a sleeping baby in my arms, when guilt creeps in no matter where I stand — at home or at work. There are days when it feels like I’m building two companies, carrying two dreams, fighting two battles — all with one exhausted but fiercely determined heart.

But there is magic too.

The magic of showing my child, through my daily grind, what passion and perseverance look like. The magic of building a business that isn’t just about profit, but about purpose — about creating something that speaks to the values of nurturing, growth, and resilience that motherhood taught me so intimately. The magic of knowing that my dreams do not diminish my motherhood — they fuel it, and my motherhood doesn’t hinder my ambitions — it sharpens them.

Every morning when I wear these two hats, I remind myself: both are startups fueled by love, resilience, and an unshakable belief in possibility.

Both require building from the ground up, weathering storms, celebrating small milestones, and dreaming bigger even when the nights are sleepless and long. Both make me a founder of something extraordinary — a life, a legacy, a vision.

Motherhood taught me that the greatest ventures are not measured in awards or IPOs, but in the lives we shape, the courage we model, and the futures we dare to create. Entrepreneurship taught me that passion can be a business model, that dreams need discipline, and that every failure is just another prototype for success. 

I am a mother.

I am an entrepreneur.

And every day, I am building—building dreams, building futures, building a life that wears both hats with pride.

So to every woman walking this tightrope, balancing babies and boardrooms, diapers and deadlines — know this:

You are not running one startup. You are running two..
And you are absolutely crushing it!