Mumpreneurs vying for awards

Finding a balance between parenthood and a career can be difficult, but many of Noosa’s mums who are busy building a career and raising their children are now hoping to be recognised for their hard work.
Five Noosa-based business owners and entrepreneurs have been nominated for the 2017 AusMumpreneur Awards all vying for a range of awards.
Claire Fermo of Aussie Curls, Kym Foster of Share Shop, Aimee Sherriff of Powerhouse Collective, Natalee Anderson of Fat Burning Women and former Noosa Today journalist Jolene Ogle of Real Estate Write have all been nominated for a range of business awards designed to celebrate business owners who are also mothers.
The AusMumpreneur Awards are presented by The AusMumpreneur Network, and are designed to recognise Australian mums in business achieving outstanding success in areas such as business excellence, product development, customer service and digital innovation.
The awards are a celebration of the growing number of women who successfully balance motherhood and business in a way that suits their life and family.
Noosa’s five nominees all work from home and Noosa’s new parenting hub, the Powerhouse Collective, where an attached creche offers working parents the chance to work while having their children close-by.
For Powerhouse Collective founder Aimee, this is her second year as an award nominee, last year taking out the top prize for the Big Idea award.
“It’s been an amazing journey since winning the Big Idea award last year,” Aimee said.
“The Powerhouse Collective started as an idea, and we have now opened the doors on this innovative space. Located in Noosaville, we now have working parents coming to the space and kick starting their businesses.”
This year Aimee has been nominated in the Marking a Difference award for not-for-profit organisations. She joins Kym who is up for the Making a Difference in Business award as well as the Rising Star award.
Claire is hoping to win the award for her Big Idea, while Natalee and Jolene are hoping to be winners in the Emerging Mumpreneur of the Year award.
Each nominee is also eligible for the People’s Choice award and anyone can vote for their business at www.ausmumpreneur.com/vote/.