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Madison Mompreneur Member: Amy Hart
About The Keen Hart: The Keen Hart is a Premium all-natural soy candles & wax melts based in the heart of Madison, AL. Our goal is to provide a high quality product at an affordable price. Each of our products are handcrafted and hand poured, with a keen eye for detail and scents that will warm your heart. Made with 100% soy wax and wicks that are lead, zinc, and metal free, for a natural burn with no harsh chemicals. You can find The Keen Hart at The Madison Farmers Market, multiple stores around the area and online.
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October 26, 2024
Up & Away Balloons by Anna Nelson
Industry: Events, Decorating
Madison Mompreneur Member: Anna Nelson
About Pontisa: Up and Away Balloons is a custom balloon company that creates modern and unique balloon designs for your events. We offer a wide range of balloons from small grab-n-go options to fully customized, large scale balloon installations.
October 1, 2024
Momtastic Fitness
Industry: Fitness
Madison Mompreneur Member: Michelle Thao
About Momtastic Fitness: Michelle provides pre/postnatal fitness trainer services.
Read More About Momtastic Fitness Here
September 10, 2024
Successful Mama, Coaching & Podcast
Industry: Education, Coaching, Podcast
Madison Mompreneur Member: Shannon Carothers
About Successful Mama, Coaching & Podcast: Shannon is a coach and a lover of habits. And washi tape. Also, yes, I know that loving habits is kind of weird. I help moms define what success means to them and utilize small changes to create an intentional life they love. Now I have the privilege of helping moms change their stories using some of the tools and systems I’ve learned since that day in the kitchen floor. I want to not only help you define it, but to figure out how the heck to start moving toward it when life feels so chaotic. I’ve spent the past five years studying habits, personal growth, psychology, leadership, and trying to understand how they all connect to motherhood.
August 26, 2024
I D’eclair Southern Kitchen & Confections
Industry: Bakery
Madison Mompreneur Member: Erin Elliott
About I D’eclair: A creative kitchen specializing in small batch, gourmet marshmallows. I D’eclair is often at markets around Northern Alabama with seasonal marshmallow flavors. Please check their facebook page for upcoming market dates.
August 20, 2024
PiperMâché Website Studio
Industry: Technology, Business Services
Madison Mompreneur Member: Juliana Piper
About PiperMache: PiperMâché is a custom website design and SEO studio specializing in Showit website designs. Located in Madison, AL.
Whether you need a website redesign or a new website design, I can help you craft a website that is uniquely yours, user-friendly, and conversion-driven. I’ve put together an easy plan that makes this process as easy as drawing a stick figure.
Your website needs to be alive, and it requires constant updates. Outsourcing Website maintenance service is a smart investment. I also offer blogging strategy services to help you drive traffic, and hourly services for website updates.
SEO optimization service enhances your website’s visibility on search engines like Google. Additionally, I offer website audits to evaluate your website’s performance and provide add-on pages to facilitate ongoing business growth online.
When I am not helping at Madison Mompreneur, I love working with local business and have a few added to my portfolio if you would like to take a peek.
Visit PiperMache at: they are just a click away.
You can read more about PiperMache at our Member Spotlight special blog post series
July 27, 2024
Madison Mompreneur Member Highlight Series: Featuring Michelle Thao of Momtastic Fitness
Today we are excited to share a Member Spotlight on another Madison Mompreneur! The Member Highlight Series is designed to help you get to know the members of Madison Mompreneur as we ask them questions about their personal and professional life as moms who own businesses in the Madison, Alabama area.
We are continuing this series by shinning a spotlight on Michelle Thao, owner of Momtastic Fitness.
Introduce yourself!
I’m Michelle and I am the owner of Momtastic Fitness where I specifically work with pre/postnatal moms.
How does your business help people?
I help my clients by providing and executing safe and effective workouts for pregnant and postpartum moms. Making sure they are comfortable and knowledgeable about exercising also.
How long have you lived in Madison County?
I lived in Madison about a year but city hopped over Huntsville/ Madison area. Currently live in Meridianville.
What inspired you to start your business?
What inspired to start my business all started when I was pregnant with my daughter 6 years ago. Being in the fitness industry and lacking resources for the pre/postnatal demographic was discouraging. Moms should be able to feel seen and heard not just athletes.
What sets your business apart from others in the industry?
I’m a mom who loves fitness! Not only that but I actually work with pre/postnatal moms specifically. I mean, that’s pretty niched down! Not a lot of people actually heard of pre/postnatal trainers when they schedule a consultation with me.
What do you consider to be your biggest success so far?
My biggest success is having the desire to see change in people whether small or big, I celebrate them all. Seeing people getting results is already the big success.
How does your business contribute to the local community?
My business can contribute to local communities by providing resources about safe and effective exercising to the hospitals, pelvic floor therapists, doulas/midwives, etc. I think exercising during pregnancy especially can be really beneficial to these communities and physicians because not a lot of people know fitness trainers that works with moms.
How do you see your business evolving in the next 5-10 years?
I see it evolving into great, bigger things than what I expect! In the next 5 years or less I hope to have my own fitness studio instead of renting one.
Who are your typical customers, and how do they find you?
Typical customers are mainly moms. They find me honestly through word of mouth
What do you enjoy most about running your business?
The part I enjoy the most is putting my expertise and knowledge into action.
How do you stay up-to-date with industry trends and changes?
Continuing education! In addition to continually learning from physicians and physical therapists.
What advice would you give to someone interested in starting a business in your industry?
I would say, things take time and consistency. Don’t rush into anything that doesn’t make you feel at peace when making decisions.
Any product/service you would like to highlight at this time?
I offer FREE consultations. In late Spring, I will be starting small group training sessions.
Michelle offers training year round, so make sure to check out her website for the latest programs.
Do you involve your kids in your business? If yes, how so?
No, I don’t. Not really but whenever I have clients, and they bring their kids with them, I help assist the mom with their kids.
What do you find is the most difficult part of balancing motherhood and business life?
Oh my goodness, scheduling and keeping up with things will probably be the most challenging thing!
What business in the Madison area is your favorite?
Mine is The Exercise Coach and YMCA!
Who is your business bestie?
Yes, Shelby Simon and Kaelie Harris.
Anything else you want us to highlight?
I also offer in home training in addition to my small group classes. I would love for all pre/postnatal moms to join me.
Where can people find you?
Send me a message on my website or text me.
We love that Michelle offers specialized support for pre/postnatal moms, as moms often give so much of themselves during that season of life. If Michelle’s experience as mom and business owner resonates with you, we want to hear from you in the comments! And if you are a mom and business owner in Madison, Alabama email us at madisonmompreneur@gmail.com. to be featured in a future Member Highlight post!
Don’t forget to read about other Mompreneurs, our latest member highlight was Heather White of Heather Leigh Art
February 22, 2024
