Dear Kaira,
I’ve been at a stay-at-home mom for 15 years. Before that, I led a large sales force for a company in New York. Now that my kids are grown, I’m ready to start working again, but I really don’t want to report to someone else. Could entrepreneurship be right for me?

ANSWER...
It’s obvious that you hear something within you saying, “I could do this. I could start my own business.” I encourage all women who hear this voice to really listen to it, whether it’s at the start of their career or at the end.

It’s never too early or too late to create your own personal, real brand. Your life, up to this point, has helped you plot a course toward entrepreneurship, whether you knew it or not. And now you've reached the point where you get to decide what the destination looks like — what your business will be, how it will reflect you, and how it will help you live out your passions.

While I encourage you to listen to your instincts, I don’t want to discount the challenges of being an entrepreneur. It takes a combination of instinct, experience and confidence to build a real brand. It takes really knowing yourself, being true to yourself, communicating in a real way with your customers, and also somehow finding a way to integrate all the other things you care about, too.

Above all, know this as you consider your next venture: your future starts now. And right now — in this moment — it’s OK to grab it.

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