While working on a story about local mompreneurs, I spoke with Debra Cashman, a Nine Mile Falls mother of two and the owner of a Web site called SpokaneMama.com.

One of her goals, she said, is to help other mompreneurs with the “Support Your Local Mama” campaign on her Web site.

"I've met a lot of creative mamas," said Cashman, 44. "As a mom in business, I have grown to appreciate the other mamas who are trying to do this, too… If I can find something that's made locally by someone else like me – someone who's trying to make her own way in the world – I'm much more willing to buy from them than from the mall."

Manda Warner and Jaclyn Clarry, two moms from Coeur d’Alene who started Monkey on the Moon said they, too, found inspiration from other mompreneurs. In many ways, Margaret Hildahl, owner of Mother’s Haven in Coeur d’Alene, became their mentor, Manda told me.

Do you have a favorite mother-owned business?

Also, please tell us how you’ve been inspired by other mothers to try something – start a business, enter a triathlon or race, pick up a new hobby – that you’ve never done before.

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