While I was in Dallas a few weeks ago for the eWomenNetwork International conference, I met two women from Dell Computer. The women were from a new Women Business Owner Initiative and spent a long time talking with me about how they are trying to connect with women business owners to meet their needs.
I told them that they should try to connect on a personal level, as many, many women business owners are small companies operated out of their homes by moms just like me. As Nika Stewart says, we’re Laptop Moms!
I went on to share with them about how my girls like to play “office” on a daily basis and when they do, they staple two pieces of paper together to make laptops. My 8-year old even writes DELL across the top, complete with the slanted “E” in the logo, just like on my laptop!
The women loved that story, so I sent them a video of my daughter talking about her “office” and her “Dell computer.” I thought they’d get a kick out of it. Here it is: (more…)