BECOME A WELL BALANCED ENTREPRENEUR WITH LEONA BURTON AND ESTELLE KEEBER
“With the right amount of passion, hard work and dedication ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.” Wonderful, wise words from two incredible ladies who have proven their mantra right. Meet sisters Leona Burton and Estelle Keeber who, in 2017, put their heads together to create the highly successful online group, Mums In Business Association, or MIBA. As female entrepreneurs and mothers, the duo discovered what it’s like to juggle two separate facets of their lives and the struggles many others similarly faced in melding family life, education and running a business. They became tired and frustrated with the constant push to successfully maintain being a career women and a mother. They realised that so many women doing this juggle simply end up losing themselves, working 24
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around the clock and burning out. So, with passion, hard work and dedication in spades, the sisters found a way forward and set about showing others that it is possible to perfectly meld two lives and not end up overwhelmed, tired and resentful of either. “Our purpose in MIBA is to provide female entrepreneurs with a safe space to grow their businesses whilst still being able to be present for their families, which we understand isn’t easy at times,” Leona said. “Estelle and I had discussed many times the frustrations of being female entrepreneurs who also had children. There were things we knew women weren’t talking openly about and we know a problem shared is a problem halved.” In just two years, the group has grown to 41
