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Most female entrepreneurs find that their mothering skills come in handy when establishing a new business start-up, new research suggests.
A study by Yell.com found that an overwhelming 92 per cent of entrepreneurial mothers believe that bringing up a baby helps with running a business by honing vital employment skills such as multi-tasking, determination, efficiency and forward planning.
The Mum Magnates report also indicated that 40 per cent of mothers who are company directors of businesses decide to embark on a new business start-up while they are pregnant or within a year of giving birth.
Busy entrepreneurial mothers perform up to 18 different job roles during their working week, from cooking and accountancy to event co-ordination and marketing - tasks which they would have to pay someone else £50,000 a year to carry out.
Nearly 30 per cent of companies started by mums are web-based and more than half work between 9pm and midnight.
Psychologist Dr Geoffrey Beattie said: "Pregnancy has a big effect on the body and the brain; it can elevate your mood for significant periods of time.
"When people are in an elevated mood state, they are prepared to consider riskier types of initiatives such as launching a business. This can lead to the translation of an initial break-through idea into action."
Latest figures show that mums contribute a combined £4.4 billion a year to the UK economy.
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