TWO MONSTER SUCCESS
SECRETS from a Badass
Singlemompreneur
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO MAKE AN IMPACT
by Vanessa Cabrera
It was September 16th 2013 and
I was on a flight from Chicago to
Boston to figure out what the hell
I was going to do next? You see I
was a big-wig marketing director
for a slot machine manufacturer
and I just found out that the
company was pulling their product
from the market. more kids.
As if losing my job wasn’t enough
of a shock, just a couple of short THANK GOD IT DID!
And just like that; I found myself
jobless, with no insurance,
pregnant and soon to be a single
mother.
How the hell did this happen to
me?
“I HAVE A LIFE I COMPLETELY DESIGNED ON
MY OWN WHERE I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO
WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT”
weeks later, I discovered I was
pregnant. When the father and I
confirmed the pregnancy, his first
words to me were… I can’t have any
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Today, I have a thriving marke ting
consulting
business
that
I
absolutely love. I am a professional
speaker where I am honored to be
able to get in front of other badass
women entrepreneurs to help
them with their business dreams,
and I have a life I completely
designed on my own where I have
the FREEDOM to do whatever the
hell I want, whenever the hell I want
to do it.
If you would’ve told me that’s how
all this shit was going to go down, I
would’ve said girl you crazy!
I have been in marketing my entire
career. I received my Bachelor’s
Degree in Marketing, which means
squat now, but there you go. I’ve
absolutely loved it from the very
beginning and if I do say so myself,
I’m pretty friggin good at it.
So here I was making serious
bank with this slot machine
manufacturer, but I hated every