Elevating and empowering mom business owners
- Promote Your Business
- Connect with Other Moms
- Increase Your Network
- Learn from the Trainings
About
Mom Owned + Operated
Real moms. real community. real honest.
Created and hosted by Rita Suzanne. Rita has been a business owner since 2014 as a digital strategist. She has helped businesses gain brand clarity, define brand strategy to attract their target audience, and create websites that focus on simple but effective conversion strategies.
She has also struggled with juggling all of the responsibilities of running a business and being a mom. She has been divorced twice, has two sons and two daughters. Rita decided it was time to connect with other moms just like her about what it is really like to be a mom and try to do all of the things while life smacks you around.
What
we do
podcast interviews
the directory
Networking events
startup + growth
Members only
the
mission
Rita is on a mission to help other moms—especially single moms and those without support—to start, grow, and sustain their own business. This is especially hard while you are in the midst of trying to raise a family and hopefully remember yourself. It is the mission of Rita through Mom Owned and Operated to help elevate and empower moms.
the
beginning
Mom Owned and Operated was inspired and created based on events that began in January 2020. After discovering infidelity in her second marriage, Rita’s baby sister suddenly passed away. Shortly thereafter, she simultaneously filed for divorce and custody of her two nieces. Rita then became overwhelmed by depression and anxiety.
One day while trying to figure out what to do next, she decided she needed to re-connect with other moms. First, she started with the podcast, then added the directory, and then the mission was born.
get
involved
Become a part of Mom Owned and Operated, sponsor a mom, or donate to support the mission to help us help more moms.
Apply for Sponsorship
Are you a single mom interested in joining the Members Only monthly membership, but it’s not yet in your budget? Apply now and tell your story.
Sponsor a Mom
Whether you’re a mom or not, you can get involved. The sponsorship program helps fund single moms so they can get the extra support they need to start and grow.
Make a Donation
Donations help with program development and education, hosting events, overhead and administrative costs, and marketing.