MothersWorkMothersWork describes how Rebecca Matthias got her company off the ground by offering specific lessons for current and future entrepreneurs on the nuts and bolts of building and growing your dream. The first step, of course, is fastening on what it is you plan to sell: for Matthias, that was selling maternity clothing for a generation of women looking to remain working in the office during their pregnancies. In the course of describing how she built her business, Matthias reveals hard-won lessons she learned about how to research an idea, test it in the market, raise money, deal with employees, taxes, bankers, cash flow, marketing, franchising, and more.