Thinking through whether to start a business – whether to take the risk, whether to go out on your own – isn’t easy. So we asked some entrepreneurs we admire to tell us about how they thought through the process of starting a business.

Seth & Crystal Wells | Interior Design & Staging

We have always had a love for interior design. Throughout our life, whether at home or incorporated into our previous successful business ventures, design has always played an instrumental role. Even when we were dating we use to walk through open houses for fun to see how the homes were designed and staged. We would talk about what we loved, didn’t love, and we’d imagine what our ideal design would look like for the property. After Seth sold his last company, we wanted to do something together as a husband and wife team. Read more>>

Bonnie Johnson Lugo | Skincare Specialist and Licensed Aesthetician

My professional background started in a resort. A very well known spiritual resort here in town. This place was a beautiful calming environment to work in and I knew from the moment I started there that that was the work environment I wanted to surround myself with. I stayed with that company for 8 years. While working there I began to take friends and family clients at my home, I strived to give them a similar experience as a resort but at a more affordable price. From then it just grew. In fact, I grew personally and gained as much knowledge and confidence I could from my time at that resort and then created my own place for clients to come and see me. Read more>>

Lisa Fraley | Legal Coach & Attorney

I always knew I wanted to be a lawyer. After law school I got a job at a prestigious law firm with mahogany walls and a cushy paycheck. I was a Health Care Attorney who worked with doctors and hospitals. Not medical malpractice – but everything else that goes into running a medical practice and hospitals. Read more>>

Andrea Hinton | Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

My thought process behind starting my own business include the freedom to be able to spend the needed time with my clients without feeling rushed. I want to give them the best, individualized, having my own practice allows me to determine the appropriate time needed to deliver quality care to my clients. Let’s be honest, being your own boss allows you to set your own hours. Working in mental health can quickly cause burn out therefore I feel like there is a good balance between my work life and personal life. I have a passion for mental health therefore I want to be in optimal condition to support my clients. Read more>>

Federico Poloni | Marriage and Family Therapist

One of the first thoughts was: “are you sure?”. The idea of starting my own business would not have come from inside of me, and at a certain time it hadn’t. Through conversations with trusted friends and mentors, I realized that my voice and my vision had value in itself, and value that other’s would appreciate as well. My loved ones were spurring me on and I decided to bet on myself. When the door was opened within my mindset to start my own business it was very empowering and freeing. I let myself dream and cast out a vision for becoming a stronghold within the community support system that helps families, individuals, and children access abundance. Read more>>