Are you thinking about starting a business? If so, we think you’ll enjoy reading about how these seasoned entrepreneurs thought about the question when they were in your shoes.

Jaime Louise | Contemporary Artist

The shop has not opened yet but will be soon, and can be found at jaimelouise.shop. It is an online gallery offering my original art and prints. The goal with my art projects is to eventually merge them with my novels on Patreon, which include Family Dramas, Romance, and Fantasy stories about soulmates and true love, mermaids and giants, and time travel and the latest scientific discoveries. Read more>>

Bethanny Crouse | Executive Health & Wealth Mentor

At first, I wanted the freedom, both time & financial. I didn’t want someone else raising my kids and I wanted to be able to travel and give them life experiences. By starting my own businesses and being my own boss, I could make my own schedule and travel whenever I wanted. At least this is what I thought would happen. That was not the case with my brick & mortar businesses. Read more>>

Dr. Whitney Donohue | Naturopathic Doctor, Professional Applied Kinesiologist, Certified NET Practitioner & Lifestyle Medicine Expert

Coming out of Naturopathic Medical school I knew that I envisioned healing differently than those around me. As Naturopathic Medical students, we already had a completely different view of medicine and what it takes to heal and how we can help people but outside of schooling, I spent almost every weekend learning even more modalities and ways of healing that truly shaped my vision. Due to this vision and what I knew to be true, starting my own practice was the only way I would see it come to life. Read more>>

Brittany Stevens-pollard, M.ed, Lasac, D-cbt | Addiction and Trauma Counselor

I have worked in the mental health field since 2009 and throughout my time in this field, I have been able to serve from all levels of care. From least restrictive outpatient care to inpatient residential treatment facilities. I found great value in all levels of care, but I found the most impact I feel I am able to offer is in outpatient care. The kind of therapeutic interventions one offers needs to be adjusted based on the needs of the clients, and when a client is in their most vulnerable or mentally fragile, they require less tools and more structure. Read more>>

Heather Smith | MoxiEpoxy Owner & Creator

When I first started creating pieces with epoxy resin, it started as a hobby but after seeing the joy it brought to those around me and encouragement from friends and family, I decided to make the leap into starting my own business and sharing my creations with the community. Read more>>

Pinkk | Fashion Stylist

I originally wanted to start off designing clothes and shoes. But life redirected me in the best way possible. I honestly just love fashion as a whole, I consider it an art. So being able to take this dream to another level has been life changing. I really just want to create freely without any restrictions! Read more>>

Rita Bane | Drag Entertainer & Sexual health advocate

My business began as a hobby, which quickly grew to become the small business I am now. It was a combination of artistic fulfillment and the satisfaction of knowing that something I was doing was not only able to sustain me financially, but also giving others the chance to experience escapism from their lives and simply enjoy local entertainment with no pretext.

Julie Kessler | Wife, Mother, Animal Lover, Founder

I like to say Oakley’s Oath was founded by chance not by choice. It was never on my life path to start my own business or nonprofit, although, I always wanted to find my purpose in life when it came to my career, nothing ever really called to me. Being a devoted Mother and pet owner was always my main focus and it took tragically losing Oakley, our beloved pet to find my purpose. From the moment we lost Oakley, I sat broken hearted at my kitchen table, thinking ” this can never happen to another family again”. Read more>>

Ellicia Romo

I had been helping self employed people and sales people learn how to use social media for their business and I kept getting the question, “If I don’t really want to take the time to do this for my business who can I hire to do it for me”? My answer over and over was no one, because you need your social media to be personal and reflect who you are. Read more>>

Isabelle Krize

When it came to starting Embrace Midwifery and Wellness LLC, I had a long list of goals. But I’ll share my top three. First, I wanted to provide the the best holistic midwifery care to growing families. Being the founder and operator of my business was a no brainer when it came to accomplishing that goal. I knew if I was the one behind the scenes, my ideas and my vision could truly come to light. Read more>>