Many books on startups and business talk about how there are right and wrong reasons for starting a business. So, we asked a handful of successful founders about their reasons and the thought-process behind starting their business. 

 Lauren Curry

Since starting the company in Tacoma, WA, the vision behind Anne Curry Homes has always been to approach real estate differently by showing people how to build long-term wealth and create opportunities for their future. Read More>>

 Joshua Kreager

Honestly, I didn’t wake up one day and decide I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I just knew I didn’t want to keep handing over control of my time and standards to someone else. I’ve always looked at systems and thought, “There’s a better way to do this.” At some point you either keep complaining about it or you build it yourself. I chose to build it. Read More>>

Rebecca Bentley

I don’t think starting my own business was a single decision — it was a natural evolution of who I’ve always been.
I grew up in a dance studio. My mother was the administrative director of a large studio, so from my earliest memories I was surrounded by music, movement, costuming, and the electricity of live performance. Creativity wasn’t something I discovered later — it was the language I was raised in. Read More>>

Kaylee Jackson

I started The Casa Grande Drum Academy because I saw a need in the community. There weren’t many people in Casa Grande teaching drums, especially for kids who were interested in learning. I realized there were students who wanted the opportunity but didn’t necessarily have a place to go for lessons, and I thought, “Why not step in and provide that?”.  Read More>>

 Sam Savat

My path into starting a business wasn’t a straight line.

I was born and raised in Thailand and moved to the United States when I was a teenager. After high school I joined the U.S. Army and served as a combat medic. That experience changed the way I see life and people. It teaches you how fragile moments really are. Read More>>

Michael Kloth

It started with a dog. In December 2004, our terrier mix Little Bit was diagnosed with lymphoma. She was thirteen pounds. I started a journal in her voice, writing about her treatment, and somewhere in the middle of all that I started photographing her every day. Not for any particular reason. Just because the camera felt like something useful to do when everything else felt uncertain.
That daily practice turned into something I didn’t expect.  Read More>>

Sidney Kile

When I was growing up, I had aspirations to become law enforcement. I began on that path but then quickly had a momment where I boilded down why I wanted to become law enforcement.. Was it to really play around with A badge? The answer to that was no. — The reason I wanted to become Law Enforcment was to have a dramatic postive impact on my comunity. I realized I could achieve the same mission with A Security Guard Company. Read More>>