Establishing your own firm or practice is an incredibly daunting task. From myriad of legal and regulatory hurdles to the financial and career related risks, professionals who choose to start their own firm have to overcome so much and so we wanted to reach out to those who’ve done it successfully for advice, insight and stories.
Denay Woodruff
I was raised in an entrepreneurial-minded home. My dad and sister are always watching Shark Tank and dreaming up the next invention or business idea that could go viral. Read more>>
Kenny Brown
After experiencing severe personal setbacks, I began a personal journey of transformational work in search of deeper meaning. As a result, I found and accepted my higher-calling and decided to become a small business owner so that I could make a greater contribution to society, create jobs, and use my knowledge, skills, education, and experience to directly benefit people in my community. Read more>>
Elizabeth Sneed
I started Curvy Surfer Girl in June of 2020 after years of struggling to find surf gear and visual representation within the surf and water sport industry. Read more>>
Jackie O’Leary
After years of working as a community health nurse with a focus on mental health and chronic disease, I eventually felt limited within the confines of today’s healthcare system. Read more>>
Kayla Guanzon
From the start creating a brand and working for myself was the goal. It is no secret that the distribution of women-owned companies is unbalanced when compared to male-owned. Read more>>
Denise Moore
Beginning my own private practice was something that would be easy, so I thought. I was very tenacious, excited, determined and ready. I wanted to be my own boss, I desired the freedom that came along with it. Read more>>
Kevin Boyd
I actually didn’t consider starting my private practice until later in my career. Most graduate programs for mental health specializations assume that you will join a non-profit or public service, so working on my own in the private sector wasn’t on my mind when I graduated. Read more>>
Joy Robinson
The main steps I undertook I had recently moved to a new city and while waiting to be licensed I scheduled service appointments with other professionals in the beauty/wellness industry. Read more>>
Cassandra McClure
As a strategic advisor and founder of the Clean Beauty Founder Collective, the journey from the inception of the idea to establishing the practice was both exhilarating and challenging. Read more>>
Anita Wang
After dedicating over 30 years to a career in emergency medicine, I found myself at a crossroads when my colleagues began discussing exit strategies. Observing their enthusiasm for teaching young physicians, I realized I had lost the same passion for guiding residents in their medical journey. Read more>>
Shaun Bushing
Growing up, I was deeply inspired by my father, a dedicated entrepreneur who built his business from scratch. Witnessing the highs and lows of his journey instilled in me a profound admiration for the entrepreneurial spirit and an unwavering desire to carve my own path. Read more>>
Todd Briggs
The spark that led to the formation of TRUEFORM was rooted originally in the end of an era for a local and nationally recognized firm that I had been a part of for over twelve years. Read more>>
Shanequa Lewis
Smooth Tax Solutions LLC, a thriving tax firm based in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama, has come a long way since its establishment in 2017. Read more>>
Shelley Mann
After spending over 20 years in corporate America, traveling over 170,000 miles globally around the world, and pivoting to support a family-run business during Covid, I made the decision in 2021 to establish my company, Strategic Sales Advisors LLC. Read more>>
Rose Le
Prior to opening my very own dental office, I worked as an associate dentist for 7 years. I lived in Boston, Massachusetts before transplanting to Sarasota Florida. I would’ve opened sooner but I had to care for my late husband, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer and has passed in 2019. Read more>>