When businesses are covered in the media, often there is a lot of focus on the initial idea, the genesis moment. Then they almost brush over the middle part – the scaling up part – and arrive at how big and awesome the business is today. It makes for a fun read or in the case of a movie or show an entertaining watch, but it’s also a missed opportunity. The middle part – the scaling up part is where so many small business owners get stuck. It’s the part so many of us need more guidance with and so we wanted to get conversations going on the topic of scaling up.

Natalie Christensen

The idea for Markets for Makers arose in 2015, after my best friend and I launched a small business together. We searched for an exceptional marketplace to sell our products, but none existed in our city. Read more>>

Stacy Brown

Style Luxe Weddings started as a small event decor business that has blossomed into something that I could only dream of. I always knew that I loved bringing visions to life whether that be through Interior design or event design. Read more>>

Darah Zeledon

Indeed, all the behind-the-scenes trial and error, mistakes, recoveries, discoveries and grinding – continuous grinding – is what makes for a solid and growing business. Read more>>

Lani Jackson

Success didn’t happen for my business overnight. One of the things that held me back for so many years is that I was looking for the “secret sauce” or magic formula that everyone else seemed to know but me. Read more>>

Ashley Johnson

In 2020, the year of the pandemic, we were able to grow our business 112% even though we lost all of our wholesale accounts which at the time were 40% of our revenue. Read more>>

Rita Collins

I faced a conflict when wanting to open a bookstore while living in a rural Montana community. It seemed unlikely a bookstore would be fiscally viable in a small town. Read more>>

Maria Hannifin

I have been in the Bridal Makeup and Hair Business for almost ten years now, and while most people like to think it just blew up over night I’m here to tell you it wasn’t quite that easy! Read more>>