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.
AMBER MOSKOWITZ
Wow! It has been a journey. I remember when I first started photography 9 years ago. I started with a $300 camera that I won a gift card for. I was so excited. Read more>>
Trevor Hayes
I had been working as a Martial Arts Coach for over 10 years in other people’s gyms. In the summer of 2021, I left a local gym without a backup plan. Read more>>
Dr. Nola Veazie
V-Solutions Consulting is significantly larger than when I first conceived the idea and started with my first client. I spent 20+ years in the US Air Force and the last 10 years of my military career in the mental health field. Read more>>
Rachelle Morlok
One thing that people don’t see is the backside of a successful leader or business owner. They stand up in front of the crowd and see the successful person smile—the person who appears to have it all “together”. Read more>>
Brittni Schroeder
HOW I GOT HERE: MY ENTREPRENEUR JOURNEY I was recently working with a client. We’d been working together for about three months. They were feeling discouraged and frustrated about the progress of their business. Read more>>
April Diffenderfer
This is most definitely not a success overnight story. Took years (11 years to be exact) to be the confident stylist I am today! I started out at a salon here in Jacksonville, Florida where I interned for about a yearr. Read more>>
Lou Bravo
Embracing each experience as a step towards growth, acknowledging that challenges are inevitable, and understanding that perfection is unattainable. Read more>>
Doc Dougherty
We started with making tie-dyed tees for my wife’s (then) 3rd grade class for field day. This was the first time I’d ever made tie-dye and doing so for her class certainly fit the “go big or go home” approach while having fun making a mess. Read more>>
Erica Padilla
Business culture is my key focus. Building work environment that my staff loves to be at created retention, internal referrals of future employees and the happiness spilling onto our clients wanting to support a business that treats their employees great! Read more>>
David Erbe
The hardest part about taking an idea and making it grow – is taking that leap of faith that things will work out. For owners David & Aidan, growth took having full time jobs while working on our business in any “free time”. Read more>>
Marinus Leach
I started in Real Estate with no sphere or tons of connections in the Raleigh area. After onboarding I had that “what now?” moment. Prior to real estate I have been working in the hospitality industry for years, Read more>>
Annie Dunkel
Although I loved traveling to many destinations growing up, my favorite destination was always Walt Disney World. There was something about the magic of being there and all the experiences that could be had. Read more>>
Lindsay May
My growth journey is definitely not what you see on Instagram, and I’m proud of that. So no, I didn’t make $100k in my first month of business…but I did make six figures in my first year. Read more>>
Ryan Joseph
When starting my filmmaking journey I was mindlessly going out and making films with my friends to try to understand the craft and learn how to make something good. Read more>>