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.

Ellen Frazier

As we start our collegiate careers, we are faced with a world of possibility and the freedom to choose our highest passion. Many change majors along the way. Read more>>

Jean Louis Jaumin

Strongroom Intelligence is a company born from a vision of innovation and driven by its team’s collaborative spirit and community support. Read more>>

Stacey McLarty

I graduated from law school when I was 36 and I was NOT one of those people who wanted to start my own law firm. I wanted a J-O-B with benefits and “security.” Read more>>

Alison Heller-Ono

In 1992, I worked as a physical therapist helping injured workers return to work after a work injury. I would always ask, “How did you get hurt at work?” and they would tell me how. Read more>>

Stefanie Trenholme

I had been working at a private practice for years, and eventually ran the speech therapy department. While I enjoyed my colleagues and mentoring others, Read more>>

Nicholas Terry

My wife and I opened Longs Peak Counseling, PLLC so that we could help clients improve their mental health in a way that aligned closely with our values. Read more>>

Vanessa Lomas

So the early days of my practice were such an eye opening experience. I am not sure there was even a huge time gap from “hmmmmm, this could be a thing” to “wow I actually have a client.” Read more>>

Melinda Newton

Truth be told, owning my own business was never really on my mind until after having my child. After spending 11 fulfilling years with Massage Envy, Read more>>

Jaynell Assmann

Starting a non-profit is very time consuming and requires a great deal of support from the community. When I first started Care Beyond the Boulevard, I did not envision it being where it is today. Read more>>

Stacey Rowe

Being a business owner is simply in my DNA. Legend has it that my grandmother was a success business owner during the 1950s hauling sheet rock. Read more>>

Matthew Lachman

When I began my journey in the field of sex therapy, I never expected to open my own private practice and be successful. I thought I would stay at an already established mental health center and work there until I retired. I do not know why I thought this. Read more>>

Maria Paula Vargas

Since I was little I felt a total affinity with animals and I was always surrounded by them. My parents were amazed to see how the animals calmed down and behaved differently when I was around. Read more>>

Chris & Rachel Taylor

Redeemed Chiropractic is a husband and wife clinic and was born in July of 2022 after the birth of our first son. There was multiple reasons we decided to open, but most importantly we wanted to have a good family and work life balance in the future. Read more>>

Jeffrey Weidmann

Starting your own business and your own healthcare practice presents many challenges. I had just one class on practice management in school, but it just barely scratched the surface and there were no other business management classes offered. Read more>>

Angela Longo

At first, my health coaching business was supposed to be a side hustle. I attended IIN in 2016 with the intention of continuing to strengthen my own health and well-being but quickly realized that I would be doing a disservice to other women like me if I did not pursue it as a business in some way big or small. Read more>>

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Gold Peer Counseling grew out of my own desire for competent and accessible mental health care. After years of traditional therapy, I had become burnt out on the cost as well as the education I felt like I was giving my therapists on my particular lived experience. Read more>>