One of the challenges we’ve seen to true equality of opportunity is that schools and books often can’t (or choose not) offer access to one of the most equalizing resources – first hand stories of how successful entrepreneurs made their ideas a reality. If you grew up in a family or community that had many successful entrepreneurs you may have been lucky to hear many conversations and stories about starting and executing on an idea, but there are millions of people across the country who haven’t had the same advantage and so our hope here is to create a space where those stories can be told in a more public forum for the benefit of any and every aspiring entrepreneur.

Nina Wittmer

For the past few years, I have been working on small businesses social media accounts just for fun. I received my Bachelors degree in Communications from the University at Buffalo back in 2020. Read more>>

Desirie Sykes

In 2018, my entrepreneurial journey began with a sobering realization: the education system was failing to provide adequate care and support for students, leaving a significant gap in resources and parental involvement. Read more>>

Danny Russo

Growing up, I always knew I wanted to be an interior designer. My career launched when I landed my two largest clients after I moved to Columbus, and twenty years later, I’ve never looked back. Read more>>

Tiffany Carole

Context: The perspective I’d like to journey into is one of entrepreneurial pivot; the pivot/s that are guided by Soulful prompts. Read more>>

Claire Dupre

My journey into entrepreneurship began with a passion for music and a desire to share it with others. Initially, I started teaching a handful of private students while also working within the school system. Read more>>

Hiba Kadouri

It started as a creative nature or gene coming from watching my mom trying to work from home either she would design clothes and makes them to sell or cake decorating was another business too and I feel that’s how I got the creative part. Read more>>

Danielle Phillips

I never wanted to be an entrepreneur. Growing up, I worked for several small businesses and I witnessed how challenging it is to have your own business—you’re on call 24/7 and solely responsible for fixing anything that breaks or navigating any tricky situation. Read more>>

Jeff Restrepo

When the world went into lockdown during Covid – I was looking for ideas to make a living in case I would not be able to return to work. Read more>>

Tasha Van Vlack

So The Nonprofit Hive began as an attempt on my part to fill a void I was seeing in the nonprofit space. Social impact professionals, who I was helping serve in a variety of nonprofit consulting roles over the past 7 years, we’re incredibly lonely. Read more>>

Aidan Eaton

Our business journey began when I met Josh Mangum, Founder of WiT Group, at SSG, where we clicked professionally. After I parted ways with SSG, I tried out a few other agencies before settling into Business and Marketing consulting. Read more>>

Jill Morrison

I launched my marketing company in 2021. As a millennial in marketing, everyone’s immediate assumption was that I focused on social media. Read more>>

Willie Alexander

The first thoughts of starting my own business came to me while I was still in design school at The Art Institutes of Houston, 2010. I began creating concepts for my logo which has transformed many times over the years to what it is today. Read more>>

Kelli Benton

It actually started as a discussion between friends. A “wouldn’t it be cool if…” conversation. We laughed and talked about all the things we wanted in a shop. Read more>>

Nick Williams

I invested a lot of time when I was younger into art. All of my electives in school were art oriented. By the time I got to college I stepped away from art and focused on school and work. Read more>>

Kristina McCreight

I fell in love with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) after learning of it from a professional who implemented it with kiddos with autism. Read more>>

Adham Ossama

Let me take you on the journey of launching my screenwriting career, from the initial spark of an idea to bringing it to life: Read more>>

Zachary Ladner

I, for the longest time, had wanted to have a butcher shop that sold smash burgers. It was just something that I thought would be fun and people would like it. Read more>>

Felicia Wallace

Drinks on Fe was birth out of a divorce and I was struggling financially. I never considered being an entrepreneur. I’m very creative and I was doing everything under the sun from doing hair to decorating various events bur Things had gotten so bad that all I had left was my faith in God. Read more>>

Karena Bell

A Spark of Inspiration It all started one evening when I was reflecting on a common problem I noticed during my career and studies—many businesses, big and small, were losing profits and didn’t even realize it until it was too late. Read more>>

Deependra Dehariya

The journey from idea to execution was meticulous and filled with excitement and challenges. It all began with a spark of inspiration during an immersive gaming session with my cousins and my partner, Read more>>

Virtual High Sound

It all started on a fateful day, two young Phoenix-based aspiring artist came together after hearing that they both shared interest in music. Read more>>

Danielle Pappas

I have always been one to take photos, for as long as I can remember. In high school and college, digital cameras were the newest rage, and I took mine everywhere. Read more>>

Chris Montgomery

I grew up around photography. My Dad was a corporate photographer for TRW and photographed everything from CEO’s to top secret satellite projects. I never wanted to follow in his footsteps! Read more>>

Adrienne Hunter

It all began with a journey that took me from the glitz and glamor of the entertainment industry to the serene shores of Long Beach, California. Read more>>

Ashley Bergman

I was in college for business management and entrepreneurship. I knew I wanted to create my own brand. Around 2014, I came up with the name “Stifling Outdoors” because I loved the outdoors and all of the beauty you can find in it. Read more>>

Nicla Diceglie

When I first started Nicla D. Interiors a few years ago, I had an interior design coach helping me through my business journey. I was told that I needed to niche-down my business to attract my specific ideal clients – what was my area of expertise? Read more>>