Family Business: the good, bad and more

For some, family businesses mean spending more quality time with their families, financial freedom and so much more while for others it feels like a prison sentence. There are so many pros and cons, positives and negatives and so we wanted to create a space for folks who have experiences with family businesses to discuss…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Strategy

Starting Your Creative Career

Is there ever a “right” time to start a creative career? Our goal has always been help people pursuing their passion. Helping those people often means helping them think through important decisions such as when to start, when to take the leap. Below, you’ll find our conversations with successful creatives reflecting back on when they…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Trends

Trends you should know about

Our community is fortunate to have so many brilliant, insightful entrepreneurs and creatives and so many of them have front row, ground level seats that allow them to see emerging trends before the so-called experts, industry leaders, etc. We wanted to create a space to connect members of our community where they could share these…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Stories & Insights

Meet Becca Michaelson

We recently connected with Becca Michaelson and have shared our conversation below. Alright, Becca thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you tell us the backstory behind how you came up with the idea? Video game music is the musical score that you hear when playing a video…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Strategy

How has covid changed your business model?

The pandemic may have broken many things, but it did not break the resolve of our people. We have been blown away by the countless stories of small business owners, artists, creatives and folks in every profession. The resilience and the ability to pivot to survive has been beyond inspiring and below we’ve shared stories…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Strategy

Important lessons learned at a prior job

Experience is often valued because of the lessons prior jobs have theoretically provided us with. While hearing about those lessons isn’t a replacement for actually experiencing it, we thought it would be very helpful to create a space where sharp and generous members of the community can come together to share stories and lessons learned…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Strategy

Social media – do you manage your own or have you hired a team?

Social media can be a really powerful way to connect with and build deeper relationships with your audience - but it can be extremely time consuming. So, we asked some folks we admire to share how they manage their social profiles and whether they've hired professionals to help. Emily Campbell As a growing business in the…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Mission & Purpose

Storytime: heartwarming stories from the community

We LOVE a good story, especially when it’s a heartwarming one. Below, you’ll hear some amazing stories from incredible business owners, practitioners, and creatives and artists. Jocelyn Basham One of my favorite stories to tell is how I watched Layla’s light come back. This little dancer was diagnosed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and when Dancers…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Ideas

How did you come up with the idea?

Coming up with an idea for a business or creative project can feel exhilarating. Inspiration for a new idea can come from so many places and we’ve asked some great folks from the community to share their stories of how they came up with their ideas. Terrell Stanley Garden Grown Social was created from firsthand experiences…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments

Creative Pursuits

First dollar earned as a creative

Earning that first dollar is incredibly special and a moment many never forget. We asked some very talented creatives from the community to tell us the story of the first dollar they earned from their creative works. Heidi Joy Delacruz Delacruz Shoes- my first entrepreneurial venture, created during my high school days! I was always drawing…

ByStories & InsightsMarch 20, 20250Comments