One of the most powerful things about being a business owner is the ability to create a work environment according to your own principles. So many of us have worked within a company or organization and been disappointed by the way things were run, the way team members were treated. So, we wanted to ask some fantastic business owners and operators how they’ve gone about creating a more inclusive workplace.

Nandita Bajaj

Our belief in people and everyone deserves a chance and an opportunity – a second chance. A chance for everyone to be themselves, a space to explore the arts without judgement. Read more>>

Alexis Wolfe

As far as creating a more inclusive work place, I try to do everything I can to make my clients feel more at ease while they’re in the shop. I always make sure to ask my clients if they have a preferred name/what pronouns they’d like me to use, I always reassure people that body hair, stretch marks, acne, etc. is 100% normal and not to apologize for it if they bring it up while I prep their skin for a tattoo, I let everyone know that if they don’t think they can have color in their tattoo they absolutely can, they’re allowed to cry/take breaks, and a few other small things here and there to assure my clients feel safe and comfortable. Read more>>

Alisa Thayne

In a field saturated with creative photographers, it becomes increasingly difficult to rid the industry of the stigma of fellow photographers being competition instead of community. What photographers fail to remember is that we need each other. We are not each others competition because we all offer something uniquely different. When I first started my business as a photographer, I reached out to several different photographers both locally and online for mentoring in the field. Read more>>