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.

Jen Johnston

I always knew I wanted to work inside the health space. I got my degree in Exercise and Sport Science and after college decided to pursue additional education in nutrition. At the time I had no idea in what capacity I would work with others, I just knew this was my passion. My free time was spent learning and experimenting with nutrition and having a thirst to understand and learn more about how the body worked and how the food we are impacted our health and quality of life. Read more>>

Talia Rozen

Having a Kinesiology degree, being an athlete and after years in the fitness industry, I felt stuck. I loved helping people but I needed something more stable and honestly, always wanted to have something of my own. In 2018, after seeing Joan, a physical therapist(my now business partner) for an injury, we developed a friendship. Read more>>

Brook Choulet

I started putting the pieces of my business together a few years before opening my doors. It took several months to come up with a business name, logo, and website that I was proud to present to the local community. I had to get in a different mindset, as business ownership is extremely different from what we’re taught as physicians in medical school. Read more>>

Dr. Sherlonda Adkins, PA-C

When I became a physician assistant I had no intention of becoming an entrePAneur (PA entrepreneur). I had previously owned two businesses and could not imagine going through the process of starting another business. But as my entrepreneurial brain would have it 5 years into practicing two things happened. Read more>>

Lexie Belle

Starting my own practice was never really the plan. I loved the work I was doing as a clinician and administrator in the addiction field. After having children and my own struggle with perinatal OCD and postpartum depression, I decided my priorities had to be different. Who I wanted to help and HOW I wanted to help completely changed. Read more>>

Ariadna La Rosa

Many years ago, when I was living in Spain, I used to work for a large company. My boss at the time gave us a lot of creative freedom, as long as we were profitable. During that time, I started building not only professional but also business relationships with my clients, and I realized I wanted to achieve it in my own practice. Read more>>

Angie Avard Turner, J.D., LL.M.

I began my firm representing creative entrepreneurs as a pivot away from being a creative entrepreneur. I had been an attorney since 2001, however I did not begin practice immediately. I took a 10 year detour to begin a creative business of my own. After running that for 10 years, it became apparent that our family needed both parents to be at home rather than traveling the country exhibiting at trade shows. So, when it became time to pivot, I began researching how to begin a law firm and what areas would make most sense for me to practice. Read more>>

Shondricka Carter

In 2013, I developed a business plan to start a nationally known tax company. I started my company Carter Capital right out of undergrad. The main steps I took when I started was pretty much what I learned in college such as write a business plan, apply for funding and of course get started. I don’t want to just answer your questions; I want to take you on the journey from the beginning stages. Read more>>