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.

Robert Wiseman

When I first started my company Wiseman Homes, I was very involved in every aspect of the business. From the accounting, marketing, building, hiring, etc., I had to take my ideas and begin to bring them to life. I knew I wanted to build high quality homes and become a brand that would be recognized for being unique and offer clients a customized experience. Read more>>

Jaime Huestis

I had been in the sports medicine arena for years prior to having my own practice. When children came into the picture, I was able to be a stay at home mom for nearly 10 years and was minimally involved in my profession during that time. Once my kids started school, I began looking for a solution that would allow me to work and use my degree/training during school hours, yet also was conducive to being the type of mom I wanted to be, and not having a job that required me to be gone or travel all the time. Read more>>

Kamilah Thomas

Excitement. Anxiety. Fear. Those were all the emotions I felt December 2018 when I submitted my letter of resignation to pursue full-time entrepreneurship as mental health private practice owner. This was a total faith walk as I had never taken any business courses, didn’t have any close friends or family members with their own business, and I never previously had any dreams of entrepreneurship. However, with consistency, determination, and perseverance, my business has tripled its gross revenue over the past three years. Read more>>

Stewart Cirolo

I originally started a mobile massage business, I would provide outcall massages to Miami, Miami Beaches, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. Back in the mid-90s there weren’t many consistent, legitimate, male licensed therapists who offered effective physiotherapy or the sports techniques that I offered. I was proud that my brand never offered “Swedish massage,” which I always felt was more luxury-market than medical. Read more>>

Vanessa Barrow

The defining moment of me wanting to open my own practice was while I was practicing with a large company and after 3 months of being there I turned to my colleague and said “You know… I don’t feel like I’m making a difference here.” The response I received was ” What kind of difference are you trying to make? Just keep your head down and see patients” That’s when I knew… I did not want to be in a position where I couldn’t offer my patients every option to help them get back to living the lifestyle they wanted and deserved. Read more>>

Faith Halverson-Ramos

My decision to go into private practice wasn’t wholly my decision. The music therapy position I’d been working in for the last 4 years was eliminated and it seemed like the easiest way for me to get back to work was by working for myself. The first main step I had to take was to get my name out there as a counselor and music therapist. Read more>>

Aanand Mehta

To provide some context, Rohan is an Eagle Scout, and he modified some cars in collaboration with the Munroe-Meyer Institute (at the University of Nebraska Medical Center) and Assistology Omaha as part of his Eagle Scout project in 2018. He was in love with the idea that he could transform just a few hours and limited money into something that children with developmental disabilities could use, while fostering social and motor growth. Read more>>

Bernadette Spillane

We bought our property in 2006 hoping to create a safe haven and opportunity for us to have our horse in our own backyard. We have 53 acres and you can’t have just one horse so, we found ourselves with 6 horses, two pasture buddies and 4 rideable horses. Little did we know that that would be the beginning of a life long journey into health, wellness and happiness for animals and people. Read more>>

Jill Binkley

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, at age 42 and with 3 young children under 12. I was an orthopaedic physical therapist, loving my role as college professor, clinician, and mom. Through my recovery, I realized that there was, and still is, a huge gap in recovery support for women and men going through breast cancer. Read more>>

Justice Sims-McCray

Since day one of knowing each other Jaquez (Co-founder) & I noticed something dire, but unfortunately very common for most people within our communities that we’ve even begun to fall victim to. We didn’t know whether it was just our college environment or if others were experiencing more of the same thing. As soon as we stepped foot on campus freshman year we saw some of the most fashionable, expensively dressed 18-25 yr olds we’ve ever witnessed. Read more>>