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.

Tracy Dawson

I will never forget the day I decided to take matters and my life into my own hands. November 2017 was the month my dream and reality all hit within the same month. I had come across a gentleman named Kin, or Jason as I call him. Read More>>

Sharon Hiatt

The story of Northern Nevada CPR began with a simple but powerful mission: to equip people with life-saving CPR, First Aid, and BLS training that’s accessible, affordable, and high-quality. As the founder and lead instructor, I saw a major gap in the availability of flexible CPR classes in Reno, Sparks, Carson City, and the surrounding Northern Nevada area. Read More>>

Rachel Dyckman

I started my practice, Rachel Dyckman Nutrition, because I wanted to be the kind of practitioner I wish I’d had when I was younger — someone approachable who could cut through all the noise around nutrition and provide guidance that’s both evidence-based and compassionate. Read More>>

Helen Spaw

I started as a therapist (art therapist) but switched to leading programs. In 2016, I began adapting Healing Circles combined with art exercises based on my art therapy experience. It seems I am now beginning to lead the workshops, individual sessions, and classes I imagined when I was just beginning. Read More>>

Yurilka Hernandez

I started my practice during a time when I was navigating both motherhood and the emotional weight of working within large behavioral health systems. I loved my clients and communities deeply, but I kept seeing the same barriers: care was rushed, cultural context was ignored, and families were expected to adapt to systems that were never built with them in mind. I wanted to create spaces that felt like home, where healing didn’t require translation. Read More>>