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.
Kate Nasuti
In June of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, when I was an essential worker and had the job security that most other people would have coveted, I put in my resignation. I was working for a company from whom I was falling more and more out of alignment. Alignment with my values, both inside and outside of that clinic, had been the way I had started to live my life in the previous couple of years. Read more>>
Dr. Nikki Berner
The decision to start my own practice did not happen over night. In fact, from idea conception to my doors being open took about 16 months. I was working in a different speciality of physical therapy and kept feeling a push for change and growth. I had been looking for areas of growth in that job for several years, however each perceived opportunity kept coming to a dead end. I couldn’t help but feel like I was being pulled towards something else- something bigger. Read more>>
Anna McGee
It hasn’t always been an easy road starting my own shop. I become a very young, single mom, still taking classes in college berg unexpectedly. I was in the first few weeks of my first year of college when I found out I was expecting. I never imagined being in the situation I was in, but nonetheless, I was going to do everything in my power to be the best mom I could be and work hard in everything I do. Read more>>
Gina Aleman
Brainstorming and research have been keys to successfully establishing my business. I have found that taking the upfront time to plan, research, write down ideas as they come, and revise before creating a new client offering or digital course, for example, has saved me time and hassle in the long run. This allows me more time and energy to focus on caring for my clients/families. Read more>>
Tara Holmquist
The practice I created at the start of my journey is very different from what it looks like today. At first, I followed in the footsteps of those who did it before me. I had a mentor, and followed what they did step-by-step, as they were successful and busy. When I did what they suggested, in the order they suggested it, things fell into place and I also became very busy very quickly. Read more>>
Quiara Smith
If you would’ve told me in graduate school that I would become a business owner one day, I would’ve thought you were crazy! Fast forward to over 10 years of practice as an occupational therapist I opened up my own boutique, private practice for pediatric pelvic health patients/clients. I created the first practice of its kind in the United States. In the beginning, I had no background or knowledge of business or entrepreneurial skills or so I thought. Read more>>
Benjamin Rafii
The vision for my practice started before I even knew I would become a laryngologist (voice doctor). Throughout my life, my own experiences with doctors and the healthcare system left me feeling like there was some kind of disconnect between what people hoped to get out of their doctor’s visit and what the experience was actually like. Rather than feeling like a place of safety, healing, patience, and recovery, the doctor’s office often conjures up images and feelings of anxiety, coldness, time pressure, and discomfort. I wanted to fix that. Read more>>
Emily Moody
My name is Emily Moody and I am a mom, a wife, an exercise and adventure enthusiast, and now – a business owner. A wanna-be lawyer turned editor, it seems very far-fetched that I would now be a part of a global fitness brand but that is where I find myself today; and I couldn’t be more in awe of or more grateful for my path. My journey down this road started in 2012 when I started taking barre-based fitness classes at a new little place in Savannah, GA called Pure Barre. Read more>>