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.

Sydne McDade

The main step I had to take was a leap of faith. I quit my job in the midst of the pandemic and planning for a wedding. I was unwell at my previous job, I was having nightmares and would wake up already tired. I knew something had to change and I could feel that my time working for other people was coming to end. I just didn’t know how and when. Read more>>

Mark Jagodzinski

I was kind of late to the game so to speak on this, I had a number of colleagues who had already ventured out and started their own successful practices, and I just got tired of doing things someone else’s way. As ths saying goes, you don’t quit jobs, you quit bosses. At each stop in my professional life, i absolutely loved the staff, whether I had a hand in creating the content of it or not…and I had some great bosses, some not so good. So, when I decided to do my own thing, Read more>>

Lonnice Prayer

After working with my first real estate brokerage, as a new agent it was challenging to say the least. After about 4-6 months you may land 1 closing, after brokerage fees and a 40/60 commission split, you’re back to square one. I didn’t like it, I didn’t think it was fair at all, not to mention how unmotivated I was to close the next deal. So I decided I’d open my own firm and give agents the money they worked so hard for.. Read more>>

Gevorg Shahbazyan

Unique buildings across our globe always intrigued me, especially the contemporary architecture and the construction itself. From Miami to Monaco, Vienna to Dubai, and New York to Shanghai. I have always traveled and had seen beautiful buildings from childhood, and that curiosity was embedded in me. As a teen growing up I realized that I was destined to build such buildings later in my life. Now as a Real Estate Broker and Developer, not only do I get to see amazing buildings/interiors across the world but also to build. I may not be the best or most famous developer in the world but I am confident that my name will be known soon with the projects that I am working on now. Read more>>

david carfagno, do, caqsm

Having been a soccer player and collegiate football player, i have been involved with sports my whole life. Studied exercise science and sports nutrition in undergraduate at ASU, i trained athletes for nearly 5 years. I fell into medicine via my PCP, Dr Paul Steingard, who convinced me to go into medicine. Since then, i always wanted to have a practice in medicine I do now, which is the complete evaluation of the active patient, metabolic and physiological assessments meet the internal medical and orthopedic needs. I’ve been involved in professional sports medicine coverage for now 25 years in multiple sports as a team doctor, medical director and have loved what i do. Read more>>