Finding the key partners to work with can make or break your venture. After thousands of conversations with aspiring entrepreneurs, it’s one of the most common obstacles and risks holding folks back from pursuing their idea. So – we asked some of the smartest, most resourceful entrepreneurs in the community to share their lessons and insights to help inspire and educate the next great set of entrepreneurs.

Ebele Chioma

The CHIOMA brand represents authenticity and our products are curated to reflect that. What makes us unique as a company is that we strive to source clean, natural raw materials and products from their indigenous roots and also tell the story of the culture and the people that inspired the traditions. This is the CHIOMA difference. Read more>>

Barbara Safina

We wanted to make a difference, so we went 100% local. We now support more than 60 local brands, more than 280 families, more than 80 local entrepreneurs and more than 20 women-owned local businesses. Everything we have at GROU is made in Miami. Read more>>

Nyame Mariam Danso

For my first fashion show with MODA at Palomar college. I got some of my fabrics from west Africa when I went on vacation, I went to the local markets where they make African print fabrics by hand and got to see the whole process of how the locals make their own designs. The rest of my fabrics I got from LA fabric district from a wholesale retailer who get her original fabrics from the Middle East and Asia. Read more>>

Abby Rupsa

The lifeblood of my landscape design business is my clients of course, but if I don’t have good tradesmen to install my designs, then my service is just theory without application. One of my best contractor connections came to me via a client who hired a landscaping contractor on their own. Read more>>