Coming up with an idea for a business or creative project can feel exhilarating. Inspiration for a new idea can come from so many places and we’ve asked some great folks from the community to share their stories of how they came up with their ideas.
Eder Valle
Preface: When I was little my dad would bring us apple swans and as kids we would be amazed by it. (Apple swans, literally apples carved into swans). Fast forward several years later, it was mothers day and i didn’t get my mom anything, so in a panic i went to Edible arrangements and bought a dozen chocolate covered strawberries, they came in a fancy box and before i knew it i had spent over 40 dollars for 12 chocolate covered strawberries. I was hold up, wait a minute…..I went to the local grocery store and spent 8 dollars for a box of strawberries and some choco-maker (microwaveable chocolate). I thought to myself, wow I can’t believe i spent 40 dollars on something i could of made for 8 dollars. I thought about fruit and how my dad use to make apple swans for us, i didn’t remember how to make them so i went on youtube. Once I finished watching the how to carve apple swans videos, the next video was, “How to carve melons”, i was in awe about the beauty of these intricate carving designs that i decided to practice this. I figured if I could create and emotional connection with our client and pair them with chocolate covered strawberries we would have a unique emotional product. Read more>>
Ryan Gibson
I’m my own biggest critic & supporter so this backstory & my choice of words will probably sway you different ways. However, the reason behind starting at all is self-development. I came up with my brand during the beginning of 2024 while I was going through the hardest time of my life as a young adult. January, my first relationship started to actually fail. February my car was totaled. All of these events piling up had me thinking I’d never be happy again. I was close to giving up. Although, I was blessed enough to find a new vehicle but life got way more serious and I started prioritizing my mental health, finding fun hobbies, and disciplining myself. That’s when I got more into fashion & started dressing with more of MY style. I had multiple hangouts with a friend I knew since elementary school & I just thought of the coolest vision, which is designing my own clothes & seeing people with my brand. Thus, La Paix Éternelle was created which is French for Eternal Peace. This year was truly a journey and I’m blessed to be where I am now & at first, eternal peace was what I was working at & after staying true to the grind, eternal peace is what i’m living in. Read more>>
Rome Harris
I founded Coachable AI in 2019, while enrolled in the entrepreneurship minor at UCLA, however, the origins of the company are much earlier. My mom was a K-12 teacher at public and private schools for over 20 years, teaching general and special education, going on to eventually form her own school of fashion. One school in particular that she taught at stood out to her, and she decided that if she ever had a son he would attend there. It was a premier, private, all-boys, leadership military academy called San Antonio Academy (SAA). The school’s motto was, “Be Honest. Be Kind. Be the Best you can Be”. While my mom was still pregnant with me, the head of admissions recalled my mom’s interest and reached out to ask if she had enrolled me on the waiting list. My mom replied that I hadn’t even been born yet, to which the admissions director told her the waiting list was that long, so she enrolled me, and I would eventually attend from Pre-K to 8th grade. Read more>>
Marshele Parker
I bought my first Brother sewing machine in 2019 and began to teach myself how to alter and rework clothing. I started working on streetwear and upcycling new garments out of pieces from my local thrift stores. After graduating from North Carolina A&T, I began establishing my brand, Archived 29, as a way to push sustainable luxury fashion and add my unique twist to every curation. In January 2023, I enrolled in ISAIC’s Fundamentals of Industrial Sewing and Production (FISP) Course, held at Carhartt’s production line headquarters in Detroit, MI. This course was developed by renowned industry educator Deborah Vandermar, co-author of the internationally used textbook “Beyond Design”. Read more>>
David Treadway
In 2005 my wife and I sold everything and moved to Costa Rica. In 2006 my wife and I were invited to a Boxing Day dinner by a couple we had just met at the little beach front bar in the little fishing village we were living in. The couple ironically lived only a few miles from my wife’s parents. The couple who invited us were the only ones we knew at the dinner but there were seven or eight other people there. As the dinner started, there wasn’t much conversation going around the table and I’m always one to ask people questions about themselves and their lives. A lady who seemed to be the oldest person there at the table was named Jill. Since it was the day after Christmas I said, “Jill, what’s your oldest Christmas memory?” She had a strange look in her eye, and after a moment she responded, “Well, I remember the Christmas that all me and my family got was one orange to share.” Another person at the table, right away asked, “Why just one orange?” Jill’s response was a surprise to everyone at the table. She said, “That’s the only thing they gave us in the camp in Germany during the war.” Read more>>
Amy Crutchfield
The Fractional Coach provides on-demand career coaching without long-term commitment. It’s an app where you connect directly with a career coach in a chat-based format and purchase however much time you need; extend your time when you need more and end your chat when you’re done. Given the tough job market we’ve been having the last couple of years, more and more people were coming to me for career coaching but reluctant to sign up for standard coaching sessions. The desire and need for coaching was there but the ability to pay for that level of commitment was not. I’d seen some other apps in different sectors altogether that offered this type of fractionalized service and I really loved the model. There’s something about paying for things in small increments without the commitment that appeals to me. Once you get going on the app and realize how much you can ask in a short amount of time and how that advice can really help when you need an extra push, clarity or some actionable insights that you just weren’t seeing on your own, you see what a great tool in can be for so many stages of your career. I also decided this needed to be chat-based. Read more>>
Camille Smith
During my undergraduate years studying chemical engineering, many assumed that the hardest part of my journey was the rigorous curriculum. While it was undeniably challenging, the real struggle was something deeper – feelings of isolation, discrimination, and the glaring lack of representation. Out of the entire chemical engineering class, only four of us were Black students, and only two were Black women. That experience weighed heavily on me. I often felt like I was navigating this path alone, with very few people who could truly relate to my challenges, both as a student and as a Black woman in STEM. When I finally graduated, I was craving community – a space where I could connect with others who looked like me, shared similar experiences, and truly understood the complexities of being Black in STEM. While I was involved in various organizations during college, they lacked the personal connection and intimacy I longed for. Post-college, I turned to social media, creating content on TikTok, Instagram, and other platforms, often sharing my experiences as a Black woman in STEM. Read more>>
Jason Johnson
I had already experienced some success with my first podcast, ShopTalkPodcast, which I started in 2016. At the time, I wasn’t entirely sure how well the podcasting space would work for me. But I kept going and learned a lot along the way. This Week in Culture actually started off a little differently. It wasn’t even something I originally planned to be a part of. I knew my friend Anthony Wooden had a really unique voice and perspective, and I thought he’d be great in this space. So we sat down to brainstorm some podcast ideas for him. At that point, the concept of This Week in Culture wasn’t even on my mind. However, we often had these in-depth discussions on Facebook about the TV show Power. Every Monday, the comments would pile up with people chiming in after the Sunday episodes aired. We realized that those conversations were something special. We were already watching shows like Power, Insecure, and Snowfall, and thought, “Why not make a podcast out of this?” Something about the name This Week in Culture just clicked for us, and we went with it. Read more>>
Nicole Stromberg
From a very young age, I have always had a pen and paper in my hand. I remember writing in my diary from Middle School through High School. I didn’t think much about it; I just knew that writing helped me share my secrets and thoughts in a book and that I would not be judged on anything and I always felt better after writing what was buried in my head. As I have matured and experienced what life throws our way, I realize why writing is so near and dear to me. When I was 19, I was held at gunpoint and robbed at the fast-food restaurant where I worked. The gunman locked me and 3 others in a walk-in freezer after taking all the money from the registers. Thankfully, the handle on the freezer door was broken so we all made it out fine. Because of this, I became very frightened to be left alone in the dark. I was afraid to open closed doors because I unknowingly let the robber inside the building. I thought he was a friend of one of my co-workers. Boy was I wrong! I had a hard time feeling safe so my parents found a therapist to help me get through this experience. Read more>>
Paul Zak
In the post 9/11 era, my academic lab was tasked by several government agencies to identify combinations of signals in the brain that would accuracy and consistently predict what people would do after a message or an experience. The idea was to give soldiers a new superpower called persuasion so they could, at least at first, try to use words rather than weapons to influence groups to cooperate with US objectives. This was a very noble endeavor and my lab spent several million taxpayer dollars doing this very rigorous and detailed work, and we helped create software the US military uses to measure and improve communications before they are released. In doing this work, we identified the brain network that values social-emotional experiences which I named “Immersion”. Immersion is a one second frequency combinations of signals from the brain that are measurable with neuroscience apparatus. Messages and experiences do not result in actions unless the brain evaluates the return on that action as sufficiently valuable. This is what the Immersion brain network does. Read more>>
Marielle Stankiewicz
My journey into the world of tooth jewelry began in 2013 when I worked as a dental assistant in oral surgery. While I enjoyed my time at UPenn, I felt a pull toward my creative side. In January 2022, I made the bold decision to leave my dental career and explore my artistic passions. I started with tooth gems, a fun and unique way to express personal style. As my work gained attention, clients began asking for grillz. Initially, I relied on YouTube tutorials and enlisted help for the technical aspects, but my curiosity drove me to dive deeper. Read more>>
Julius Mcclarin-davis
This was 2 years ago give or take when I took the initial step to become my own boss. Though, I started my actual Paper Chasin Route Entertainment brand in 2020 as a EP title (P.C.R.) I realized the potential to do much more with it later on. With inspirations from the late great Nipsey Hussle (TMC) and Young Dolph (Paper Route Empire). So there I was 2022 I had just got fired from my job, I was staying at my grandmothers house in Brooklyn, really wondering if I even wanted to work for anyone anymore since I started noticing being a worker just got you years of being a yes man to building someone else’s dreams. Somewhere in my mind I just had had enough so since I designed my own cover arts I just took the initiative to design them for other people to support myself. Not really understanding if it would work or not but I knew I had to make it work for myself. I understood there were people in my field of work but not as many as I would’ve thought. My approach wasn’t unique to say the least kind of trial and error but the excitement has always been to be my own boss and WORK FOR ME. Read more>>
Sosa Co.
Sosa Co. is a Trendy, Modern, Luxury nail company located in the district of Yonkers (New York City). The Company is founded by Samuel Guzman in 2020; a local nail technician with 3+ years in the industry. He has garnered a positive reputation for consistently delivering professional and meticulous nail services while maintaining excellent customer service. He keeps up with the latest nail trends and techniques, clients always come to him for the latest in nail design and art. He came up with this idea because Samuel felt like the world was crashing down on him. He felt like nothing could make him happy or take him to a place where he feels at peace. Depression has been hard on him. So he came up with something to control his mind for a few hours because not many like to go to therapy. He came up with Press On Nails. Read more>>
James Williams
It started when I was at the age of thirteen, me and my uncle would watch all genres of movies in the livingroom after school. We would analyze each movie and talk about it. It was our own little way for spending time with each other. Fast forward to my early twenties, I began to love making music videos and that it what lead me into becoming a film director. Read more>>
Kate Reimann
Inspiration for Rogue Wave hit when I was at the beach with my kids and my husband about eight years ago. We were living just outside of DC at the time, but drove down to Virginia Beach for a long weekend — one of our favorite things to do. We stopped at a beach store and grabbed some things we had forgotten – a towel or boogie boards, I think – and saw some cheap beach toys in those plastic net bags by the checkout. Cheap, easy impulse buy, right? Once we’re at the beach, my boys are building in the sand with their new beach toys and wave sweeps up past the shoreline and pulls their beach toys out into the ocean. I was aware of the plastic pollution issue in our oceans, and had read about the Pacific Garbage Patch…so seeing these toys drifting out into the sea made me spring into action, and I jumped into the ocean and snagged all the toys, dumping them back on the beach. And I’m sitting on the sand, looking up and down the beach as I’m drying off and realizing, “we’re doing this to ourselves.” We’re just bringing garbage right to the ocean. And in that moment I knew I needed to part of a solution. And that’s really how the idea for the business was born. Read more>>
Matthew Demers
In 2017, I began helping a close friend with her service-based, work-from-home business. I’ve always had a passion for marketing—I earned my degree in it and had experience managing marketing for various music projects I was involved with growing up. However, after graduating in 2008 during the economic downturn, I took a job outside of marketing to pay the bills. It wasn’t until I started working with her business that I found my way back to the field I had always loved. Initially, I assisted with basic social media strategies, which gained some traction. Then, I built her a new website, which brought another increase, but it wasn’t quite what I expected. This was a pivotal moment for me: I realized that while having a well-designed website is important, without a strategy to drive traffic, it’s hard for potential customers to find it. That’s when I discovered SEO, and I immediately began experimenting with optimizations on her site and setting up her Google listing. Read more>>
Bria Joyner
As a former fashion stylist, my life has always revolved around the beauty and artistry of style. I’ve spent years working closely with designers, models, and clients, helping them express their unique identities through fashion. Throughout this journey, I became acutely aware of the profound impact that scent has on personal style. I’ve always believed that a fragrance can evoke emotions, create lasting memories, and serve as an invisible signature that enhances one’s presence. After undergoing a major lifestyle change, I found myself reflecting on my own beauty rituals. This introspection ignited a passion within me to create clean luxury fragrances that not only encapsulated the elegance of fashion but also embody the feelings of confidence and sophistication I’ve always cherished. I wanted to craft fragrances that resonate with the spirit of classic style while offering a modern twist. Read more>>
Candy Graham
I was born in Nigeria but grew up in London, UK, a vibrant city that inspired my passion for celebrating cultural heritage through fashion. However, I became increasingly frustrated by the lack of cross-cultural events and the way the diaspora was losing touch with their cultural roots, especially regarding traditional clothing. I often saw cultural fashion either appreciated superficially or deeply westernised in mainstream fashion shows, while traditional fashion events were limited to small-scale community gatherings. This segregation in cultural celebrations made me realise there was a pressing need for a more inclusive platform. This frustration sparked the idea for Cultural Style Week, a movement designed to encourage everyone to wear clothing that represents their heritage from 21 to 27 May, aligning with the UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity. The aim is to celebrate our diverse backgrounds while fostering a sense of community. Read more>>
Parys Rogan
A few years ago after losing a job, I was determined to turn it into a positive life experience. I wanted to create my own business but wasn’t sure where to start. After reaching out to financial advisors and other entrepreneurs I came to realize no one is willing to help you if it doesn’t profit them. That’s when I trusted God and created “UpLoading”! I wanted to be the help or partner rather, that was there to actually guide and train with other entrepreneurs on their businesses and plans for the future. The best thing that got me most excited was the fact that they were trusting me, and we could see the results happening in reality! Read more>>
Julian Tillotson
I got my first video camera when I was 13 years old so videos were always a big part of my life. Growing up I was constantly documenting anything and everything. I went to film school but dropped out because I didn’t like school and was more interested in making a living for myself. This led me to a career in sales and finance in the 2000’s in sales and finance so I knew how to speak “corporate” but I was also a creative that had used video to promote myself for many years. In 2013 I saw an opportunity to grow businesses with video content via YouTube and emerging social media platforms. At the time corporate content was long and boring AF and didn’t appeal to younger audiences. My plan was to help businesses reach new and existing audiences with branded video content. That was how INDIRAP was born. Read more>>
Damion And Charlinda Santiago
We have enjoyed rockhounding as a hobby since 2010 and have always enjoyed hitting the trail to search for and collect natural gemstone specimens. Once our son was old enough to join us, we realized even as a child, he enjoyed the thrill of the hunt for crystals just as much as we did. We started off selling at-home dig kits but wanted to create a more interactive and immersive experience. We soon developed our special dig tables and came up with a list of themes that would work well a hands-on mining experience. Not long after, we started selling tickets online and hosting themed gemstone mining experiences in our driveway. We had a tremendous amount of interest and would sell out every event. Read more>>
Lily Ni
The story was inspired by my friend. I had always thought of them as my gay friend, until they told me they were actually intersex. At that time, I didn’t even know what “intersex” meant, so I started searching the term online right away. I found out that there are so many cases around the world of intersex children, and even babies, undergoing sex reassignment surgery. I couldn’t help but wonder if my friend were the lucky one in the intersex community. They didn’t go through the surgery, and their parents were understanding enough to accept them as they are. At the same time, however, I also wondered what if my friend were Chinese. What if they had been born and raised in a traditional Asian cultural background? Would their story be different? With these questions in mind, I started writing the script for “Born to be Human”. Read more>>
Kim Hayes
The ideation of my dream career came about when I was 10 years old. I drew all of the time and was obsessed with dressing my Barbie’s like the characters from Clueless. I created fashion columns and sketched constantly. As i grew older I lost sight of my passion until i made the decision to begin a journey of healing. I connected with my inner child and I’ve realized that my vision was within me the entire time. I felt that the spark had been reignited, I began drawing again, taking illustrative commissions in the process. I taught myself how to sew, thus allowing me to bring ideas to fruition. Because of this, my clients and customers trust me to do the same for them. Whether that be garments, product design or look books, my passion for fashion design is expressive and fun. Read more>>
Kyle Hammer
My business partner, Kyla, and I had been working together for years and became fast friends. The previous bakery where we worked was so important to our story as it helped us evolve our skills and relationship, but we knew there was more to be had from the work we could create. Around the time that Covid hit, we had the realization that many others experienced, in that we could be doing more with our lives, we wanted to push the boundaries, and from there the idea of branching out to start our own business was born! Kyla and I are both self taught – actually, she taught me how to decorate, and we know what we are capable of in terms of how much product we can create in such a short amount of time. We knew that we could do it, and almost 4 years in, we are definitely doing it! Read more>>
Jenniffer Firpo
I have been in the Advertising industry for over a decade now, and the one thing I noticed was the lack of empathy in the industry towards their customers. Therefore I got an opportunity with an existing client to create a pitch video, from concept development, to production to editing. My boss at the time allowed me to put together a team for the production part due to my advertising background, however for the editing he wanted to handle it in-house. Meanwhile, we didn’t have any skilled staff to provide the quality of service required for this particular project. Everything up to the editing phase went smoothly, but everything went south when my client thought a college student was handling the project. I decided to confront my boss and be honest with my client explaining the situation. Read more>>
Sharrelle Davis
My name is Sharrelle 32 years old and the reason why I’m writing is because I was asked to write down what really happened to me what change my life and let me know where I am now on so when I was 12 years old, I am getting into trouble with some friends and I was a sentence to a Youth Development Center until my 21st birthday. Due to good behavior I was released at 17. When I came home I was in 12th grade. It was my senior year. Every credit that I got from being in the Youth Development Center didn’t count towards my highschool credits, so I had to start over.I did not allow that to stop me and I graduated from Dudley High School in 2010. l received a scholarship to college at Guilford Technical Community College, majoring in criminal justice. I wanted to be a lawyer, I always wanted to help young kids stay on the right path, and also help individuals get a second chance. Even though I had the right mind frame I was still a product of my environment. Read more>>
Nicholle Craig
I always wanted to be an author. I started writing at the age of 14. I would get started and give up. One time even throwing a manuscript into the ocean because I thought it wasn’t good enough. Through the years life starting happening, kids, marriage, divorce you name it, I had been there. Always one to keep going, I decided to take another try at writing. It just so happened that a woman from my church was also writing a book. I wanted to get feedback from her journey. I asked her if she’d be willing to talk to me and she readily agreed,. She took me to lunch and explained the importance of having a book coach and gave me contact information on the coach that she used. She paid for our lunch, we prayed and she gave me a copy of her book. A few weeks later I contacted the book coach and began writing. Read more>>
Rollis Fontenot Iii
From Recruiting to Marketing: The Evolution of My Business When I first started my business, it wasn’t exactly what it is today. My original idea was to create an online platform called RecruitHospitalExecutives.com, where executives could find job opportunities. But then the recession hit, and the jobs in that niche dried up. There were far more candidates than available positions, so the demand for a job board in that space didn’t pan out as I had hoped. That was my first lesson in business: adaptability. I quickly realized that to survive, I needed to pivot. I transitioned into contingency recruiting, placing candidates for organizations. But after a while, I noticed a significant flaw with that model—clients loved our service, but we were burning through their budgets too quickly because of the per-placement fees. That’s when I had my next breakthrough moment: developing a subscription-based recruiting model. Read more>>
Anna April Whiting
In 2022, I was thinking about going back to teaching as I had been a teacher in the past. The only thing that kept me from it, is that I didn’t want to return to a public school system. In my previous experience working in public school, I ended up with very serious professional burnout, with spats of anxiety and massive amounts of stress. It made me feel broken inside. Think about going back to that same environment was something I didn’t want to face again. So, instead of going back to public school, I decided I would try to become a private teacher. I wasn’t sure whether it would be possible for me to develop my own brand in Utah, but I decided to try anyway. Read more>>
Cal Ram
The logic was simple: we all crave individuality, and in a world where so much feels mass-produced, I wanted to solve the problem of collectivist, uninspired outdoor apparel. The idea for the Planechor brand came while working for the Department of Natural Resources. Surrounded by the beauty of natural landscapes, a thought kept bothering me: most outdoor-inspired apparel seemed to look the same—boring, repetitive designs that didn’t really capture the excitement and creativity that nature inspires. Everything blended together, and I thought, why doesn’t outdoor gear reflect the adventurous spirit of those who wear it? Read more>>
Emily Persky
We started I Have This Friend with the mindset that everyone deserves to live their dream life—not just the established or well-connected. To achieve a certain kind of lifestyle (gorgeous homes by expert interior designers, dinner parties with private chefs, the crème de la crème of photographers shooting your wedding), you used to have to comb through social media to find the right talent or get a referral—and once you found the right talent, with the right style, in the right price range, there was no guarantee the service would be seamless. Read more>>
Zia Marinzel And Dave Short
Prior to opening Black Boot Builders, we both had experience in the construction and design world and as husband and wife, we had worked on individual properties together for rent or resale. Dave had worked for two contractors prior to opening the business and Zia had worked for an interior designer. Dave’s exposure to the world of building plus a lifelong admiration for the trades inspired him to first open the business in 2018, before becoming partners with Zia in 2020. From the beginning, the name of Black Boot Builders was intentionally chosen because of a team-forward mindset. Many contractors use a family last name in their business name and while that works for many businesses, we knew that the end goal for our company required something different. Read more>>
Rebecca Keller
After years of experience working in schools with special needs children, I did not expect my background would be so beneficial in my own family. My eldest two children had no issues in their educational development and started into school with no difficulties. Then my third child came into the family. Her speech and language were delayed from the very beginning. She was developing normally in many areas, but even after many different programs and interventions there was a language problem that could not be denied. Once she started school the problem became even more pronounced. Through many different approaches and consultations, we finally identified the challenge as dyslexia. Read more>>
Winston Henvey
I have always loved creating. If you ask my parents, even at age 13, you could find me at our dining table until 1 a.m. on any given weekend surrounded by inks, parchment, quills and paint brushes. While I still enjoy drawing with my inks, I wanted to explore more hands-on mediums. My grandfather was a stained glass artist in his free time, with a studio in his back yard. Seeing the things he created, and seeing how my mother carried on the art after my grandfather died, inspired me to learn as well. With dyslexia finally diagnosed, I knew I needed to act to find the best possible interventions available to help give my girl the tools to be successful. My research led me to the Barton Reading and Spelling System. This system is an evidence based systematic approach to training a dyslexics mind in language, phonics, reading and spelling. I knew I could learn the program and help my child. I was motivated to become the best tutor I could be. Read more>>
Thom Volz
The decision to launch this business came from a drive to give communities a chance to learn lifesaving skills they can use to help the people they care about. Before launching, I was an EMT responding to emergencies in the Bay Area. In the Army Reserve, I was a medic. I have also worked in a hospital where my focus was patient mobility. As I responded to emergencies or walked the hospital halls I would talk to patients’ family members, the things I heard most often seemed to center on lack of training or information. Things like “I didn’t know what was happening” or “I didn’t know how to help”. Patients were dying because people did not have enough information or confidence to act when emergencies happen. VCT seeks to change the narrative. We want to turn “I didn’t know what to do” to “I’m ready to help”. Read more>>
Mona Moumen
Five years ago, I took a leap of faith and started my own business, turning a lifelong passion for fashion into a reality. Growing up, I always had a creative streak, constantly designing clothes for myself. I would sketch outfits in notebooks, mix and match fabrics, and imagine how I could bring my ideas to life. Fashion wasn’t just something I liked—it was a way to express myself and dream big. From a young age, I was fascinated by how style could communicate personality and evoke emotion. I followed trends, explored different styles, and immersed myself in the ever-evolving world of fashion. But even as I admired the work of designers, I always had the desire to create something uniquely my own. Read more>>
Spencer Ragland
The Creative services of Spreadlovemedia came about one day after just picking up what actually started as a hobby! I always had a passion for art and music & creating things, with that I was always told my photos were good. So I sat one night played around putting different names together mixing and matching until I came up with the phrase Spreadlovephotos, with the help of my dad after seeing the name on shirts he actually helped with making the name “Spreadlovemedia” He said there would be more you can do between merchandise,music, photography and business so it stuck. The logic behind this was also to Spreadlovemedia through art, a photo because they say a picture can say a thousand words! Not only was it my goal to spreadlove through a photo we were in hard times through Covid and I wanted to make a change in the photography industry being affordable for other who may have never gotten to do family photos because they couldn’t afford so my goal was to change that and give them something they would love. Read more>>
Jacqueline Jensen
I’ve forever said that “I had always planned on doing music” and while that is true, I wouldn’t currently have the teaching business I have now, if it wasn’t for a massive leap of faith. A couple years after graduating with my music degree, I found myself extremely burnt out and stressed. I was working multiple jobs, hustling as hard as I could, and had very little time to do things that brought me joy. It got to a point where, even though I was surrounded by incredible people, I just couldn’t do it anymore. I felt deeply unfulfilled and I missed making music everyday—something I swore I would always do. Read more>>