When businesses are covered in the media, often there is a lot of focus on the initial idea, the genesis moment. Then they almost brush over the middle part – the scaling up part – and arrive at how big and awesome the business is today. It makes for a fun read or in the case of a movie or show an entertaining watch, but it’s also a missed opportunity. The middle part – the scaling up part is where so many small business owners get stuck. It’s the part so many of us need more guidance with and so we wanted to get conversations going on the topic of scaling up.
Tami Curry
We made the decision to scale up because I knew and felt there was much more we could offer to our I’mat Dream family. As someone who is dedicated to paying it forward, I decided to offer a variety of products and services to my dreamers, all designed to help them look and feel their best. Read more>>
The Jacobs Team
We have found that consistency and authenticity are the keys to growing a successful, long-term business. First, waking up every day and accomplishing something, anything that will bring you closer to your goal is all that you need to do! Nothing more. Too often we worry about the future, but all we have access to is the day in front of us. Read more>>
Gillian St. Clair
How did I scale up? I’m not sure if I scaled up financially much because when I started Steadfast and True Yoga everything was much more affordable, and even though it was always expensive to be a small business owner in Nashville it can seem almost impossible now. But I know for a fact the quality of our offerings is so much more now than it was. Read more>>
Antonio Tate
This is a wonderful question, and one of the most challenging tasks to attack and conquor as a business owner. My “Scale Up” started years ago, with past companies, experiences, opportunities to steward other’s dreams, receive foundational coaching, training, and simply sowing into my future. Read more>>
Jamie Craig-Sells
I opened my first boutique in 2004 at the age of 25, I was young and inexperienced however it was my dream and I was willing to make that leap, Today at 45 I’m still living my dream job. Currently own a boutique in Durango Co and recently opened a boutique in Mesa AZ. At 25 yrs old I had so much to learn about business and life. The boutique was a success but I wasn’t ready to commit to what it took to be an owner and I sold the shop 2 years after starting it. Read more>>
Blue Weber
As most organizational growth happens, you need support from the entire team. I was lucky enough to have the backing of a group to expand. We are a fairly small organization that is overseen by a board of directors as well as myself. We made the decision to be aggressive and analyze how things went. To build our capacity to thus enable expansion, we had to take a leap. Read more>>
Premo 1k
I started off making beats with my brother. My whole family is into music but no one really took it as far as I did. I worked jobs constantly and always quit and just couldn’t hold anything steady. I got flew out to las angeles and recorded on protools for first time and did a whole album. After that I worked for a studio in jacksonville Florida and branched off on my own to make more money. After that everything just fell into place. It was definitely a bumpy and depressing road to chase your dreams but it’s been working out. Read more>>
