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.

Danny Calafell

During my boxing career my first business was in the music industry where I not only built relationships in the entertainment industry, but starting submersing myself with information an surrounding myself with successful entrepreneurs. In 2012 I started my consulting firm because I was tired of relying on others for the success I wanted. I knew I wanted to help a lot of people and their businesses and I knew it was up to me to get it done how I wanted and how I knew it could be done. Read more>>

Sherwanna Livingston

I am a firm believer not waiting for opportunity, but creating opportunity.. And that is exactly how I scaled my business. When I first started out my business I immediately began booking clients for my services. Business was great. But after a lot of long offers, I realized I was overworked and underpaid for the grand transformations I was providing my clients. I wasn’t sure how to go about “scaling” my business to the next level, but I knew something had to change quickly. Read more>>

Chelle Neff

I was all by myself for the first week when I opened Urban Betty Salon and had only one hairstylist/contractor for the first three months. I didn’t hire my first employee until six months after opening. At that point, everything that I did behind the chair paid for the entire salon and my household. It was a very stressful situation. My company also had many other complications, such as not knowing how to structure our pricing lists or manage cash flow. Read more>>

Lindsay Schneider

When I started Get Into The Limelight in 2016, I introduced and trademarked the Limelight, a high-quality selfie light that clips onto the back of a cell phone. My first order of Limelights sold out and I was already on to developing glitter-infused silicone sponges and neon-colored disposable cell phone chargers, building out my line of unique products one after the next. Things were going great! Read more>>

Bre Roberts

It’s so true! I think with most success stories people see the end result and don’t recognize all the work that went in to getting there, or rather all the ongoing effort to sustain and grow. Even when you feel you have hit success, the key is to keep growing!! There is always room to scale up. Over the years I have employed many techniques to elevate my career and create success- -Research / Reading: I read every day! I love learning new things and challenging my mind to expand. Read more>>