We’ve always tried to ask the questions that matter but that are too awkward for people to ask their friends, family and coworkers without seeming dramatic. One of those questions is about mission and purpose – when’s the last time you asked a friend what their mission was? Too often we don’t talk about our own missions and don’t ask those close to us about theirs with the result being that our missions remain secret. Are you just a doctor or are you a doctor who wants to be there for patients in the way you wished your father’s doctor had been? People have incredible and meaningful missions, and we hope our conversations asking folks about their mission can inspire more such conversations in your life.

Nahuel Hilal | Founder

We are a bridge that connects artists and clients. We are dedicated to taking care of every detail of the process, from the idea of the tattoo, the searching for an appointment, the technical advising up to the healing. In all this development, there is a background of carefully curated experiences. Our mission is to make every tattoo and piercing experience a happy one Read more>>

Stephanie Coulston | Operations Genius

Our missions statement: We offer high quality services at a price that people can afford without sacrificing sanitation or quality of product. Our salon offers a gathering place for friends, sisters, co-workers to relax, and enjoy good music, and great company. I check in regularly with our mission statement to make sure we are upholding the original vision of the store. It always makes me smile when I read it, because this was the exact vision I had when creating the store. I found myself in my early twenties not having a nail salon I could visit and feel comfortable. Read more>>

Alicia Smith | Chef / Owner

Our mission is to share our generational family recipes and educate our community on the different styles of Mexican food and craft beer. I embrace and respect my mothers recipes handed down from her ancestors. Simple and clean food created in a homestyle fashion. Our craft beer is curated by my husband Matt who has been educating our Quvo family and friends on navigating the various styles of craft beer. Having been open now for 5 years, we continue to serve our Quvo family tasty Mexican grub and craft beer. Read more>>

Dan McGeorge | Photographic Artist

Bringing the beauty of light and nature home. The beauty of the world is captured and frozen in time by the photograph. A precious moment is suspended forever, never to be exactly replicated. This is particularly true in nature, as light, and the relationship of elements, are constantly in flux. Photographic art goes beyond the idea of simply taking a picture. It is not accidental. There is often an element of serendipity, and an occasional bit of downright luck. For the most part, long thought, careful planning, and a conscious resistance to release the shutter are essential. Read more>>

susan gary | Owner, Top Dog Pet Sitters

I started working for a pet sitting business in my city and was appalled at what poor service was provided. Employees would leave clients’ doors unlocked. Pet visits were only 12 minutes. Employees often did not even show up to a pet care assignment. Every night I would share with my husband these stores and say “we could do a better job”. Pets deserved so much better than this! Finally, we decided we really COULD do a better job and started Top Dog Pet Sitters. We had our first client the first week we were open. Read more>>

Gauri Junnarkar | Founder AyurNutrition, Registered Dietitian, Ayurveda Practitioner & Certified Diabetes Educator

In today’s world where Chronic conditions such as Diabetes and Obesity are on the rise my mission is to provide an integrative approach to one’s health and wellness by combining the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with modern nutrition. I want to create more awareness about making our health and wellness as number one priority, provide accountability, work with my clients with a team approach to envision, chalk up their wellness goals, come up with a plan, motivate them to stay on track and work with them step by step to achieve those goals. Read more>>

Aaron Thomas | Founder of Photographically Touching Souls Deeply, PTSD a 501C3 Nonprofit for Veterans who live the diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder,

As far as I can remember, I was four when it started. I scribbled an image; I was proud of; I rushed to show my babysitter because I thought it was great; somehow, what she saw, was obscene. She scolded and spanked me; my response was never to draw anything again; I associated drawing with badness and punishment. Today, I assume that a tragedy she experienced caused her to interpret the drawing as inappropriate. After studying the effects of post-trauma, I reflected on that encountered moment. Then, I understood, it was apparent that my babysitter had experienced childhood trauma; perhaps it was sexual. Read more>>

Tiffany Wayne | Esthetician & Certified Body Sculptor

I started out doing makeup for fun, little did I know that makeup would lead me on this path. When I would do makeup my clients would ask me about skincare etc., and at that time I had no knowledge of skincare, but that gave me the drive to educate myself so that I could help my clients with their skin concerns. So I decided to become a Licensed Esthetician, specializing in skincare etc. I’m all about all things beauty and I love to see my clients faces light up. Those are the things that drive me to do more, Read more>>

Brittney Carmichael | Hair Salon Owner, Empowerment Coach

In 2012, my mom had a massive stroke that paralyzed her. It was the first time anything had really shaken my world and caused me to question the purpose of life. After months of intense recovery she regained speech and mobility. As soon as she could speak I asked her a bold question “Why did you do this to yourself?” Without hesitation she said, “Because everybody needed something from me.” I felt that deep in my soul and quickly realized I too was falling in her footsteps. Read more>>

Barbara Blalock | Executive Director

How a Pencil Changed My Life It was back in 2003 when I was a visitor in a 3rd grade classroom. The teacher asked her students to get out a piece of paper and a pencil. I watched as a little girl named Sandy walk up to the teacher and give the teacher her shoe. The teacher smiled and gave Sandy a pencil. After class, I asked the teacher why Sandy had to give up her shoe for a pencil and the teacher told me that she does not have enough pencils for every student so the shoe was “collateral” to get her pencil back so that she had it for the next student that did not have a pencil. Read more>>

RJ LoPresti | Martial Arts and Fitness Kickboxing Gym Owner

My mission is to change the world! People often hear this and roll their eyes. What can one person teaching martial arts do to change the world? I feel very strongly that every single person has the power to change the world each and every day! People often think changing the world means doing something that will directly affect 7 billion individual people. But here is my take on it: If you change the world for even just one person you have changed the entire world FOR THAT PERSON! And changing the world for even just one person is powerful beyond imagination. Read more>>

Brandon Siebert | Ninja Instructor & Personal Trainer

My mission statement is “Helping kids keep that inner child alive and smiling!” I have always felt that each and everyone of us has an inner child inside of us, and somewhere along the way as we grow older we seem to lose that inner child and playfulness. So my goal with these parties was to let the kids be active as well as strengthening their abilities in balance, agility, strength and overcoming obstacles! You can really tell when a kid is in the moment and enjoying what they are doing. And what better way to celebrate a birthday with your friends while running an obstacle course and smiling while doing it. Read more>>

Robert Abtahi | Lawyer

One of the main things that I set out to accomplish as a Dallas lawyer was to make it simple and easy to hire a lawyer. Whether you are needing a Dallas criminal defense lawyer, a Dallas business lawyer, or even a Dallas injury lawyer we have streamlined the process so that every client can sign up over the phone or online. People are extremely busy and the ability to hire a lawyer should not be any more difficult than ordering something online. Read more>>

Oliver Lawless | Supply Chain Logistics & Nerf Battlemaster

Back in July of 2012 we were planning on having a birthday party for my son and we wanted a Nerf battle party. I searched around and could not find anyone that could help us to run/set up the party. At that point I realized there was a big opportunity to help getting kids and adults outside to exercise and play more! The concept was easy, we would make it more accessible for anyone in our area to just call us and we would take care of the event and or party with little or no effort on their part. Our mission was therefore to make parties great again! Read more>>

Carolina Piedrahita | Making a change, one number at a time

When you thirst for more and somehow doing what you have been doing for over two decades is just not enough. My passion in life has always been to help others, it brings a joy I cannot describe. Doing Accounting, does not necessary fulfill this part of who I truly am. Three months ago, I started thinking about what I can do to help bring that part of me into the accounting world. A light bulb went off; I will become an outsource CFO. This will ensure business can stay not only at float but beyond the red. Hopefully my services will assist many business owners and their families become profitable. Any small contribution goes a long way. Read more>>

Henry Archuleta | Streaming Radio/TV owner and engineer

This brainchild was thought up 13 years ago by Henry Archuleta and has seen the 360 flip of how media broadcasts and is riding the tsunami wave. Our mission is to continue to grow utilizing the best in technologies including Ai for delivery. Denvers Collective Radio/TV station , interactive and broadcasting around the world with music, news, sports, Rock, R&B, Spanish, Latin Jazz, Jazz. KUHS carries all shows in both English and Spanish and Bilingual Formats. Read more>>

shahe koulloukian | Automotive Attaché / Educator of Auto Ownership

Mazvo Car Care Center was founded to give a level of personal care that no other auto repair business could match. With 38 years of automotive experience, my objective was and continues to be to establish solid client relationships through one-on-one attention and communication. My desire to educate customers is what drives me to provide them with the information they need to grasp the foundations of car ownership. Customers will be able to make the best selection for their current car care needs armed with this knowledge. Read more>>

Ron & Susan Van Volkenburgh | Nature enthusiasts, animal lovers, explorers, and life-long adventurers

As small business owners ourselves, we originally looked at purchasing the property and farm in 2016 as a way of expanding our existing businesses. Ron, a career-long software engineer and architect, and Susan, a published author of a number of books, we were more interested in find a new home for these businesses than we were focused on starting a Bed & Breakfast. Neither one of us had any experience running a B&B and certainly not one that included Treehouses. Read more>>

Mark Borge | Business Owner, Investor

Although our product is commercial janitorial services, our mission is to improve the quality of life for people, not just through a cleaner building, but through our client, employee, and other business relationships. We pursue win-win relationships with like-minded people. When there’s benefit for every one, relationships are strengthened and the quality of life increases for all involved. Employees win by participating in profits, clients win by receiving a quality service at the highest level of value, and vendors win by getting a long-term relationship that’s profitable for them as well. If you want to improve your balance sheet, improve your retained earnings. Read more>>

Casey McKay | Athletic Trainer and Entrepreneur

AT Direct was started in 2017 while I was in graduate school. I was working for various schools, club teams and athletic associations. I realized that what I was doing was not only risky to myself as a healthcare provider but risky to the athletes and individuals hiring me. They didn’t know whether I was certified and licensed or what my criminal past was, and I didn’t know if these athletes had previous cardiac conditions, had a valid physical or any of their past medical history. Additionally, no one knew what an athletic trainer was. Read more>>

Shehnaz Abedin | Event Designer and Planner

I was born into a family of engineers and architects which meant I was inherently in love with problem-solving and artistic activities. Any sort of art/craft/design amazed me all the time. Since a very early age, I developed the creative side of art/model making/photography/design and décor as in my inherit. I grew up and studied Engineering and after graduation I have worked as an Engineer for nine years. I would also do arts and crafts as my hobby which my friends and family always praised me for. Read more>>

Alex | Game Creator & Owner

My mission is to have as many people as possible experience my Murder Mystery Scavenger Hunts. The first course was a passion project that I was driven to design just to challenge myself to see what I could do. I had played other scavenger hunts and clue based games, and though I enjoyed them, I though I might be able to do something different and better. So, I set out to design the game that I would want to play. I didn’t think it would turn into a business. At most, I thought some friends and family might play it. But I obsessed over it, and it came out better than I imagined. Read more>>

Jeremy Smith | Real Estate Agent

I initially choose to pursue a real estate business to have some additional income to supplement my full time corporate career. After seeing how well some of the classmates in my coaching program were doing I decided to step up my efforts and replace my salary with real estate commissions and eventually make it a full time endeavor. The light for my fire was that I got into a situation where I was financially not able to help my oldest child with college expenses. It felt horrible knowing that he needed me and I was not able to show up and be there for him. Read more>>

Donna Cranston | Founder & CEO

I started Defenders of Freedom while my son, Matt, was deployed to the Middle East. I was attending the greetings at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport each day of our Troops as they were coming home for a two-week rest & recouperation. As I met more and more of our Troops I saw a need to help them by sending care packages to them while they were deployed. Within a few days I had more names than I could personally cover. So, I started asking some of the other volunteers if they wanted to help. To my delight, everyone said they wanted to help. Read more>>