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.

Chris Tyrrell

Starting a garage door company was never something that I intended to do. Prior to taking an entry level job with a local garage door company, I had no prior construction related experience. I took that job on as a part time gig while working through grad school. About the same time I finished my degree, my boss sold his company and we parted ways. After that, I believed my time in the garage door industry had come to an end and I would be moving on to other things. Read more>>

Missy Phipps

Ally’s Wish was started in 2014. Allyson Hendrickson was someone that I knew from church and felt a call to do something for her. She was terminally ill and had 3 young boys. All her physical needs were being met, I just felt like there was something else to do. One day while I was driving God gave me the idea of Ally’s Wish, to grant wishes to terminally ill young moms. So I called three of my friends to have them come over that night to discuss. Read more>>

Kristyn Dingman

Control plays a strong role in our lives. I find if I am out of control and let things ‘fall into place,’ I put myself at risk of something going wrong. Once I became a mother in November of 2017 to our boy, Benjamin, I found this idea of control was something that was challenged on a daily basis. No longer was I able to make a step by step plan for the day. My expectations of motherhood were way beyond anything I read in a book or blog post. It was something that was out of my control and took me by surprise. Read more>>

Cynthia Cramblett

Her Drive Podcast is an inspirational podcast series highlighting the unique stories of women across the globe with the goal to inspire women of all backgrounds to go for their goals and get on the road to success, however it is defined. Read more>>

Charles Kim

My mission is to help people sell and or buy homes. This relates to me because I have been homeless and have thought about being a homeowner for the longest time. Being a homeowner is an American Dream.. It’s ironic now that I am a realtor helping others to be homeowners no matter if they are repeat or first time home buyers. I have dealt with obstacles and hardships in my life but here I am a real estate agent and a homeowner. Read more>>

Dave Rajkumar

Hi everyone! My name is Dave Rajkumar and I own Sardius Studios with my friend, Alex Romero. We chose the name Sardius as it is a stone mentioned in the book of Revelation and we wanted to have a Biblical foundation for our company. Sardius Studios is a film and video production studio where we produce visual content such as infomercials, product videos, interviews, documentary videos and narrative film. We want to honor and glorify God through our work, while serving others. Read more>>

Bella Blu Zimic

I started my business when we were give. The ok to return. To school on person. I remember it was summer and I went to camp. I wasn’t use to wearing a mask so every time we went outside I would loose my mask. In the afternoon I would tell my mom I lost my mask once again…. She would stop sewing to make me a new one for the next day. Until one day she said Bella Blu I’m not making another mask for you, please be careful. Read more>>

Myles Jackson

Growing up as a child, you think of the adults around you as superheroes. Their powers? Healing. Strength. Speed. Always being there to rescue you when you need them. Seemingly being immune to your attacks. Healthy, unless known otherwise. You don’t think of them as someone who might leave your side, or at least anytime soon rather. You picture them being there for important events in your life, high school graduation, college move-in, and the birth of your first child. The list goes on. Read more>>

Arleni Carreno

My mission is to I strive to offer a inclusive & equatable work space where I offer affordable photoshoots for the Austin, TX community and all over Texas. The story behind my mission is to to be inclusive to everyone & to make photography as affordable as I can to allow people around my community to able to have beautiful memories capture into images. Read more>>

Amir Adib

My name is Amir; creatively, I go by A Mirror. My mission is reflecting light and saving memories. If it’s a person, I want to reflect their true essence, their beauty, their soul – the part of them that they can’t see. If it’s an artist, I want to reflect the power of their gift – in order to show it to the rest of the world. If it’s a business or a brand, I want to reflect their most authentic and professional image – to establish them as a trusted leader. We use mirrors to see ourselves, our true selves. I aim to reflect the light within whatever’s in front of my lens. Read more>>

Megan McDonald

I have loved dogs since I was a little kid, but training them didn’t become an interest of mine until adulthood. I grew up with Golden Retrievers that were very well-trained by my dad. In college, my husband and I had two dogs named Denali and Finnley. He wanted to get them trained by a professional but I refused. They had the basics down just because of my dad, Read more>>

Daniel Choi

Since I could remember as a kid, I was fascinated by video games and sports. From the Atari 2600 to the present day, playing video games was part of my DNA. I also loved watching and playing basketball, football, and stickball with my friends. As I became a father decades later, I noticed I was spending hundreds of dollars a year on Pokémon for my kids. I’d then watch them throw away most of the cards they got, hunting for the “rare” card they could show off to their friends. They, too, loved playing sports. Read more>>

Eileen Bild

The mission for OTEL Universe, A Universal Voice, was born out of the need for people to have a voice for their visions, passions and dreams. Over the years of working with musicians and coaching individuals and professionals for the purpose to SPARK the next steps, I realized people simply want to be heard, valued and understood. Read more>>

Mariolga Ericson

La Isla Spa is a private spa-suite dedicated to corrective, preventative, and relaxing skincare. My mission is to help you achieve your healthiest skin, and to get one step closer to skin care goals. The passion I have for my industry comes from my own struggles with acne at the young age of 11 years old. I remember feeling so insecure about my acne, so helpless, and sometimes I was physically in pain. Read more>>

Ryan Poole

I strive to tell your story through my photography, I feel like every life event or standard photoshoot has a story to tell and it’s always an honor whenever I’m selected to tell someone’s story. I started Taylor Multimedia in 2020 and my first job was a birthday photoshoot for a little girl turning 3-years old. I remember feeling nervous and excited at the same time because I know I wanted it to be perfect. Read more>>

Elizabeth King

Sleep Baby was born out of a desire to help parents feel confident and supported while teaching their child independent sleep habits. We don’t just focus on how to sleep train a baby, we truly invest in our families and want everyone to experience rest and growth as we work together. One of the things we are passionate about is that a healthy parent equals a healthy baby. Read more>>

Keyon Smith

Our mission is to spread love and kindness to our fellow neighbors. To empower, inspire and motivate others to make a difference in their communities by giving back to the less fortunate. Read more>>

Te’Erra Jones

My mission is to put out unique fashion that will display the extension of my creative mind. I want everyone to feel like they have a piece of my mind and soul when they are wearing garments I created by hand. My purpose in doing so is to send an uplifting spark to someones day each time they put an item on. The second part of my mission is to provide resources to help others get the opportunity to do the same, Read more>>

Matthew Yalcin

My parents put me in piano lessons when I was 6 years old. Like most kids, at first, I had no idea what I was doing in this little room once a week or why I had to practice every day. But very quickly, I started to fall in love with the piano, advancing swiftly and diligently through the lesson books and performing in every recital. By the time I was 10, I played Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata in full (and the crowd went wild!) Read more>>

Mike Hansen

At Endorphinz, their mission is to help fitness creators and fitness brands connect with consumers using media, resulting in billions of fans of fitness worldwide. But in order to truly understand the story of the company, you have to start with the storyteller, Mike Hansen. Mike grew up playing sports. He was a little bit overweight as a child, and in his senior year of high school he decided to use fitness to transform his body and his life, which left him with a lasting impact. Fitness helped give Mike the strength and confidence he needed as a person, and led him down a long and winding path with fitness at the forefront. Read more>>

Sydney Cummings

The mission behind Creative Forces Design Co., LLC is two-fold. I’ve been a freelance photographer since college, and my drive behind that has always been the joy of capturing people’s memories—from “I do’s” to baby bumps. Photos are so precious to me and am a big advocate for printed photos! Then amid the pandemic in 2020, I started Creative Forces Design Co. (CFD) with one thing in mind – helping small businesses. Read more>>

Dennis Smith

I started in 2014 without a name or organization just a vision and my trust in God. I began to share my vision and plans with my best friend Carrie Kantor and with her help and love for people she helped me fund my first Back to school bookbag/ supplies to give back to less fortunate and displaced families in the South Miami communities of Homestead and Florida city. Over the years I prayed more about my desires in my heart and what I wanted to do in these communities because there is an apparent need but no Hands to assist them so creating more events and still with no name, Read more>>

Tamisha Good

Our mission is to add value, skill, and knowledge to the healthcare industry by providing quality training to future healthcare providers and the communities we serve. This mission started by recognizing a need for further cardiovascular health education to minority communities with a focus on providing cpr training. This quickly grew as I realized we had the ability to provoke the minds of young adults who attended our classes. Read more>>

Vincent B. Scott

The story behind my mission is to give a platform to other big boys in the fashion industry who feel like they are not seen or heard, I also feel like big boys aren’t celebrated enough because of our bodies and often pushed to the back. I feel like we should help each other and strive to take over the fashion industry, because to me, no matter what you wear , your clothes should speak for you! I say, “ Always extend a hand and teach others like you the knowledge you’ve gained.” Read more>>

Sydnee Floyd

From the age of 4, Sydnee’s passion for helping others has only grown. From helping her mom take care packages to young children for Christmas to donating her clothes for her friends. Sydnee’s passion was sparked at a young age. Now at 16 years-old, she has only continued her passion of helping others and making a difference in her community. From being featured by Country Superstar, Dierks Bentley, in his music video Woman Amen and seeing hands-on the need in her community, Read more>>

Shilpi Jain

Skinveda means science and nature in harmony. As a mother, I always looked for safe, non-toxic, and gentle topical products for my kids and family. As a scientist, I had the ability to know exactly what each chemical did in a product. My mission was to create products that married science and nature and showed results at the same time without breaking the bank. My first product was the Replenishing serum that I had developed for my son’s eczema. I saw immediate results and soon it got in the hands of estheticians, doctors, friends and family. Read more>>

Jolie Dopa

Hello there. The story behind my mission begins with my pursuit of a career in music as a singer/ songwriter. As an artist, I always thought outside the box with my fashion choices.I’ve had all types of fashion phases. The goth vibe with the platform shoes, the trippy Bay Area cali girl vibe with thrift store finds, rocking’ a mohawk, having super long hair. I was experimenting with appealing looks you’d see on Rihanna or Kreayshawn. My music contains a trippy kind of dreamy feel to it, so beyond the sound, the appearance must be appealing aswell. In November of 2017, Read more>>

Brittany Jeltema

States to give teachers and students a space that feels inviting, inclusive and safe. My team and I fund the project and replace everything from the furniture to the floors. Recently, in Florida, we flipped an LGBTQ+ youth center to provide an environment that is welcoming after the devastatingly homophobic and transphobic “Don’t Say Gay” bill was passed. For this particular project, it was my mission to ensure that everyone was seen, heard and represented in the space. Read more>>

Tonya Tysse

You may have heard the quote, “we teach best what we most need to learn.” by Richard Bach? Even at an early age, I knew that I had fears and wounds that I wanted to heal. Traditional counseling had certainly helped me clarify that which needed to be healed but it only brought me to a certain point in my healing. The next chapter of my journey in healing would require me to take a dive into the unknown. Read more>>

Apeksha & Aakriti Wadhwani

We started That Graze Plate out of the underlying joy of celebrating with those we love, making every little and big moment that much more special. Nothing brings people together like food, gathered around a table, laughing and connecting. We wanted to highlight our love language of sharing pretty food in the hopes of being a part of priceless memories in others’ lives. Read more>>

Diamond Spratling

My motivation behind starting Girl Plus Environment stems from my lived experiences in Detroit and seeing other Black and Brown communities alike who are also disproportionately impacted by environmental exposures. It didn’t sit well with me knowing that my community is continuously exposed to unsafe drinking water, poor air quality, landfills, and so much more– or that this has become normalized among our communities. Read more>>

Alecia Peters

As a young single mother of two, I got caught up in the hustle & bustle, living paycheck to paycheck. I always knew I wanted to own a home, but I just didn’t know how to approach homeownership. I knew I wanted different, but I also didn’t know how to make the necessary changes. Unfortunately, financial literacy and investing weren’t at the forefront of the conversations amongst family & friends in my community. In addition to migrating from a foreign country to America and being a part of the first generation to seek higher education in the United States, Read more>>

Joshua Freeman

Having been into fashion throughout high school & college, it was always a little dream of mine to create a street-wear brand and share it with as many people as I possibly could. I was just never quite certain how to go about it. I never met anyone that had done such, so I started with a blank canvas. In 2013 I started building “tuner” modified vehicles and gained a reach on social media as I toured the nation and attended automotive social events. Read more>>

Lindsay McOien

Every day I wake up inspired by the amazing people in this world. The people who choose to do good, the people who put their blood, sweat, and tears into something they love. It amazes me the things people have accomplished, and I don’t even just mean the obvious ones or famous people. I’m talking about everyday people, your neighbors, your co-workers, and the people walking on the street. Not only do you have to have the passion to lead your own mission, but you also have to learn the skills and foster the ambition to do so. It’s no easy task but it can definitely be worth it. Read more>>

Vanessa Cesar

Behind becoming a Confidence Influencer, my mission is to spread CONFIDENCE. Im not talking about minutes of confidence to snap a couple pictures, add filters and feel worthy for time being on social media. The Confidence I share helps others to be ready and stay ready for life’s experiences. Those experiences are Mentally, Emotionally, Spiritually, Financially & Physically. Read more>>

Beaux Francois

The Agape Way Brand is a lifestyle, media, and clothing brand that values and encourages an unconditional love for self as a pre-requisite to love for others. We encourages people to live freely, confidently, and completely as only themselves. We encourage them to fly. We encourage them to soar. We encourage them to be. It’s about staying true to you: Being what you love to be, and doing what you love to do, despite the opinions of society. The brand pushes self-love through self-expression, or art, as they are interchangeable. All feats of self-expression or art, are, too, feats of self love. Read more>>