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.

Kristy Steele

Our mission at Save Our Families is to unite, educate, strengthen, and heal our communities and, more specifically, the families of folks who are in active addiction. Save Our Families seeks to help every person in need, either directly or indirectly, with the assistance of our partners and allies. Save Our Families was started in honor of my mother and best friend, Nita S. Steele. Read more>>

Chris Bailey

We created Studio Pod to make professional headshots easier, more convenient and more accessible! After serving the Houston market for years, Joseph West and I thought, there has to be a better way! Joseph and I met through the photography industry years ago, and had competing luxury wedding photography brands. Even though we were competitors, we became friends, and shared a high level of respect for one another. Read more>>

Jan-Mitchell Avilés

Ensemble began like most great endeavors, dreaming with friends around a dinner table. Born from a love of good food, good wine, and good company, Ensemble started with the goal of bringing community back to the city of Houston. Every part of who we are is encompassed in our name, which means together. Read more>>

Channyn Stanley

Creating authentic brands for people is one of my favorite things to do. There is a unique point of view in everyone, and it deserves to be heard. I am passionate about helping brands tell their stories and reach their full potential. Getting a business off the ground is simple, but why are you doing it? What does it mean to you? By starting from there, I like to help clients create a strategy that will help their business succeed. Read more>>

The Way Enterprises

The Way is a Black-owned Media, Marketing, and Events Firm that is becoming the leading source of all digital media. Our service model is designed to be accessed with a click of a button for all media needs. We specialize in and are known for Creative Communication Solutions, Photography, Videography, Integrated Social Media Marketing, and Event + Media Production. Read more>>

Kendra Nicole

I remember when I was told that I wasn’t going to do much with my life because of a series of misfortune, from losing jobs and losing my home and had to stay with friends or in a hotel during my transition. Read more>>

Charles Winton

My mission is to educate the community on Mental health and the importance of taking care of your mental health. I go around the city educating, informing the community the peril of not addressing mental health issues. People believe in taking care of their physical bodies, however, do not feel the same level of concern of regular mental and emotional health.  Read more>>

Ge. Holla

To create magic for the hopeless to break cycles and to know themselves. Read more>>

Steve Zanco

82-5378615). We conserve skateparks and skate spots through outreach, cleanup efforts, and responsibility within the skateboarding community worldwide. OUR MISSION To create awareness and community involvement in keeping skateparks clean and maintained. Read more>>

Stephen Taylor

I moved to KC almost 7 years ago from Louisiana. I had no friends, a job I hated, and a small smelly apartment. I started doing comedy in the KC scene and found a community of hilarious and diverse people willing to accept an outsider. Ive built my life around that community these past few years and it’s been an incredibly rewarding experience Read more>>

Kristi Capone

I’ve always been fascinated with food – not just the consumption of it, but its provenance, the process of creating certain dishes, the impact it has on a culture. When I went vegetarian in 2008, doing so opened my eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. I began to experiment with foods I’d never before tried and new ways of preparing them. Avocado. is the result of many years of studying and experimentation with vegetarian cuisines, and I want to share my perspective with other folks, because we all interpret cooking through different lenses. Read more>>

Briana Gilbert

I was gifted the talent of being an artist, along with the other creative individuals in my immediate family, for as far back as I can remember. Art has always been a part of who I am, whether it be through song writing, singing, rapping, fashion, or drawing. In elementary, I was selected along side 4 classmates to paint a mural on the side of our school, Alton Elementary. Although I always knew that I could create, my interest in taking art seriously begun my junior year of high school. Read more>>

Marcus Gates

I grew up the same way MOST of you did. I was taught to work hard at what I did but received ZERO education on health at home and at school. My parents worked so hard to make sure I had what I needed and raised me well but just like the average, busy, over-worked American, health was last on our priorities. Read more>>

Renosha Hill

Reagan Sanai Essentials is a labor of love. My daughter has beautiful hair that is naturally fine and curly. Finding products that worked with her hair without irritating her sensitive eczema skin, or leaving her hair dry and brittle was an epic struggle. I wasted time and money trying every possible product with no avail. I did a lot of research to find what could restore moisture to her hair and still leave it manageable. Read more>>

Dr. Kristen Barnes

In 2011, I was heading to a probate show for my sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. (For readers who might be unaware, a probate show is typically held when members of Black Greek letter organizations are being presented/introduced as new members on their college campuses.) I didn’t have anything to wear to the event so I headed to a custom t-shirt shop at a local mall. Read more>>

Gabrielle Rivera Trout

In June 2019, my partner Tyler and I decided to take the biggest risk of our lives… something I personally had been dreaming of for years. We both committed to a goal of saving $75,000 so we could quit our corporate jobs and live out our dream of traveling the world. We had no expectations of what our travels would bring, we just knew that we did not want to wait until retirement to see the world. So after 3 years of sacrifice, we finally exceeded our savings goal and set off on the open road. Read more>>

Jessica Mercer

My mission is pretty simple. I am here to create excellent content for chiropractors. But the term “excellent” has so many meanings and varies from person to person, right? My definition of excellent comes directly from how I found myself working with chiropractors. Read more>>

Fer Da Silva

I paint hearts because I believe in the Power of Love Read more>>

James Durham

If you believe in yourself and share your story, it will help you and your business grow. Read more>>

Katie Holl

To say we were unprepared to care for a child, let alone three, with multiple food allergies, is an understatement. Our oldest daughter, who just turned nine in August was diagnosed with multiple food allergies at six months old. All the signs were there of a food allergy, but because of the lack of education and knowledge around them, we didn’t notice. Read more>>

Lisa Rossi

The George Snow Scholarship Fund’s mission is to help hard working students in South Florida to graduate from college by providing financial aid and wrap-around support services. Our goal is to ensure that no student is deprived of an education because of a shortage of funds or lack of support. Read more>>

Heather Wright

Established in 2019 by Asheville natives Heather and Matt Wright, Provisions Mercantile was inspired by my grandmother, Claudene Mchone, who created a small general store in the basement of her West Asheville home in the 1960s. It served as a gathering place for the neighborhood and a resource for purchasing basic necessities. I remember family stories of my dad and his siblings helping out at the store after school, and how my aunt would sneak the bulk candy as a child. Read more>>

Jyana Jones

At Art The Nail Shop our mission is to create a safe space for women to receive top tier nail services in a welcoming and non-judgmental esthetically pleasing environment. So many of my clients and potential clients have shared stories of going into nail salons and not feeling comfortable because of the way they were greeted or just the way they felt during their service. This is why I created the welcoming environment for clients to get away from the outside world even just for a couple of hours. Read more>>

Stella

When I originally started Charming Austin Texas as an Instagram account in June of 2022, my mission was simple, to share cute homes in Austin, Texas. I had long followed architecture accounts from around the world and noticed there were no similar accounts in Austin. I thought, “hey, we have TONS of adorable homes that I’d love to share with the world.” It was such a simple idea, and from that has grown a lot of change and adventure. Read more>>

Philip McRae

My mission is to have a positive impact on each student athlete I have the opportunity to work with at our Academy. To help them grow and develop as students, hockey players, and most importantly young people. I was fortunate enough to play hockey for the USA National Team, Jr hockey in the OHL, and 10 years professional including time in the NHL, AHL, and Europe. I try to use my experiences, good and bad, to mentor my students, and assist them in taking ownership for their own development. Read more>>

Clemesha Pruitt

I come from a very low income residential city named Centreville in the state of Illinois. Most would give the title E. Saint Louis, IL. Since I was a little girl I’ve always had big dreams and new that one day those dreams will come true. I grew up in a household with just my mother and two brothers. Our father passed away from suicide just when I was a baby. Over my 27 years of life I have watched my mother overcome many challenges including burying her oldest son this past January of 2022. Read more>>

Tiffany Bargeman

Who We Are Grand Concierge (GCLLC) is a client-centered, forward-thinking company that provides social media marketing and management to business owners–including entrepreneurs, influencers, visionaries, and innovators–who either don’t have the time or expertise to manage your necessary online presence. Read more>>

Kali Turriff

To Bring people together through networking and events while providing resources for communities. Read more>>

Jarred Stanton

Experience bullying from different angles as a kid showed me how impactful it could be later on. As I continued to watch how bullying and low self-esteem grew, I knew it would be a heavy problem. With the rise in social media influence, increased need for acceptance I began to see how much we’ve lost ourselves. Read more>>

Kayla Harris

My main mission and the thing I’m most passionate about is all things creative and bridging the gap between faith and art. My area of focus is making art specifically for artists. The reason for this is because I’m a person of faith. And so I love using what I feel God gave me to talk about the beauty of creation and life and him. Read more>>

Anece Rochell.

It is Anece Rochell’s mission to bring more diversity to children’s books. Her son had a deep dark skin tone, and she couldn’t find characters in books that looked like him, so she decided to write and publish books that uplift, affirm, and inspire children of all colors. Ms. Rochell feels it’s imperative for all children to see positive images that reflect self, it encourages children to mirror what they see and develops and positive self-image. Read more>>

Dion Reid

How I started my podcast and the impact it has on people Read more>>

Jennifer Nolley

I curate and design art boxes to inspire kids to create without the worry of stress or mess for parents. I originally thought of the idea for Tiny Easel while on maternity leave, 3 years ago, with my son, George, while home for the summer with all 3 kids. I was trying to put art in front of my other kids while nursing George. I couldn’t help my kids with painting and crafts to occupy them with creative, non-screen time activities and it was becoming stressful trying to balance it all. Read more>>

Christina Perry

My story is pretty unique. I never had a love or passion for fitness. In fact growing up in the inner city I really lacked the knowledge and had no examples of what good health was. I grew up with asthma and have dealt with my own health challenges all my life. I feared of long term health issues if I didn’t make a change. I’m a single mom and I remember thinking to myself I want to be healthy and mobile enough to take my daughter to the zoo, amusement parks, school field trips and not have to carry around medicines or a breathing machine just to get thru the day. Read more>>

Omar Dominguez

At Spicy Consulting we have a solid mission: To make food businesses successful! I have had the opportunity to work in very successful companies through out my career, and I always thrived to learn from them about what makes every one of those companies a success, so in my obsession to learn from these people I kept in my mind all the advice, the experiences I saw and everything that could help me to be a better entrepreneur, but even more important how I can share that knowledge and great experiences with whoever needed it to grow their business, I always feel like I have to share all this knowledge, for some reason I feel like I have to help and support people in this hard path of entrepreneurship. Read more>>

Victor Perez Carrillo

The story behind my mission At first, this was more of a passion for learning more about wildlife than a mission. Ever since I first set foot in Montana I fell in love with its nature, I become passionate about learning about wildlife and taking pictures through my binoculars of every bird I saw, each picture had a detailed report of the species and in some cases a drawing! I was so eager to learn and study this beautiful creature. Read more>>

Rody Hawkins

Plant-based proteins can be the solution to feeding the world and using our natural resources wisely at the same time. Estimates show that we will need to grow 60% more food by 2050 to feed an expected population of 10 billion people. However, expanding our existing model of agriculture will impact our planet’s ability to sustain us in the future. Our Commitment is to provide Better Protein for a Better Planet®. Read more>>

Lori Sutphin

It has been my mission in my career to educate and empower. This stems from how I felt business people treated me as a young woman in my twenties. When my husband and I bought our first home at 21. I was working full time as a bank teller. When we met with a mortgage lender for our loan. He treated us like children and that we were wasting his time. He even asked if I was a part time employee. when I gave him my annual salary. Read more>>

Nicole Leavitt

I started my business, Alacritous Solutions, after leaving spending about 10 years in the corporate technology space. While I learned so much about business and how businesses operate, I was not good at the political game and found myself stuck. I decided to try and do something on my own to see if I could turn it into a business. That is where bookkeeping for small businesses came in. I had studied accounting in my master’s program and worked with multiple accounting systems for large companies so I knew the rules and how they applied. Read more>>

Amy Lyle

My mission is to bring people together through humor, which I call “Connective Humor.” Read more>>

Alex Havens

Havens Luxury Metals is an American made manufacturer and fabricator of stainless steel and copper products for high end homes. We specialize in custom sinks, range hood and fire features. Read more>>

Flavia Moore

My mission is to break generational curses and to create generational wealth. This will open doors for all of those who are connected to me and coming behind me. I will provide them with the proper tools and resources to continue to act as a door keeper and hold the door open for generations to continue to walk through those doors that we have opened. The story behind my mission is the pain I’ve personally experienced. Instead of dwelling on my pain, I decided to turn it into my purpose, which is to “set my generation free” . Read more>>