Growing and scaling a business is hard and we wanted to hear from business owners who have successfully scaled a business. Below, you’ll find our conversations on scaling with some very talented and insightful folks.

Joe Killinger

I am an investor in multiple real estate brands, all of which we have built from the ground up. Our current portfolio includes Commercial Brokers International, CRE Affiliate Network, and Icon Capital Advisors, though we have also exited other brands over the years. Each brand presents its own unique challenges during launch and growth. Read more>>

Stephanie Hansen

It would be nice to say that there’s some easy service you can purchase to be successful, but (at least for Metamorphosis Literary Agency) it’s been diligent work that’s brought us success. Time management is important. We aim to create a balance between editorial work, reaching out to editors with perfected proposals, assisting publishing teams with publicity, and supporting our authors along the way. Read more>>

Cindy Eggleton

In our first year of operations in Detroit – nine years ago – we had five partners, two community-based hubs, and we reached 50 children and caregivers. Today, we work with more than 250 partner organizations through 19 active hubs, we are committed to 27 neighborhoods across three cities and counting, and we have served almost 30,000 children and caregivers. Read more>>

George Davis

Business is growing yearly. As entrepreneurs generally know the hope is to scale up as much as possible. We want to embrace the ‘good problems’. Making revenue, short staffing, creative control. The sort of issues a business has when it’s doing well. The median in that is making sure that you are adapting to your industry’s dynamic. Read more>>

Nicole Gilmore

When I first started Lashkiss Eyelash Extensions, scaling wasn’t something I was actively thinking about. My main focus was mastering my craft, building trust with my clients, and showing up consistently. In the beginning, growth looked like long days, packed schedules, and doing everything myself, from lashes to booking to marketing. Read more>>

Shanaisha Colvin

I emerged from every circumstance that was intended to defeat me. A strong mindset is essential, and it all begins with rising from the dirt and persevering! Isaiah 54:17 #motivation #determination #mindset ✅Dedication ✅Determination ✅Early mornings ✅Prayer ✅Late nights ✅Self-loyalty ✅Driven ✅Goal-oriented 🚫Wealthy Mother 🚫Wealthy Father 🚫Handouts 🚫Sugar Daddy 🚫Wealthy Daddy 🚫Inheritance 🚫Wealthy Husband Read more>>

Michelle Kingery

Scaling Pratt’s Direct has been anything but an overnight success. Our growth has been shaped by steady refinement, years of field testing, and a commitment to solving real problems for mobile professionals. From the outside it may look like we grew quickly, but the truth is our progress has come from a decade of hard work, operational learning, and strategic evolution. Read more>>

Daniel Gundert

People often look at North County Gymnastics & The Gyminny Kids today and assume it was an overnight success. In reality, my “overnight success” took more than twenty years. I started as a part-time coach, making barely enough to survive, flipping garage-sale items on Craigslist just to put food on the table. During expansion years, I worked 80–100 hours a week, coached full-time, built teams, drove Uber, and reinvested every extra dollar back into the business. Nothing about scaling was glamorous; it was hard, gritty, and unfiltered work. Read more>>