Risk is a topic that comes up a lot in our conversations with entrepreneurs and creatives, but a related topic is investments. Investments come in many forms – investing your time, money, heart and soul, etc. So, with that broad definition of investment in mind, we asked rising stars in the community to tell us the stories of the best or worst investments they’ve made.

Jenn Richey Nicholas

Pixel Parlor is an expression of my conviction that business can be a force for good. When clients work with us, we invite them into this growing and necessary movement. Businesses are influential. As such, businesses have a powerful opportunity to address the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges of our time. But if “business as usual” got us into this mess, why would we rely on it to get us out of it? Read more>>

Kyle Young

In 2014, I was a teacher for three years, commuting between Connecticut and New York weekly. Although teaching was not my passion, it paid the bills. As a result, I lived in New York and wanted to take advantage of the large city’s perks. Read more>>

Jacob Sigman

Best investment is yourself. Every time. Don’t go after low hanging fruit, don’t go hunting for the perfect producer. Work, learn, grow. Spend money on you, on lessons, on gear. Read more>>

Seth and China Kent

This is funny, best and worst investments as a band are probably both tour vans. Sometimes the van is great and worth every penny and other times you are lucky to get any money out of it at all. Read more>>

Lauren Bone

Investing in ourselves and everyone we work with is by far the most important investment we will make at Macon Bagels. Burnout is all too common in the restaurant industry and that has only become more clear with the Covid19 pandemic, where restaurant workers were given very little protection or support. Read more>>

Amy Lin

The best investment you can ever make as a business owner is to invest in yourself. I value the importance of personal development and growth. Your income can only grow to the extend of your own expansion. Read more>>

Abigail Gazda

I have invested a lot of money of my own learning, coaching, and business development. Read more>>

Amber Broder

The best investment I made for my business was my custom Showit website. I chose to get a website early on in business, and didn’t have the time to attempt to DIY or edit a template. Even though it was a significant chunk of change in those beginning days, it made a massive impact on my confidence in marketing my services. Read more>>

Christopher Cunningham

One of the best investments I ever made in terms of filmmaking was buying a decent cinema camera. Even though I mostly direct and edit now, it’s so valuable to be able to shoot test footage and proof of concepts whenever you want. Or even just decide to film a specific project by yourself and have it look good. Read more>>

Matt Sullivan

Best investment , making the decision have my material professionally recorded. Read more>>