Starting a business is hard because it’s a fight with yourself, an internal battle – gaining the courage to get started, etc. Scaling a business is different – the challenges you face are mostly external to yourself. Each challenge has a million mini-challenges. We wanted to create a space for conversations and stories around growth and scaling. Below, you’ll find stories and insights from successful entrepreneurs across a variety of industries and markets.
Shayah Reed
Within three years of starting my design and marketing business I went from $0 revenue to multiple 6 figures a year. But scaling and growing, for me, is not only about the money and revenue, equally important is my time and location freedom as well as the impact I am making for my clients and on the world. Read more>>
Roberto Nieves
When I reflect on the journey of scaling up my business in website design and branding, it’s a deliberate approach, perseverance, and a commitment to authenticity. Unlike the narrative of overnight success, my trajectory was marked by intentional decisions and a realization that success is not just about growth but about finding your true niche. Read more>>
C.F. Jackson
Don’t you agree that starting a business is a process? Well, what many don’t mention is the fact that in order to grow a business can be a challenging process. Read more>>
Meredith Quill
I had been making jewelry for years, mostly for myself and close friends. After my third child went off to preschool, I needed a way to feel productive and creative, so I started a small jewelry line out of my kitchen. I beaded bracelets and put together pieces that my friends and friends of friends all loved. After about a year of selling out of my house, I set up an Etsy shop and started selling jewelry to a wider customer base. Read more>>
Billie Ross
In 2010, I started my salon journey in a tiny suite, driven by necessity after a recent job loss. The early years were a grind, but from 2011 to 2014, my salon business began to gain traction. It was around 2013 when things really took off, marking the first significant expansion of my business. Working tirelessly from sun up to sun down, demand for my services was soaring, and it was clear that a change was needed. Read more>>
Sydney Walden
I went to school to be an elementary school teacher and after a few short teaching years I started to feel a pull that was telling me I wasn’t where I was supposed to be career-wise. I’ve never had an entrepreneurial influences growing up, so I wasn’t even sure what my options were when leaving teaching, I just knew I had to get out! I became a VA for a small women owned business that I connected with in a local Facebook group. I did anything and everything for them, but I HATED most of it. Read more>>
Dr. Joan Wright-Good
When I first started my publishing business more than a decade ago, it was a modest venture with limited resources and reach. The vision actually began in 1995 when as a library secretary I would help graduate students to write and prepare their thesis and dissertations. The more students I helped, the more the word spread, the more money I would make. Read more>>