It takes a lot more than an idea to build a business, but there can’t be a business without the idea. So we asked folks who’ve built wonderful businesses to tell us about how they came up with the idea in the first place.

Sydney Waters | Founder of The Waters Edit

Starting The Waters Edit was something I had always dreamed about doing, but I never really thought it would succeed. That all changed when I was seventeen years old. After graduating high school early, I moved to Paris for four months by myself and wanted to be able to show my experiences to my family and friends half way across the world. I started an Instagram called “Waters Travel” for people to keep up with my day to day life abroad. Within a week, I was receiving questions about the best hotels in Paris, the best restaurants to eat at while in Rome or even what the best day of the week is to book a flight. Read more>>

Maria Barragan | Bussiness owner, entrepreneur

When we moved to Dallas from Miami there was no Venezuelan place where to eat, and after a bad Uber day we decided to risk all of our savings and start the bussiness and it was a hit Read more>>

L.J. DeLuca Kristin Carnahan | Artists

Our business started because our creativity got massively out of hand. Both of us started making art as an outlet for illness, whether that was Kristin’s depression and MS or LJ’s ADHD and bipolar disorder. Pretty soon, we both had an overwhelming amount of art we had no idea what to do with. But we loved what we were doing, and we wanted to share it. Read more>>