Our community is comprised of some absolutely brilliant entrepreneurs and so we asked a few of them to tell us the story of how they came up with the ideas for their business.

Aubry Mayfield Lauryl Pingel | Professional Organizers

We both went to college together to become teachers, so we taught elementary for 6 years. During our 5th year of teaching, we went to dinner to catch up. While we were chatting about what was going on in our lives, we ended up talking about how we had organized some spaces in our own homes. This snowballed into us coming up with the idea to start a professional organizing business. Read more>>

Kevin Jose | Cheesecake Creator

Growing up, I loved cheesecake. We didn’t have it very often but it was my favorite dessert as a kid. Shortly after our first daugther was born, my mother-in-law made a cheesecake. Afterward, I didn’t think it looked to difficult and thought I would give it a try too. My first cheesecake was a success! Within a very short time I was looking for more cheesecake recipes and beginning to experiment. I would take them to family and work functions. Before long, co-workers and friends began asking if I would make one for them. The business pretty much found me! Read more>>

Stefani Rhodes | Owner/Stylist

Standing behind my chair, 6 years into cutting men’s hair and I was bouncing around ideas on how to retire. In this industry, you don’t come across jobs that allow you to retire with a 401k or anything of the like and when you get to my ag. Things that start becoming important. It sticks to the forefront of your mind every day. How to provide for myself and my family has always been a priority, but now I had to start looking to the future and what that was going to look like. It started with an idea to buy a tiny house and go to RV parks and cut hair for those on vacation. Read more>>

Julie Unger | Owner and Founder of The Kitchen

I’ve always had this drive to have my own business, yet the actual idea for The Kitchen seemingly revealed itself in the middle of the pandemic. Who knew that slowing down my busy life with three kids would force me to be more introspective thus lighting a fire in me to launch this venture! Read more>>

Jessika Davila | Magick Maker & Intentional Creative

This whole beautiful chapter was born through some of my heaviest grief. 4 years ago, I was navigating waters in my personal life that I had never experienced before. It was very clear I still yearned for a way to intentionally channel the love, warmth, and healing medicine I knew remained behind all the heartache. Read more>>