Our city is home to so many incredible businesses and so we asked the founders how they came up with the ideas for their businesses and have shared their responses below.

Paul Sirmon | Brand Designer & Lover of Typography

My friend and fellow type nerd have always wanted to create our own fonts and typefaces. We’d try to encourage each to be consistent with it, but we needed more accountability for each other. So we created a monthly meet-up for us to do just that. After meeting a couple times and seeing that it was helping us we thought there might be other creatives out there who could also benefit from an accountability system for whatever their pursuits might be, We officially opened it up for anyone to join in August 2013. Read more>>

Joshua and Melody Dunlap | Founders of JMD Productions, LLC

The idea of our business came from a desire to see ministries, businesses and organizations that maybe did not have the million dollar budgets to hire the media and marketing companies that are often called upon to execute visual ideas and we looked at it as an opportunity, with our expertise in the field as a small and growing business, to be able to execute the ideas of a client in excellence while still being affordable, at or below budget, and most importantly, establishing a relationship and trust with the client that would make them want to use our services on a consistent basis and tell others about their experience. Read more>>

Tatiana | Meet Talk To Tatiana, The Brand

I created my blog, Talk To Tatiana, as an extension of my personal brand. The blog is an outlet to express myself beyond an aesthetics and to provide insight on life and business, as I know it, to others who are intrigued. Read more>>

Jacqui Argueta | Fashion Designer/Business Owner

The idea for my own business came to me during the pandemic. My mother died and one month later I lost my job. I had to look internally and find some peace and joy during this difficult time. I found some of that joy by painting. My mother was a great artist and through the painting process, I felt close to her. Then I started to combine art and fashion by painting various colorful designs on sweatshirts. I also wanted to create some positive words attached to the art so I began adding uplifting words in crystal letters to the sweatshirts. Read more>>