Are you thinking about starting a business? If so, we think you’ll enjoy reading about how these seasoned entrepreneurs thought about the question when they were in your shoes.

Craig Arthur von Schroeder | Founder and CEO

I started this business, as many founders do, to solve my own problem that wasn’t otherwise being addressed by the market. Way back in 2008, I was a practicing attorney wearing dress shirts and suits everyday. I simply could not find a fitted, slim dress shirt that didn’t blouse up at the waist when I tucked it in. This pre-dated the move to more tailored-looking clothing that has evolved over the last decade. Indeed, there was nothing off-the-rack that worked for me. Read more>>

Tanya Lawson | Naturopathic Doctor & Anti-Aging Specialist

When I envisioned my practice, I knew it needed to be a place that reflected elegance, hope, positivity and warmth. Every aspect of the experience from the decor to the staff and the clinical treatments needed to be delivered in a way to meet these goals. I built my team very carefully to maintain the highest standards while still creating a totally patient centered experience. When patients enter our space, they are coming with a wish to make their lives better. Read more>>

Noa Kahner | CEO of Kahner Global

The ideal to start Kahner Global began when I was doing my MBA at Baruch College. It was always my dream to start my own business and when I finally felt the opportunity to do it was there, I decided to go for it. During my MBA, I designed a business plan and set forth in creating an extremely curated conference series for ultra high net worth investors and family offices in the cannabis industry. We now produce the Cannabis & Psychedelics Investment Summit three times a year in Miami, New York, and London. Read more>>

Nathalia Andrade Wiggins | Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist; Private Practice Owner

I come from a family of entrepreneurs and saw the flexibility that being a business owner gave my family members. They traveled extensively and had a work-life balance that I wanted for my own life. In 2020 tele-health had become an ethical option and I felt that it was a great opportunity for me to dive in to private practice. Read more>>

Stephanie Dalfonzo | Anxiety Expert | Integrative Hypnotist | Speaker | Author

After a successful career as Celebrity Radio DJ “Stevie Knox” (in Miami BTW), my husband had a health crisis and I needed to reinvent myself. This was in the early 2000s and the internet was still pretty new. It was really exciting that I could go to school to be a Life Coach over the internet! Then I felt a nudge to look into hypnosis. On the very first day, I felt like the skies had parted and I KNEW this was what I was meant to do. Before the certification was over, I had rented an office, gotten a website, etc. and haven’t looked back. I had no business experience, but followed my intuition and was in the black from the begining. Read more>>

Jessica Hunter | Photographer

I’ve always been a creative. I think my passion for photography comes from my ability to see the beauty in everything. I started creating imagery that immediately caught the eye of my community and I knew there was a need for my services. Read more>>

Mike Silva | Personal/Private Cooking & Travel Chef

At this point there were many thoughts that came and went along with reasonable questions but the biggest thought process behind starting my own business was the use of my time and opportunities to work and serve amazing people. Read more>>

Talek Nantes | Amazon best-selling author, digital content creator and founder of the travel blog, www.travelswithtalek.com

After a long career as an international business professional I switched gears and started my own business as a travel blogger and created www.travelswithtalek.com. Travel blogging gave me the opportunity to do three things I love: travel, writing and sharing my experiences with like-minded people who love to travel. Read more>>

Kaymarie Daniel | Fashion Designer

I wanted to be a voice for young aspiring designers within my country (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) but especially on my island, Bequia. Being from the Caribbean we’re expected to walk on a straight and narrow road and be a doctor or lawyer, but I wanted to show others that we set our own paths and we should be allowed to do what makes us happy. Read more>>

Alena Le Blanc | Personal Stylist & Fashion Designer

I started Le Blanc Label, my personal styling business at the end of 2020. I was a fashion designer working in the fashion tech industry. We focused on sustainability through the rental model, and I learned a lot about the backend side by working with direct customer feedback, fit, wash and wear testing garments. Unfortunately due to the pandemic our company filed for bankruptcy and everyone was laid off. No companies were hiring designers. Read more>>

Becerra Miguel | Fashion Designer

I started out of passion, for love of art and fashion, but I am more motivated that through my work I can contribute to building the country and help other people by employing and at the same time doing what I like. Read more>>

Josh Daniel | Owner / Operator

Starting my own business was almost a necessity. I found myself in between jobs, knowing I needed to provide for my family but wanting to have the flexible hours and no one telling me what to do was probably my main reasons. Well, I realized very quickly that when you work for someone, you have usually one boss. When you’re on your own business, every single one of your clients is your boss. Read more>>

Kasia Bosne | founder of Rawmanticchocolate

HOW WE BEGAN My name is Kasia Bosne. I am a founder and CEO of Rawmanticchocolate women owned business based in New York and Florida.
Rawmantichocolate was born from my own personal journey, while learning health, and nutrition. I come from a family of entrepreneurs so it was natural for me to explore better ways to find healthy snacking on the go every day!
I spent over 2 decades working closely with women from all over the world in a fashion industry. Read more>>

Anilla Lalbiharie | Lash Artist and Brand

I am a lash artist from Trinidad and I’m also working on another brand. And from the very beginning of both my brands, “BareBeautytt” and “Pretty B****” I wanted what I’m producing and offering make my buyers and clients feel exceptional and top tier . I wanted to create or influence a lifestyle but no specific lifestyle. Allow me to explain, when I started BareBeautytt in 2020, my idea was to influence self care. In my life journey I realized how much self care helped me and how deep it is. I started off with the ideas of lip kits, like lip scrubs, lip oils, lip balms, lip masks and lip gloss. Read more>>

Carissa Palmer | Cockapoo Breeder

Too many people are not educated on where to find a good breeder for their puppy of choice, and many buy blindly from the pet store as many do not know whom raised the puppy, and the negative impact on the puppy’s development by being in a pet store for weeks. Read more>>

Soo Kim | Art Teacher & Artist

As I approached my 40’s, I realized that I was ready to pursue my dreams of being an artist. I was an art director for many years working in the fashion and beauty industry. It was a creative career but I knew that I needed more. Creating art gave me ultimate peace and joy, but I needed to find a way to support my efforts as I began to introduce my work to the world. Around this time a friend of mine reached out asking me to teach her children art. Read more>>

Simoneese Williams | Author | Speaker | Self Care & Mindset Coach

I wanted to start a business that would help humanity to be better. Something that would not just leave a mark but provide some form of transformation. That is the spirit and heart of TSB. A brand that is focused on helping people prioritize their well-being, love on themselves, and build habits that will allow them to live successful loves (however they define a successful life) Read more>>