Many books on startups and business talk about how there are right and wrong reasons for starting a business.  So, we asked a handful of successful founders about their reasons and the thought-process behind starting their business.

Yarin Ifergan

I started my business because I wanted to build something of my own while making a real difference for homeowners and businesses. After years in the garage door and gate industry, I saw how important safety is and how often it is overlooked. Garage doors are one of the largest and heaviest moving objects in a home. Read more>>

Michael Ferro

I’m a serial entrepreneur. My father had his own construction company so I grew up in a household knowing that was a possibility. I started young, selling Christmas cards, mowing lawns, anything that I thought people needed. My first real success came when I was working for someone else in the construction industry. Read more>>

Eliana Bonaguro

I’ve always been a creative person. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting at the dining room table with my mother in Italy, drawing faces for hours while the television played in the background. It felt as though I was born with crayons in my hand. Read more>>

Dr. Patricia Shutt

Starting the Therapeutic Oasis was an intentional act of creating a place where clients would feel safe, seen, nurtured, and offered an opportunity to help and a grow into their full potential. Read more>>

Brett Chiavari

The thought process behind starting BC Tacos was pretty simple and really two things. First was, the love of tacos of course. Can’t do something every day if you’re not passionate about it and love it. Second, the desire to not work for anyone else. Being able to work my butt off for no one but myself is pretty empowering. Read more>>

GIANNI MENDES TONIUTTI

When I helped found Tosolini, Toniutti & Partners, the idea was never simply to create another law firm. The vision was to build a bridge between two legal systems, two business cultures, and two continents. As an Italian-trained lawyer who later earned an LL.M. Read more>>

Lissette Ochoa

Starting my own business became a way to combine all the worlds I loved such as wellness, healing, hospitality, service & connection. I had this dream in my heart for a very long time and after years of contemplating I took the leap to create something meaningful that genuinely helps others feel better, both physically and mentally. Read more>>