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.

Ruben Cabrera | Commercial Food photographer & videographer.

This is actually pretty interesting, some people don’t know it, but I went to culinary school twice, first, the Culinary institute of Caracas in Venezuela and then at Le cordon Bleu in Miami, I’ve always had interest for the arts, music, cameras, photography, I’m a very visual person, and I noticed that the books that they were giving us at school had pretty mediocre photography. At that time it never occurred to me to grab a camera and start shooting food, but later after I graduated, Read more>>

Cony | Artist & Designer

The idea for my business was based on offering custom items with materials I like to work with, such as gold leaf and dried flowers. I started making earrings, then progressed to coasters, trays and chess sets. I became very comfortable with epoxy resin as a medium, and recently started making custom tumblers. After experimenting with alcohol ink, glitter and foil, I have turned stainless steel drinking tumblers into a new platform to display my art. Utilizing social media, I can create a custom tumbler on TikTok live, while the customer offers their input and watches the process unfold. Read more>>

Anna Maliszewska | Miami United Stars Academy Soccer Coach

Soccer was always my passion. I played professionally here in US before. Got bad injurie and decided both with my husband share our playing experience with kids that are willing to go to the next level of competition. Read more>>

Bird Club | Graphic Apparel Designer

The idea of starting Bird Club Sneaker Tees in 2006 was simply the lack of options to match your sneakers as a consumer. Sneakers are released every week and the options of clothing to match offered by the big brands were minimal and lame at that. Read more>>