It takes a lot more than an idea to build a business, but there can’t be a business without the idea. So we asked folks who’ve built wonderful businesses to tell us about how they came up with the idea in the first place.

Tamara Barnabei | Creator and Curator

My business idea originated from a desire to speak positively and beautifully about my homeland, Venezuela. Through the creation of Arttepuy, I realized the potential to spread a positive message about our Latin culture through art. Read more>>

Jackie Pesce Sieron | Founder & CEO of a Content Creation Agency

I started my content creation agency, Chasing Sun Creative in 2018 as a side hustle while I was working full-time in a marketing role at a luxury real estate firm in Manhattan. I was lucky to work with the top residential real estate agents who all needed their own social media help, so while I was doing marketing for the larger brand as a whole I would get asked almost daily by the real estate agents at the company if I could manage their personal social media accounts for them separate from my day job. After getting asked this for years and years, I realized what a big opportunity there was for content creation help for small brands and businesses. I couldn’t not go for it, so I created my own agency and started out in the luxury residential real estate space where my network was and where everyone needed social help! Read more>>

Jessica Cerrato | Credit Repair and Debt settlements

The idea of helping people restore their credit was after the big financial crisis in 2008 becasue many people lost everything including their credit. Read more>>