Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Tim Steinruck | Creative Entrepreneur, Musician, Music Producer

There was a time when my motivation for what I do in music to be defined by fame amd fortune. That has changed so much in the 42 years tht I’ve been a musician, performer and music producer. I love to mentor, coach and support artists of all ages in different phases of their music career. I’ve had the multimillion dollar record deals and the potentials of incredible success. I’ve also had the devastating low points associated with the complete loss of them. As Quincy Jones so eloquently said: “When you make music for money God leaves the room.” Now, it’s more obvious to me than ever that the music I make needs to be made with the intention to make someone’s life better.
My mission statement is “Keep It Simple. Rock Hard. Transform Lives.”
My intention is to have every live performance be an experience that changes the attendee for the better in some way. Read more>>

Theresa Chen | Hair stylist

As an Asian hair salon in America,we are facing more challenges. We want to grow diverse,attracting people from different races other than Asian. At this point,we asked a lot of helps from local people,trying to integrate into this environment. We participated in some events,sharing different cultures one another. It took us years to blend in. Now we have various races of clients,get people from different countries together to share beauty and life. As we expand our salon,we encounter another problem:lack of professionals. In this sector,we need to renew the skill up to date,and we were in high demand of professionals for our new store. So we ended up looking for beauty school to collaborate with,surprisingly,we also figure out how to improve graduated students’ skills in real life and support them in real life as well. Read more>>

Jessica Talley | Architect

Well-being and Sustainability are Spring’s main driving incentives in architecture. With comprehensive, energy-efficient strategies and environmentally-conscious materials, Spring makes a meaningful impact while reducing carbon footprint. While balancing playful, creative form with serious, thoughtful function, Spring prioritizes sustainability and helping the climate. Spring is careful on every site to honor the environment. One project in particular Spring has fenced off all the perimeter trees and their drip lines to make sure to keep them safe and unharmed by construction. Spring has circumvented trees and their roots by building retaining walls around existing plants, instead of taking them down. Spring reuses and recycles material when possible, for example existing stone on a property for a retaining wall. Read more>>

Ja’Quandria Corouthers | Baker & Instructor

Sugar Booger has a big impact on many communities and the world. Our motive is to ensure happiness with every baked good that we sell and offer. Sugar Booger thrives to make each individual feel good about themselves on their special day or event. From Birthday Parties, weddings, private parties and more we want your day to be special. We offer “CAKING With A TWIST” classes to help teach the community the basics of decorating a cake and having some fun at the same time. We love to see others smile and enjoy one another in one setting. Coming together with people all over the world excites us, we’re meeting new people everyday, teaching others and it feels so good. Sugar Booger also gives back to communities on holidays and special occasions. Read more>>