How did you come up with the idea for your business?

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.
To start with, I’m a copywriter who helps sustainable businesses communicate complex information through relatable stories to create the urgency and agency for action. A copywriting business isn’t a new thing, it’s been around for a long time. But the moment I learned that someone could make a living writing stories that aren’t books… every lightbulb in the world went off at once in my head. Read more>>
I started Mujeres on the Rise after realizing how hard it was for me to establish my career as a Latina. I am the youngest of three daughters, and I saw my mother and sisters hustling left and right to make ends meet. Naturally, I inherited my family’s work ethic, and I grew up believing that your work should speak for itself. But in college, it wasn’t long before I realized that hard work alone is not a guarantee of success. Success is not only measured by what you know; it’s also measured by who you know. Unfortunately for me, I knew no one. Read more>>
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was sent home from college and finished up the semester virtually, like so many students across the country. With quarantine and an increase of time on my hands, I was searching for a new hobby to pour my time into. I started playing around with the Cricut my brother and I had gotten our mom for Christmas, and I fell in love with the process of creating apparel and bringing concepts for shirts to wear to life. Read more>>
Right out of college I began working for a General Contractor that specialized in the remedy of construction defect issues. I was trained and specialized in working with engineers to find and resolve issues with original construction. It felt great to take something that was incorrect and make it right. I got to see people who were left in shambles and very frustrated made new, made whole again. What a feeling that was! Read more>>
I am originally from Golden, CO. I had been in Austin since 2012 pursuing a career as a NUCCA Chiropractor. After owning my own practice, Hands On Holistic Healing, for a few years, I started practicing in a much less conventional way in 2016 by making house calls. I helped my clients by teaching them how to help themselves – breaking the cycle of co-dependency many health providers create. Read more>>
I’ve always loved photography. From a very young age I remember grabbing my mom’s camera all the time and taking photos of the mountains, animals, and nature. I absolutely loved it. After high school I worked for a racehorse breeder and they asked me if I could take some photos of their yearlings for a magazine and I was hooked. I started practicing, learning editing and advertising for sessions. I started with families and shot my first wedding in 2014. I now do a mixture of weddings, elopments, families and boudoir Read more>>