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.

Lauren Anderson | Northern Colorado Wedding Photographer

I have been doing photography professionally for about ten years! I was gifted my first camera when I was in high school, and continued to study graphic design, photography, and marketing in college. Read more>>

Stevey Rose Martinez-Maez | Soap Artisan

I began my soap making journey when I was very young with my mother in our kitchen. I was sexually abused when I was a child. I used to feel so dirty and I would take extremely long and hot baths. The hotter the water the better. For some reason submerging myself in water always made me feel better. Read more>>

Alicia Osmera | Author, Entrepreneur & Respiratory Therapist

I was searching for any way to make an additional income. I had previously been involved in many of those “network marketing” companies. I never really made a sustainable income like some of the other people had. Read more>>

Aspen The Fairy | Children’s Performer & Musician

I always wanted to be a fairy and fly away, high above the world and away from the troubles below. When I was a kid, I just had this desire to create and make ideas come to life, I took that on quite literally when bringing Aspen the Fairy to the real world. Taking lots of inspiration from things I loved growing up and maybe I watched too much Tinkerbell and Barbie movies. Read more>>