Starting a business is a commitment and requires dedication, resources and sacrifice. We asked some of the rising stars in our community how they thought through the idea of starting their own businesses. 

Shelby Chapman & Brittney Landers

As two busy moms with a shared love for children’s fashion, personalization, and monogramming, starting our own business felt like a natural fit. When we first discussed launching an embroidery business, we made a commitment that our families would always come first. Read More>>

Adley Myers

I didn’t know what kind of a photographer i wanted to be when I got my Photography Degree. I just knew I liked the industry and wanted to work in it, in one way or another. When I became a mother I realized starting my own portrait photography business would enable me to have a flexible schedule. Read More>>

Leslie Tankersley Arboleda

My decision to start my own business wasn’t the result of a single moment. It was the culmination of years of witnessing capable, caring, and intelligent people struggle because they were disconnected from themselves, their strengths, or their next right step. Throughout my career in counseling, coaching, leadership development, and business consulting, I noticed a common pattern. Read More>>

Manuel Trujillo

My love for art has always been the inspiration. I enjoy creating characters and environments from different worlds and stories. Over the years I have continued to study art, through figure anatomy, concept design and drawing from everything around me. I have been doing freelance illustration and art work for over a decade and have continued to grow my clients. Read More>>

Leticia Gonzales

Starting my business came from a place of both necessity and purpose. I had reached a point in my life where I was tired of surviving, tired of starting over, and tired of feeling like my family’s future depended on things outside my control. I wanted stability, options, and a way to break the cycles I had lived through. Read More>>

Cintya Ventimiglia

Starting my own business was both a personal and professional decision. In 2019, I had just welcomed my second child. I was working at Mi Casa Resource Center, where I supported both the Business and Accounting departments. As I worked with small business owners and taught accounting and QuickBooks classes, I discovered my passion for helping entrepreneurs understand their finances. Read More>>

Adrian Oliver

Starting out, I barely had a clue what I was doing… I was just crazy enough to believe that I could, and got to work. After a divorce, I was sleeping on my moms couch, in a 895 sf house, living out of a suitcase, and seperated from my son James. I knew I had to do whatever it took to change my life circumstances. Read More>>

Dillon Larson

I had been leasing out my homes to a sober living company here in Colorado and after years of the homes getting run down and clients living in conditions that are not conducive to recovery I decided it was time for me to discontinue the relationship and I knew that the only way for me to provide a level of care appropriate to helping people overcome substance abuse disorders was to oversee the project in it’s entirety Read More>>