Category: Business Owner Stories

4 Reasons Fear Is Good for Your Business

4 Reasons Fear Is Good for Your Business

"Great fear is concealed under daring." This idea — courtesy of a Roman poet named Marcus Annaeus Lucanus — is one I rejected for years. Where I grew up, if you were a guy, you didn't cry. You bit the bullet. You toughed it out. You stood up and took it like a man. I remember a football practice so brutal, one of my teammates broke down sobbing. I looked at him and thought: I'm never going to be that guy. I'm going to be… Read More
How This Family Business Is Saving Polar Bears

How This Family Business Is Saving Polar Bears

Polar Ambassadors is a true family business. Kate Kennedy runs the company with her husband and three children, ages 17, 15 and 11. The idea for the company came from her 17-year-old who is on his way to college to study entrepreneurship. “This is a nice way for all of us to work together in a way that is doing something for a better cause,” said Kennedy. Polar Ambassadors sells apparel items intended to start conversations about the conservation of… Read More
One Entrepreneur’s Journey from Bucket Band to Booming SEO Business

One Entrepreneur’s Journey from Bucket Band to Booming SEO Business

Dan Shure, owner of Evolving SEO, has had a unique entrepreneurial experience. He grew up in an entrepreneurial family. His father, a professional sculptor, owns two businesses. Shure started his first business as a teenager and has created several other successful businesses along the way. Now, he runs a small SEO company that provides search engine marketing services to clients, from site audits to content strategy to best practices training. Additionally, Shure is a MOZ associate and hosts the “Experts… Read More
How This Entrepreneur Turned a Modern Calligraphy Skill Into a Booming Side Business

How This Entrepreneur Turned a Modern Calligraphy Skill Into a Booming Side Business

Lori Shen is the founder of Letter On!, a modern calligraphy and design business specializing in Hawaiian designs. Letter On! sells a variety of products from greeting cards to prints to rubber stamps. The company also offers custom design services for items such as welcome signs, place cards, envelopes, and chalkboard signs. Shen attributes her entrepreneurial spirit to her family. “I’m a product of two small business owners. My parents started an orchid nursery in Waimanalo, Hawaii, the year before… Read More
How a Financial Coach Is Making the Transition to Full-Time Business Owner

How a Financial Coach Is Making the Transition to Full-Time Business Owner

Advertiser Disclosure Maggie Germano started her financial coaching business as a hobby at first, giving advice to friends and family, but soon found a passion for helping others was driving her to take it to the next level. “Financial stability can propel people forward in so many ways that can help them, especially women,” said Germano, founder of Maggie Germano Financial Coaching. Germano combined her passion for personal finance and empowering women to build her business, which provides women with… Read More
How to Use Work as a Motivation to Stay in Shape

How to Use Work as a Motivation to Stay in Shape

I've never been a huge fan of exercise. It's only fun if you're playing a sport, and I'm not the most coordinated guy. I can't even pull off a friendly fist-bump if I'm walking while I make the attempt. Imagine how that would translate on a basketball court. I used to get fired up about exercise all the time. I'd think, "Oh, yeah, I'm going to start lifting weights!" And I would follow through, too — for about a week. Problem was, mornings and… Read More