Category: Business Owner Stories

Business Owner Voices — EdwardSturm.com Content Marketing and Creation

Business Owner Voices — EdwardSturm.com Content Marketing and Creation

Did you ever wonder what the trick is to making your content go viral? Why do some things catch a person’s attention and compel them to share while others do not? Edward Sturm claims to have the answers to these questions and more. He’s an SEO and content marketing consultant who’s experienced personal success by creating viral videos online. Sturm currently works with big-name companies to teach them the tricks of the trade. He also offers a video series and… Read More
Business Owner Profile: Niki Okuk, RCO Tires

Business Owner Profile: Niki Okuk, RCO Tires

Niki Okuk started her business RCO Tires to collect and recycle waste tires that were coming out of the Port of Long Beach, the biggest waste tire market in the world. As the business has grown, it’s evolved to focus on upcycling by manufacturing new products out of the tires it collects. With product lines for the building, agriculture, and marine industries, RCO Tires has a goal of eliminating tire waste, thereby keeping the materials and petroleum out of landfills.… Read More
Business Owner Profile: Jessie Deye, Gild Collective

Business Owner Profile: Jessie Deye, Gild Collective

  Jessie Deye is the founder of Gild Collective, a unique craft business based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company makes it easy for women to get together with their friends and have a craft party. Gild Collective designs on-trend DIY projects, gathers the necessary supplies, and puts them into project kits that can be ordered online. Guests order their kits on the Gild Collective website in advance of a craft party, and the party hostess gets her kit for free.… Read More
Business Owner Story – Gifts of Encouragement, Inc.

Business Owner Story – Gifts of Encouragement, Inc.

Marnie Swedberg is more than an entrepreneur, she’s a “multipreneur” running a number of diverse businesses, from a retail store to a takeout restaurant to an online mentorship program. Swedberg has also written a dozen published books and served as a speaker at and host to countless expos, conferences and boot camps. To top it all off, she also owns the largest directory of Christian women speakers in the world, www.womenspeakers.com. No doubt, Swedberg has a plethora of interesting business… Read More
Business Owner Story – eZanga

Business Owner Story – eZanga

Rich Kahn founded marketing firm eZanga 12 years ago to help companies grow their businesses through online advertising. The company offers a number of homegrown innovations that ensure clients’ campaigns are optimized and protected from fraudulent traffic. The Start How did you get started with your business? It was nothing really spectacular. My wife and I started this business because we needed to pay the bills and we had this skill. Before we started this company, I had 10 years… Read More
Business Owner Profile: Margo Schlossberg

Business Owner Profile: Margo Schlossberg

Margo Schlossberg’s interests span the gamut from kickboxing to sewing. Friends often ask her, “How can you like both of those things? They’re so opposite!” Their questions inspired Schlossberg to start a business to show the world that women can be both tough and feminine at the same time. She founded Warrior Princess Clothing with the goal of encouraging women to enjoy whatever interests them, whether it’s considered traditionally female or male. (more…)