Category: Business Owner Stories

How This Business Owner and Single Dad Created a Platform to Make Surveys More Fun

How This Business Owner and Single Dad Created a Platform to Make Surveys More Fun

Jason Anderson is the president and founder of Datagame, a survey “gamification” platform that makes online surveys less boring and more engaging by replacing the worst bits of them with interactive games. Clients use Datagame to improve user engagement and survey response rates. Anderson founded the company four years ago to accommodate the needs of his family. He’s been able to build Datagame while juggling the responsibilities of single fatherhood. Starting Out Why did you start your business? I had… Read More
How a Spy Business Started Small and Grew to $3M a Year

How a Spy Business Started Small and Grew to $3M a Year

Allen Walton is the founder of SpyGuy Security, an online store that sells security and surveillance products—like hidden cameras, GPS trackers, covert audio recorders, and bug detectors. A completely self-taught entrepreneur, Walton attributes his business’ success to the quality of its website and his accessibility to customers. Walton wrote down his plan for this business on a manila pad. “I wanted to make a minimum of $30,000, so I could pay my rent and have enough money to eat. If… Read More
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