Category: Business Owner Stories

Business Owner Statistics [Infographic]

June 3, 2015 Lydia Roth

Over the past year, Nav has introduced new Business Owner Stories on a weekly and bi-weekly basis. We are proud to announce that we just passed the threshold of 100 Business Owner Stories! We took the information that we learned from these business owners, compiled and analyzed the results. Here's what we found.

Business Owner Story #100 – B.Stamped

May 29, 2015 Guest Contributor

Brittany Kollmer enjoys living life with the personal touch of DIY crafting. She creates customized hand-stamped jewelry and keepsakes that she sells in her online store B.Stamped, which she founded in 2014 as a way to stay at home and care for her son. Her business has since grown rapidly, and Brittany continues to keep it personal and true to her values. The Start How did you get started with your business? Before B.Stamped I worked as a registered nurse,… Read More

Business Owner Story #99 – Mayan Rental

May 25, 2015 Ashley Sweren

John Jameson is the owner of MayanRental, a brokerage that helps owners of timeshares at the Mayan resorts in Mexico rent out their weeks. He claims he and his wife Linda Jameson make the perfect pair when it comes to managing the business, “I’m the problem-solver and the person who figures things out. But if I didn’t have Linda to do the detailed things like the bookings and fixing all my mistakes, we’d be doomed!” Website traffic is a major… Read More

Business Owner Story #94 – Kathleen Snyder, PowerPoint Designer

May 7, 2015 Lydia Roth

Kathleen Snyder is a designer who creates PowerPoint templates and tools for businesses so they can work faster and give presentations that project a professional image that is “on brand.” She also consults with companies to create custom presentations for events. According to Snyder, “A lot of clients rely on me to take the big mess of stuff that’s thrown onto a PowerPoint slide and turn it into something beautiful.” Snyder enjoys the freedom and control she’s gained from self-employment.… Read More

Business Owner Story #90: The Donut Man

April 24, 2015 Ashley Sweren

It’s hard to believe, but along a desolate stretch of old Route 66, Jim Nakano’s The Donut Man has become synonymous with the best donut creations in California. In fact, for more than 4 decades, Jim and his wife Miyoko have created such a niche in the donut business, that customer’s line up for three city blocks to taste a luscious treat from The Donut Man. Like all good businesses, Jim and Miyoko’s business was grown through hours of hard… Read More

Business Owner Profile: Jessica Mah

April 6, 2015 Jared Proctor

Jessica Mah is the founder and CEO of inDinero, a company that provides accounting, taxes, payroll and back office management for small businesses. Mah said, “We essentially take care of the entire accounting department for these small businesses. Companies are spending all this time and hundreds of thousands of dollars building out their accounting team with bookkeepers, tax specialists and a CFO, when they really should hire us and spend half that amount.” Mah recently shared with us how she’s… Read More