Are you thinking about starting a business? If so, we think you’ll enjoy reading about how these seasoned entrepreneurs thought about the question when they were in your shoes.

Irelina Fereira Romay | Baker

I wanted to create a business that would allow me to be around my kids as much as possible, and at the same time I wanted to teach them how to work as my mother did with me. Since I was a little girl my mother would send me to cooking classes and allow me to be around her when she was cooking and baking, she made sure I did not just go to college, but also have another life skill that would help me to provide for my family. My mother is my inspiration, Read more>>

Sara & Beau Blackard | Owners, Feathered Forest Hunt Club

Beau and I come from a long line of entrepreneurs on each side of our family, and I believe that is where our thought process subconsciously began. We grew up watching our parents and grandparents start businesses from scratch and learned various methods of leadership along the way. After we each graduated from college, we took career paths that gave us the experience and knowledge to eventually feel confident in running our own business. Our twenties and thirties were for growing, learning, and working hard to figure out our path. After turning 40, we realized that our work experience created a great team between us, and we know how to come up with an idea and execute. Read more>>

Aria Broxton | Event Planner

Funny thing is I never really wanted to start my own business. I was perfectly satisfied with the stability of Corporate America and didn’t think I had an entrepreneurial spirit when it came to growing a business of my own. On 2009, a friend approached me about planning events together since we were both doing little things for family and friends. After talking in more detail we agreed that we would do it as a creative outlet but if and when it started to feel like work, we could walk away. So. Table Twelve Events was formed and we vowed to let it organically grow into whatever it was going to be so that we each could nurture our creative passion, something neither of us as Senior-level professionals was getting at the time in our day jobs. Read more>>