Vanessa Avalos notó la falta de educación bilingüe para niños pequeños en su comunidad, e inmediatamente decidió ejecutar en esa necesidad. Ella lanzó Luna y Cielo, un café de juegos y centro de aprendizaje en español para ayudar a las madres latinas e hispanas a criar niños bilingües y biculturales.

Ser propietario de una pequeña empresa puede ser un desafío si no se tiene acceso a recursos y herramientas que lo ayuden a comprender y administrar el lado operativo de su empresa. Para Javier Haro, esto tuvo un alto costo cuando su breve debut como propietario de un restaurante se detuvo abruptamente después de cerrar su negocio durante la recesión económica de 2009 que golpeó el mercado.

As a kid, Bobby Price never enjoyed his visits to his neighborhood barbershop, so it makes sense that it never occurred to him to open his own barbershop until much later in life. Even though Bobby has been cutting hair since he was 13, he didn’t become a full-time barber until he became a husband and a father. 

While many 13-year-olds dream of becoming firefighters or football players, 13-year-old Johnathon Bush not only dreamed of being an entrepreneur but was already becoming one. While growing up in Toledo, Ohio, he realized the only way he could make money at a young age was through entrepreneurship, so he started baking cookies and selling them to friends and family. But, his bake sales evolved into something bigger than his middle school self could have expected. 

When her brother was first deployed to Iraq, Candy Alford embroidered every piece of clothing he owned, from his socks to his washcloths, with his name so his things wouldn’t get misplaced in the group laundry. Not only were the name tags practical, but they garnered quite a few compliments from her brother’s fellow pilots, and he suggested she turn her hobby into a business.

When Noelle Curtis was working to clear up her acne and hyperpigmentation, she noticed not many spas addressed the specific skincare needs of women of color. So instead of continuing to look for someone else’s solution, she decided to become an esthetician herself. After a whirlwind corporate career Noelle went on to open Pretty Dapper Day Spa, which offers a variety of services to Chicagoland clients of all skin types and skin colors.