Chris and Jessica Ollis didn’t just wake up one day and decide to start a commercial kombucha brewery. The co-owners of Spring Branch Kombucha faced a number of challenges on their journey to …

“I was mentored by some amazing women who run massive direct-sales companies that are CEOs and founders,” says Nancy Bogart, CEO and founder of Jordan Essentials. Bogart says there aren’t a lot …

“We were pretty naive in believing if you build a website, you can sell anything,” says David San Paolo, co-owner of Redneck Nutz. San Paolo says you shouldn’t expect word of mouth and social …

“We have a tag line - coffee with purpose,” says Eric Hadley, CEO and Founder of Got Your Six Coffee Company. “What we do is, we sell coffee, we pay the bills for the business, and at the end …

“I had tried, I had a couple ideas and I kept running into the same problem — and it was a reliable supplier,” says Tim Hendrix, co-owner of United States of Apparel. “Not finding a reliable …

“I started with no working capital. My husband came back from Afghanistan and his job was gone, so he went back to Iraq for a year,” says Nanette Willis, owner of Sassy’s Goodies L.L.C. in …

“We received our initial investment, which was a great start up investment. Any founder would have loved to have had that,” says Charity McGill, CEO and Co-founder of Deep Water Software. “At …

Are you thinking of starting a side gig? Tim Hendrix and Eric Jones are in the fire service. Many of their colleagues have a second job, but it’s difficult to find one that fits their rotating …