Matt Harrison and Cari Harrison, Co-owners of Frisco Bicycle Rentals, Sales & Service, put a lot of sweat equity into their startup. They did most of the work themselves, including plans for an …

“I think like any new business, it’s a matter of just building it a little bit at a time and word of mouth, again, being the best thing that can get out and happen for you,” says John Twomey, …

David San Paolo, co-owner of Redneck Nutz, says when they built their website, they thought customers would flock to it. When their orders were less than expected, they decided to try selling their …

Starting a business can be difficult when you don’t have an example to follow. Matt Harrison and Cari Harrison, Co-owners of Frisco Bicycle Rentals, Sales & Service saw a need to serve thirsty …

Tom Jennings, who co-owns TommyHawks Axe House with his wife Kacey Jennings, originally started making custom tomahawks in his garage. When he discovered indoor axe throwing was a sport, they needed …

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 …