ScaleUp Success: Stefanie Fox of Canvas Salon and Skin Bar
Many of us have admired the paintings and artwork of others, but have you ever considered yourself the canvas? At Canvas Salon and Skin Bar located at 3893 Powell Rd. in Powell, you are the canvas and...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Mary Sharrett of Stone Environmental Engineering & Science,...
Breakfast is a great start to your day, but has it ever started your journey as a business owner? Not everyone can say ‘Yes.’ However, Mary Sharrett can. Breakfast with a potential business-teaming...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Lisa Gutierrez of Dos Hermanos Taco Truck
In recent years the explosion of gourmet mobile food trucks has greatly complimented the diverse and high-quality food scene in Columbus. One such mobile addition is Dos Hermanos Taco Truck. The eatery...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Kerri Mollard of Mollard Consulting, LLC
As a small business owner, the health of you, your business and your clients are all important for personal and business growth. Kerri Mollard of Mollard Consulting, LLC, understands that well and is...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Beth Lybrook of LIZard Apparel and Promotions
As with most entrepreneurs, Beth Lybrook saw an industry that needed a solution and set about to find the best answer. The challenge? Hospitals incurred high costs purchasing employee uniforms in bulk....
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Susan Lear of GLA Employee Assistance Provider
As Susan Lear found out, saying ‘yes’ can be empowering. In business or in life, we have become accustomed to initially saying ‘no’ to new opportunities. The ‘no’ can cause us to miss out on life’s...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Allison Chaney of Bare Knuckle Digital
Launching a business provides a level of control. Control of the direction of the business, how hard you work and the income you can make. Giving up or shifting control is something most business...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Sheri Chaney-Jones of Measurement Resources Company
In any business, the adage “your numbers tell a story” remains true. For most for-profits, the story is often straight forward with standard profit and loss measures to determine the impact. However,...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Melanie Guzzo of Virtue Salon
Have you ever thought about the culture of your small business? Was it created with purpose or did it just grow organically? Melanie Guzzo, owner of Virtue Salon, chose to take a very purposeful...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Chad Ebert of the Powell Academy of Music
When a child picks up an instrument, it isn’t just musical talent that develops. Confidence, creativity, work ethic and self-discipline will also become ingrained, in the success of struggling through...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Misty Gieczys of Designer Paws Salon
For the owner of a fast-growing business, learning to delegate responsibilities is a must. Misty Gieczys, owner and self-professed workaholic at the award-winning Designer Paws Salon in Westerville,...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Nupur Abbas of Asian Traditions
Every business goes through transitional periods, from setting up and establishing clientele, to breaking even and hopefully growing. To move through each step takes active participation on the owner’s...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Tim Ney of TNT Landscaping
Tim Ney founded TNT Landscaping when he was just 15 years old. Back then, it looked like any other landscaping business run by a teenager, offering residential mowing and yard maintenance to his...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Otto Beatty of Intelligent Office
Opening a franchise of a well-established business can make for an easier startup, but for ongoing growth, owners tend to be on their own. Otto Beatty, owner of the Columbus Intelligent Office, is two...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Michele Cuthbert of Baker Creative
When it comes to shaping your brand’s personality, every new hire should be an integral part that reflects the values and culture of the business. Michele Cuthbert, president of Baker Creative, an...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Dyann McDowell of Training Marbles, Inc.
For passionate entrepreneurs like Dyann McDowell, owner of staff training agency Training Marbles, Inc., it can be difficult to relinquish responsibility of the little details of business management....
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Michele Cook of Body Ache Escape Massage Center
Business owners don’t become business owners by chance — they become business owners because they always want more and strive for continuous growth. That desire is what drove Body Ache Escape Owner...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Darlena Kelley of ProWrite
“It was never in my mind that I would be a business owner,” said Darlena Kelley, co-owner of technical writing and editing company ProWrite. Last year, Kelley bought ProWrite from the couple who...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Helen Holloway of Champion Pest & Termite Control
Business ownership is never a linear path. Especially when starting a family company, balancing early business tasks with full-time jobs, kids, and all the other aspects of life can be a long step on...
View ArticleScaleUp Success: Rishi Bhanot of Bear Environmental
At the start of a business, entrepreneurship is more like working for your business than working on your business. It’s morning, noon and night, filling every role, from seeking capital investment, to...
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