Small Business Profiles
Coffee for the Community
Juanny Romero started Sunrise Coffee in 2008 to create a coffee shop focused on making friends, drinking good coffee, and eating foods made from scratch. Founded in Las Vegas at the start of the Great Recession, Sunrise Coffee is the city’s longest-running independent coffee shop and has since expanded to four locations. Juanny has used…
A Bird’s Eye View of Digital Tools
Jenna Ahern spent ten years working in the automotive industry and saw firsthand how businesses changed when Google Ads was first introduced. Jenna observed the knowledge gap between executives and marketing departments as technology advanced, and in 2012 she started Guardian Owl Digital in Louisville, KY, to close that gap and help guide companies’ digital…
A Stylish Way to Carry Lunch
Sherika Wynter and her business partner Shallon Thomas have worked together since 2014. One day, Shallon realized he had no stylish way to carry his lunch into the office and wanted something better. In 2018, he and Sherika created a new company called T|W Tote, which makes fashionable lunch bags. Sherika and Shallon use the…
A Mother-Daughter Bond Turned into a Successful Business
Susan Robinson began teaching her daughter, Sara, how to sew when Sara was seven. Sara first loved sewing dresses for her American Girl Dolls, and then she started designing and sewing aprons. After posting some of her designs on Facebook and getting positive feedback from family and friends, Susan and Sara decided to create an…
Technology Helps People 50+ Tie Up Loose Ends
COVID-19 ushered in a series of endings and beginnings for Mari-Lyn Harris. When the pandemic forced her to shut her small catering company, she found an unexpected next chapter as an administrator to an old friend suffering from pancreatic cancer. With her community in Fremont, CA, largely in lockdown, Mari-Lyn filled an indispensable role in…
Building a Brand with Digital Tools
Diane Cortes describes herself as “part of the resignation generation.” After over 25 years doing marketing and HR for corporate America, she saw the opportunity to create her own niche combining the two when COVID-19 sent office workers home. In October 2020, Diane started Acumen Strategist, which manages e-marketing and offers a one-stop human resources…
Using Digital Tools to Help Other Small Businesses
Bryan Toston always wanted to own a business. After graduating from college, he worked back-of-house in several kitchens over the course of a few years, then realized there were incredible opportunities for restaurants to improve their digital marketing. Bryan tapped into his graphic design background and soon started a company with his previous business partner…
Digital Tools Touch Communities
For many people, traditional hand sanitizers’ harsh ingredients leave skin dry, cracked, and irritated. Andrea Lisbona envisioned a combination product that would solve these concerns by sanitizing and moisturizing simultaneously. In 2019, she launched Touchland, a hydrating hand sanitizer mist. She built a website designed to reach consumers looking for strong sanitizers that are gentle…
Digital Tools are a Starting Point for Success
StartingPoint launched in 2020 with the mission to support small businesses in their digital transformation journey. CEO and founder Ray McKenzie has decades of experience working with digital tools and platforms to optimize companies’ workflows and streamline their operations, and he wanted to use this experience to help small businesses compete. Ray understands that bad…
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