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By: Stories & Insights on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Establishing your own firm or practice
Establishing your own firm or practice is an incredibly daunting task. From myriad of legal and regulatory hurdles to the financial and career related risks, professionals who choose to start their own firm have to overcome so much and so we wanted to reach out to those who've done it successfully for advice, insight
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How did you scale up?
When businesses are covered in the media, often there is a lot of focus on the initial idea, the genesis moment. Then they almost brush over the middle part – the scaling up part – and arrive at how big and awesome the business is today. It makes for a fun read or in
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Are you happy as an artist or creative?
Pursuing a creative or artistic career can certainly be fulfilling, but it’s far from certain. Over the years, we’ve heard about the struggles from thousands of artists and creatives – it’s incredibly challenging and it can be tempting to wonder – what if you hadn’t pursued this path. We asked artists and creatives from
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Experiencing kindness
We asked entrepreneurs, artists, creatives and folks from every walk of life to share stories of kindness with us because we believe that hearing about kindness inspires more kindness. Our world needs more kindness. Stephy Wong Nash As a business owner and photographer for almost 18 years, I’ve met all kinds of people — the wonderful,
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Crazy good or crazy bad
One of the most under-the-radar benefits of entrepreneurship is its ability to build fortitude and make the entrepreneur a more formidable person. Challenges – particularly the crazy, unexpected ones that take on a life of their own – build character and confidence. And the unexpected surprises to the upside, the crazy good moments offer
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The projects we still think about, the ones that really mattered
Every once in a while we have the good fortune of working on a project that we feel truly matters, a project that we’ll still be thinking about years from now. Maybe even something we can imagine telling our grandkids about – surely you’ve had moments like that where something you did in your
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Do you wish you had started your business sooner or later?
Almost every entrepreneur has had to decide whether to take the leap now or wait– perhaps they wanted to acquire more capital, experience or connections. Given how common this predicament is, we asked some successful business owners to reflect back on whether they wish they had started sooner or waited for a better time. Jai
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Signing with an Agent
Do you have a manager, agent or representative who helps you sign or close deals? Why or why not? If you do have one, how did you find them and how did you know they were the right one for you? These are some of the questions we asked some very talented folks from
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Ideas: how did you know this was the one
Starting a business or creative project is scary for many reasons, but one that is often overlooked is the anxiety related to whether this is really “the one.” To some, this isn’t a valid consideration while to others this is the only consideration. Some argue that what you work on, along with who you
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Meet Heather Spadaro
We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Heather Spadaro. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Heather below. Heather, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Being a business owner can be really hard sometimes. It’s rewarding, but most business owners we’ve spoken sometimes think about what it would…
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Meet Ivan Ospina
We're excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ivan Ospina. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with Ivan below. Ivan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your
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Meet Robert Cardenas
We're excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Robert Cardenas. We hope you'll enjoy our conversation with Robert below. Robert, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Let’s jump into the story of starting your own firm – what should we know? Nearly 10 years ago, I
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Meet Heather Hicks
We recently connected with Heather Hicks and have shared our conversation below. Heather, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what
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Meet Brad Kittel
We were lucky to catch up with Brad Kittel recently and have shared our conversation below. Brad, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Are you able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? More millionaires are
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Meet Deniz Benba
Alright - so today we've got the honor of introducing you to Deniz Benba. We think you'll enjoy our conversation, we've shared it below. Deniz, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Coming up with the idea is so exciting, but then comes the hard part – executing. Too
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Meet Bhavisha Prajapati
We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Bhavisha Prajapati a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below. Bhavisha, appreciate you joining us today. When you’ve been a professional in an industry for long enough, you’ll experience an industry-wide U-Turn, an instance where the consensus completely flips upside down or where the “best
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Meet Eva Santelli
We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Eva Santelli a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below. Eva, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. What's been the most meaningful project you've worked on? Definitely the seed library I built at my school after noticing a gap
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Meet Angelo Keene
We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Angelo Keene a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below. Hi Angelo, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about one of the craziest things you’ve experienced in your journey so far. Many years ago, my job involved going to a couple of remote
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Do you ever think about getting a “regular” job instead?
What even is a “regular” job? Semantics aside, the heart of our question is about those moments when the stress of entrepreneurship is mounting – do you ever sit back and wonder what if you had just been working for someone else, what life would have been like without all the stress? Evan Lossing I’m undeniably
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Getting started: how they got their first clients
One of the most important things an aspiring entrepreneur can do is validate their idea by finding a client. For first time entrepreneurs, this can often feel intimidating and so we’re hoping that by sharing stories of how others before them have found their first client we can make it feel less daunting. Below,
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Storytime: customer appreciation
Our Storytime series is based on the premise that stories are one of the most powerful ways to learn and so this series explores topics we think matter greatly to the success of small business owners and artists and creatives. One of those topics is showing customers that you appreciate them because there is
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First dollar earned as a creative
Earning that first dollar is incredibly special and a moment many never forget. We asked some very talented creatives from the community to tell us the story of the first dollar they earned from their creative works. Young Rich Boy YRB My First Big Bag I’ll Say Would Be When I Opened Up For Moneybagg Yo
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Looking back, do you wish you had taken the leap sooner?
The uncertainty of entrepreneurship causes many entrepreneurs to put off starting their business. For others, losing a job or other economic hardships push them starting their businesses earlier than expected. In our conversations with thousands of entrepreneurs we’ve seen so much variety in when, how and why people started their business and so we
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Buckle up: the wildest stories you’ll hear today
It’s wild out there and the struggle is real. Entrepreneurship is no joke, everyday is a new challenge, a new up, a new down, it never stops. The action, the drama, the energy is addictive and it’s why so many never want to retire from entrepreneurship. We’ve asked some very talented entrepreneurs to share
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Storytime: heartwarming stories from the community
We LOVE a good story, especially when it’s a heartwarming one. Below, you’ll hear some amazing stories from incredible business owners, practitioners, and creatives and artists. Peter Alexander We had a new patient call us, let’s call her Sam. Sam had been in debilitating upper back pain for more than 10 years. It all started with
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