Our community is comprised of some absolutely brilliant entrepreneurs and so we asked a few of them to tell us the story of how they came up with the ideas for their business.

Lizeth Rea-Soto | Herbalist & Advocate for Black & Latino Community

2020, post Covid, was a year that took everyone by the storm and many of us lost a lot that year but many of us also found ourselves at the same time. We had a lot of time to self-reflect, have many overdue one on one talks with self and while we could look at things through the lens of loss and devastation, I like to look at this situation like the Rise of the Phoenix. Read more>>

Robert Stanley | Owner/CEO

My idea started out of love , I use my business to help raise awareness to help free my grandfather from prison after 53 years away from his family. I am named after from grandfather and we never physically met each other. Private Person was established with the intent to spread love and make action. Private person means self-care , self-love and loving the world around us. Read more>>

Mandy Fisher | Gardener

Years back as a new homeowner I was met with the challenge of maintaining my property. I had certain criteria for a landscape or gardening company and realized that the specialized services that I wanted weren’t easy to find. I wanted to be able to maintain my gardens using no power or low power tools and hand removal of weeds, but above all I did not want any pesticide or herbicide use on my property. Read more>>