Our city is home to so many incredible businesses and so we asked the founders how they came up with the ideas for their businesses and have shared their responses below.

Tangie Olayiwola | Teen Girl Life Coach & Speaker

I grew up in a two parent household, but I still felt like something was missing. My father taught me a lot about life and how to be street smart. Mom taught me how to be a lady. However, there was other things that I needed to know that I feel like they looked over. Read more>>

Cherylynn Spence | Yoga Instructor & Entrepreneur

When I noticed the lack of diversity in the yoga spaces online and in many of our local yoga communities as well as the amount of bias received due to the shape, size or difference in black practitioners and teachers alike. Read more>>

Casby Bias | Entrepreneur, Animator & Podcast Producer

As an undergrad, I attended Marquette University. Around my sophomore year in school, I was trying to find a way to express myself creatively on campus. I attempted to have my own comic strips published on campus, but unfortunately, the newspaper and magazine at my school didn’t allow them at the time. Read more>>