We asked folks we admire to tell us about what they want their legacy to be. Check out their responses below.

Tatyana Watkins | Visual Artist & Entrepreneur

I knew from a young age, around fifteen, that I didn’t wanna work for anyone else. I knew the concept of entrepreneurship and that if I were to have a job that I truly loved, I would have to create it myself. Read more>>

Tatianna Scott | Designer/Content Creator & Dog Mom

From a young age, since middle school to be more exact I’ve always had aspirations of being self sufficient. I would craft my own hair bows and accessories, from there the hobby became more of a passion that I really sought out to become my permanent reality. On top of that I eventually saw the potential of this little passion of mine to become an entrepreneurial right of passage, fueling my interest in starting my own business. Read more>>

Maurice Costello | Music Producer & Clothing Brand

The process was actually simple, the idea of creating my own music and having a company that I knew I could run how I wanted, giving talented people a chance was always the mindset. I took the time to really learn my craft and spent the necessary time to perfect what I wanted to do. Read more>>

LaTrecia Chambry | Licensed Esthetician, Laser Practitioner & BBA

I want to be great for myself not my employer. I chose this career to help others and afford the lifestyle I deserve. Continuing to help someone else’s practice, name and wealth thrive only secured a pay check that is not equal to the time and care I give. It’s time to be great for ME. Read more>>

Rashad David | Manager

Ownership has always been something on all of our minds so that we could maximize our earnings and create a legacy that none of us had the luxury of growing up with especially as African Americans. Bryant, Devontae, Gabe, and Marcus have all been working individual in various music spaces but all felt that they could be accomplishing more to an extent. Read more>>

Joey Webster | Serial Entrepreneur & Balloon Artist

I began balloon twisting in restaurants in high school and quickly realized the income generating potential that came along with the low time commitment involved. With the help of HOPE scholarship and my new found hobby, I worked my way through college without student loans, teaching my friends about balloon twisting along the way. Read more>>

Joseph Aguirre | Owner Of Thinking Tacos LLC

I moved to Boise from Las Vegas in Jan 2016. One thing that jumped out to me downtown were the food vendors outside. One thing I noticed they didnt have were street tacos. I had a friend whos a 5 star chef with a catering business at the time and he had a food cart he hardly used. Read more>>

Dalle Garcia | Business Building Creative, Funding & Multi-Family Investor, Passive Income Strategist

As a natural creative my spirit has always been entrepreneurial even before I understood. Having vision along with the desire to help people. My thought pattern and execution always surrounded itself on solving problems. Always had people tell me their issue and most of the time I had a solution. That is my Super Power. Read more>>

Shonivia Edwards | Boutique Owner and Entrepreneur

I had no intentions on being a boutique owner, but I was literally at one of my lowest points on how I felt about my body and then I was talking to my Pastor who felt lead to tell me that I would be stepping into fashion to help women. It was in that moment God showed me why, there are so many women not comfortable or confident in who they are, and I wanted to be “OUR SOLVE”. Read more>>

Curate Life LLC | Rhyan WIlliams, Jamia Scranton, Kristyn Owens – Owners

The three of us started this business in a living room with stamps in our passport and a love for traveling abroad. In order to channel our shared passion, we created Curate Life, LLC as a service that empowered others to experience the same travel joys we did. We intended to curate trips that mixed relaxation & excitement, had hints of luxury, and gave opportunities to learn about different cultures & to network with various types of people. Read more>>

Chan & AK Knight | Juice Company Owners

Going through self depression, depletion, detachment, and divorce, I realized that a detox from negative nouns was needed in order to reach my destiny. As I experienced a 23 day juice cleanse (all juice, no food), I was convinced people across the world would benefit greatly from the concept of detoxing. 6 months to a year later, the journey was embarked upon and Perfect Pear was established in 2016. Read more>>

Monique Scott | CEO of Love Forever Ambitious Beauty LLC

My thought process behind starting my own business was the importance of financial freedom while creating generational wealth. When I started, I was mainly focusing on increasing revenue and paying off debt. Read more>>

Tanya Graham | Founder

I started my business, Life Maid Easy, Inc., in December of 2017. I had been cleaning professionally part-time for a year and a half. I realized my side job was turning into a real business. I began with six clients. I cleaned those homes alone. Word spread that I was meticulous and reliable. Read more>>

Richard Sullivan | Freelance Artist

My path to starting my own business was a bit unorthodox. I was released from the Braves after playing 5 years of minor league baseball and decided to go back to SCAD to finish my senior year. I was shell shocked coming out of baseball and only thing I knew I needed to do was finish school and see what happened after that. Read more>>

Royal Highnies | Allison Moore and LeighAnn Yates, Co-founders

Our family has been in the textile business in Flintstone, GA for generations. Twenty years ago, we discovered this wonderful, airy Pima cotton and knew it was truly special. With so many men in our family it seemed to be a perfect choice to pursue creating a great boxer short. A local manufacturer in Dayton, TN, made a thousand pairs for us that we shared with our friends and family. Read more>>

Chanel Cooper | Jewelry Creater & Motivational Speaker

When I started my first business Bonnie’s Gracious Creations, I did it as a hobby to help me deal with the grief of losing my mother. When I begin posting pictures on social media friends and family wanted to purchase the pieces I created. The second business Graced 2 Overcome started after I begin the process of being healed from grief and other life challenges. Read more>>

Cooper Reed | Producer & Songwriter

It’s crazy to think about how I started making music in the first place. I’m from Oklahoma, and when I was twelve, my interest in scoring films was at its’ peak, and there were no camps, internships, or school events allowed me to do that. Read more>>

Ms. Nancy | Relationship Coach & Adult Pleasure Consultant

I’ve always had a heart, for good relationships. The kind of relationships were each person, is happy and empowered, as both an individual and couple. We live in a society, where selfishness seems to reign supreme, and I wanted to change that. Read more>>

Pauline Faith Gartor | Youth Activist/ Social Entrepreneure/ CEO Girls Care Kit and Founder of the Girls Health Alliance

We started our social enterprise not only because we wanted to give economic independence to our nonprofit, the Girls Health Alliance but the “Girls Care Kit” is an evidence-based and well well-determined approach that practically addresses poor hygiene tragedies among adolescents and school-age girls, and harnesses the untapped resources of vulnerable girls and teen mothers by developing them into entrepreneurs with the kits while giving financial sustainability to Girls Health Alliance in the absence of donor’s grant. Read more>>

Madam Carmen | BDSM practitioner, Mentor, Educator, and Adult Digital Media Producer

My thought process started at 16 when I wanted to be a Porn Director/Adult film producer. I always viewed adult media as a form of art. To see bodies intertwining together, no matter if it was the same people each time, each intertwining was it’s own work of art. Read more>>

Trent Hightower | Writer, Director, Creator

Honestly, necessity. I wanted to create and in that, I needed a space to do that. It’s really hard breaking into the “creative” industry, especially when you’re not from an area that pushes this kind of work. As a minority, being Black and Gay, there aren’t an overwhelmingly supply of stories that I feel represented by. So, I needed a space to create and that’s where my business was born. Read more>>

DAMN Si | DJ & Festival founder

I love music festivals. I recently started Planning MOONSTAR FESTIVAL for my city “Atlanta” To bring the city back together and provide jobs within our community. My main goal was to give the best experience to everyone that will be in attendance and bring back good live music in the city with a taste of POP, HIP HOP, R&B. 2023 is our year, seeing more entertainment come back to our city will bring back the original Atlanta. Read more>>

Lashaias Durrah | CEO of Glow Atlanta Party Rental

My thought process behind starting Glow Atlanta Party Rentals was my children and the need for financial freedom. I knew without a doubt that I wanted to start a business, an asset that I could pass down to my children, for them to continue to profit from after im gone. The thought of staying home and not being bossed around did’nt sound so bad either lol. Read more>>

Dodd Williams | Franchise Owner/Repicci’s Franchising Chief Operations Officer

After having a corporate career for many years I felt it was time for a change. My children were both in college and I was looking for something that would allow me to spend more time at home and operate my own business. Working for many years for different corporations, I felt I had gained the business knowledge to start a venture of my own. Read more>>

Jared Shahn | Photographer/videographer

Well everyone else I knew was doing it so I gave it a try and see what I can do and accomplished did a lot of note taking and got advice on what route I should take Read more>>

Michael and Hope McCree | Social Media Influencers and content creators

We started our Tiktok account just as a way of creating memories and to bond with our children; Jada (15), Maci (11) and Teyon (10). We posted a dance video on New Year’s Eve 2020.. We woke up the next day to a viral video with hundreds of thousands of views and a magnitude of new followers. Read more>>