How did you come up with the idea for your business?

It takes a lot more than an idea to build a business, but there can’t be a business without the idea. So we asked folks who’ve built wonderful businesses to tell us about how they came up with the idea in the first place.

Kamille Byrd | Recruitment Manager and CEO of Mindset Learners

I came up with the idea of my business based on my personal hobbies. With leadership development coaching, the summer going into my senior year of high school, I enrolled in the Toast Masters program. There I was able to learn the art of public speaking. With those skills, I was able to truly soar within my undergrad major: Communication Studies. Read more>>

Alexandra Mendez | Owner and founder of AKMDazzlingEvents

All my life, My family has always been big on celebrating birthdays. Were a pretty big Hispanic family who likes to party and take pictures. So as a little girl my mom and aunt would always decorate all of our parties, but then my aunt started to learn how to do balloon garlands and later showed me. Read more>>.

Olamide Afolabi | Founder & Technical Project Manager

Start Saying More is an idea that I have had since 2012. Following some life events, I found myself in a situation where the best option for myself was to visit a therapist. At the time, the only option that I had was the therapists that were bring provided by my University. While my assigned counselor was well meaning, I didn’t feel that I was able to get the most out of it because she didn’t have experience with *my* issues. Read more>>