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If you've never heard of what an escape room is, you can watch one in action by Chris Evan, the real life Captain America, find it on YouTube. Jennifer Jones and her husband, Robert, first experienced an escape room while on vacation. At the ti
When Kit & Rosie first tried Forrest Yoga, the experience transformed them. Yoga helped them get in tune with themselves and overcome personal barriers. The experience was so transformational that Kit decided to give up his successful hair salo
At the height of the economic recession, Lori's husband lost is electrical contracting job. With no other options, Lori and Anthony started Virtuoso Home Improvement as a way to try to make ends meet. Anthony did the marketing, sales, and field
Anthony's story provides a great example of what it really means to sink or swim. He lost his job as an electrical contractor when his boss committed suicide during the economic crash. No contractors were hiring and he had bills to pay. He had
When I do an interview with a small business owner, there's usually some sort of theme that tends to stand out. In this case, I was impressed with Doug's knowledge of his market and customers. He really understood some of the unique characteris
Starting a side business (or "Side Hustling") is something that seems to get a lot of attention now-a-days. There are a number of podcasts dedicated to it (ex: Side Hustle Nation with Nick Loper and Side Hustle School with Chris Guillebeau--wh
In 2013 Danielle started blogging about her experience with infertility and motherhood on her blog Today's the Best Day. Tyson saw what she was doing and was inspired by the message she was sharing. Danielle attended blogger conferences and con
In 2010, Brooke started blogging about food and photography as a hobby. She spent a summer going from restaurant to restaurant in West Yellowstone, taking pictures of her food, and writing about her experiences. Although she kept at it and ex
Hey Good People of the Internet! I spent last weekend at a business conference in San Diego by Nick Unsworth and his team at Life on Fire. It was such an amazing experience that I decided to venture away from my typical program to share some o
David founded El Squanto Beards first out of necessity and then out of opportunity. He started growing a beard and experienced some discomfort and irritation. He was unable to find any products on the market that helped. So he made his own. The
Nick was working as a manager for a successful corporation in China. In case you've not heard, China has a reputation for pollution (sorry China, but you can be kind of gross in that way). Unfortunately, Nick's son started having some health co
Davis read a newspaper article about an entrepreneur who used his skills and knowledge to help the less fortunate. Davis clipped the article and carried it with him. Later, Davis was at a conference and saw this entrepreneur getting on an eleva
Landvoice by Domega provides sales leads to various industries--with an emphasis in real estate--by aggregating information scattered throughout the web and packaging it into useful and digestible formats. Jake started as an employee of Landvoi
It's BYU month at SMBstories. Spencer was at BYU to become a doctor but the entrepreneur bug got to him. In the summer of 2012, Spencer and his cousin met a doctor who repaired an ATV with medical casting tape. This gave them the idea that th
Hi Everyone! It's been a while but I'm happy to announce that I'm bringing the show back. In this episode, I talk about where I've been and my plans for the future. I also ask myself the same questions I ask my guests--how I got started, chall
Rob started his career as an attorney in a big law firm where all the business end was figured out for him. As a lawyer, he worked with clients in the franchise world. Working with these client inspired him to jump into the franchise world hims
You may recognize him as the designer of the hit game Super Meat Boy or from the award winning documentary Indie Game: the Movie(available on Netflix). Edmund McMillan is a game designer and was passionate about his art. Making a living develop
Nick Ruiz started his real estate business from scratch at 19 and had massive success. Then the market crashed and he lost everything. But he was able to take the lessons he learned from this experience and bounced back even stronger.What you’
Eric Bandholz and his team are building Beardbrand from the ground up by bootstrapping their business. They've found success in reaching their unique target market. Eric shares how the business got to where it is today and how you can get your
Brad Wachter completely replaced his corporate executive income within one year of starting his own recruiting business. He wants you to know that you can do that too. Some of the things you'll hear are:What made him want to leave the corpora
Brian Nielson was out with his daughter on a walk one evening when a car sped by without noticing him and his stroller. He realized that strollers needed to be more visible. He then created Jacootie Light - The Original Stroller Headlight. Some
What were you doing as a teenager? Abrianna started her business as an 18 year old. She asked for time off from her job at Subway so she could participate in a scholarship trip for college. They did give her time off, but the only problem was t
Matt McGovern started World Fighting Championships as a side business and grew it into his full-time gig. World Fighting Championships promotes Mixed-Martial Arts events. Matt was a successful employee in the sports promotion industry, a succes
Santa Claus has come to Small Business Stories! Listen to John Hanks share his stories about playing the iconic role of Santa and other insights into the acting industry.
Justin flipped $120k of debt into a successful business by flipping houses. Man, that is such a creative line. Good job me! Justin overcame several challenges and is using his business to fulfill his personal dreams and to help others in his co
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