Keep Going: Small Business Motivation

Some people enter the small business world knowing this is what they were meant to do. Suzy was not that person. But when her husband proposed that they open one of the first coffee shops in Ogden, Utah, she agreed. And together, they created a business that did more than sell delicious beverages. Listen as Suzy shares how she and her husband grew Grounds for Coffee into a collaborative franchise with a focus on building community. 

Website: https://www.groundsforcoffee.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groundsforcoffee40th/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ogdengroundsforcoffee

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 Adam was on the safe route. He had graduated from college, had a job at a bank, and he and his wife were ready to buy their first house. But when he was suddenly laid off, Adam realized the safe route wasn't actually all that safe. But this rug-pull moment led to something good: an opportunity for Adam to find his dream job in the food industry. Listen as Adam shares how he began his business: Waffle Love.  

Website: https://wafflelove.com/

Instagram: @wafflelove

Facebook: @waffleloveutah

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At first, Jessi wasn't a potter. In fact, she actively avoided ceramics and focused on two-dimensional art instead. But as she pursued her fine arts degree, she was required to take a ceramics class. What followed was an unexpected love for creating hand-thrown pottery and an opportunity to find a career she loved in the arts. Listen as Jessi shares how she became the studio manager at Hanselmann Pottery.
Instagram: @Hanselmannpottery
Website: https://hanselmannpottery.com/
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"Copper is a metal that really doesn't get enough credit for how beautiful it is and how strong it is," Alexi explains. And if there's anyone who could appreciate this statement after going through so much tragedy and difficulty to start a business, it would be Alexi. Listen as she explains how she began her award-winning, mobile bartending service: The Hammered Copper. 

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• @hammered.copper
• @cocktail.collective
• @melanated.mixologist 
• @historyofdrinking

• @hammered.copper
• @cocktailcollect

• Cocktail Collective: [email protected]
• Hammered Copper: [email protected]
• History of Drinking: [email protected]

After retiring as a hairdresser, Nannette had finally achieved her culinary dreams when she was hired as the head baker at the Dessert Factory. But when the restaurant went out of business, Nannette decided it might be time to try opening her own bakery. Listen as Nannette shares how she began her own business: Nana's Sugar Shack.

Website: https://www.nanassugarshack.com/
Facebook: Nana's Sugar Shack
Instagram: @nanas_sugarshack

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 Sheena was born with a love for fitness. But when her gymnast days came to an end, she began looking for other challenging forms of exercise. Little did she know that she would not only become a top-ranked CrossFit athlete, but she would own a CrossFit gym. Listen as Sheena shares the ups, downs, and everything in between of what it takes to be a small business owner.

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Tara had experienced the culinary career of a lifetime. As the food editor for Martha Stewart Living and the food director for Ladies’ Home Journal magazine, Tara had created numerous recipes, articles, and food styling for books, television, and adverting. But when a shift in advertising trends caused Tara to leave the food magazine industry, she turned to a new avenue to exercise her food expertise: blogging. Listen as Tara shares what led her to starting her own food blogging business, Tara Teaspoon.

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 It was the scariest graph Bennett had ever seen—the hospital admissions due to self harm among girls ages 5 to 11 years old. According to the graph, girls in this age range were 189 percent more likely to be admitted to the hospital for self harm than they were five years ago. As a father of two girls, Bennett decided to do what he could to help decrease these numbers. And so he bought a cookie company. Listen as Bennett shares how he uses his company Dirty Dough to provide resources for improving mental health among communities and his employees.

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Gary always loved to work. In fact, for years he worked a full-time job while roofing houses on the side. So when he hit his limit working at a corporate job, Gary decided it was time to make a change. Listen as Gary shares how he began his roofing business, Rands Roofing. 

 Tai had already gone through the Herculean task of launching her business, Organizely, in 2021. But as the pandemic continued through 2022, she started to receive more and more requests for a job training program she had created through Organizely. As these requests persisted, she noticed a pattern: they could be better served with a video. And what better place to post these videos than Linkedin? And why not make these videos live? Listen as Tai shares how this idea of combining live videos on Linkedin lead to her next business—Lively.

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