Scratch Entrepreneur

On this episode we chat with Scott & Abby Noroozi, owners of the Green Nursery. The Green Nursery is a baby boutique with a brick and mortar shop in downtown Bloomington, Indiana and a national renowned online store. What began as a natural herb remedy shop in 2007 has morphed into a baby store with a cult following of cloth diaper aficionados. Theirs is the story that every entrepreneur wants to tell. A good idea, turned into a fledgling business, turned into a great idea, that exploded into a healthy profitable mature business.

Want a Google-like work environment without working for a huge corporation? Coworking is your answer. In this episode Tyler Henke, founder of Cowork Bloomington, gives us a peek into this membership-based community. We’ll explore why collaborative workspaces exist, how Cowork Bloomington got started, and Tyler’s insights on business success.

Have you ever dreamed of starting a business based on something you just love to do? Sure you have. The owners of Cardinal Spirits did to. They loved mixing drinks and their crazy dream was to build a distillery, make hard alcohol, and invent great drinks to mix with their vodkas, rums, and more. So they went for it. In this podcast, Jeff Wuslich shares how their business became legal, what they did next, and whether bourbon can be made outside of Kentucky.

Lifelong musician Jason Wilber joins us to share his story, offer a few secrets to his success, and open up about the vision and timeline around his new solo album.

Adam and Alicia Sweet are proprietors of King Dough Pizza. Like many partnerships, especially when the team includes spouses, they each have specific roles in the operation of their artisanal wood-fired pizza palace. They’ve created a special pizza experience. King Dough is not your mama’s pizza place. In this episode they share how they started King Dough, what they think of crowd sourcing, how trustworthy "farm to food" really is, and the 3 things every new business owner should consider.