When Jessica Parks opened her new spa business (Serendipity Day Spa) earlier this month, her goal was to provide a unique experience for customers that transcended a basic massage. Parks believes she’s found a winning formula to distinguish her spa from others using a medical-level, therapeutic spa experience designed to relieve stress, reduce pain, and
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David McCormick Jr. and Peggy Schifano are natives of Morgantown, West Virginia, who wanted to start a business that would become a fixture in their community. With backgrounds in marketing and interior design, McCormick and Schifano put their collective expertise together and opened Omega Commercial Interiors, a furniture business specializing in the designing and furnishing
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After spending nine years in the floral business, proprietors/siblings Rachael Price and Becky Simmons are expanding their operation to bridal wear. Tre Bella is based in Durham, North Carolina, and has morphed into a bridal wear and floral boutique. The business was doing so well as a standalone florist that the sisters seized an opportunity
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If you enjoy floral arrangements and baked goods, then Baked Bouquet is right up your alley. The shop is a hybrid bakery/floral business selling warm baked cakes topped with buttercream frosting designed in the shape of floral arrangements placed in glass vases. Baked Bouquet makes these delicious arrangements for every occasion from weddings to birthdays,
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Doctors Sandra Surch and Allison Vennard were from two different backgrounds, but the common bond that brought them together was their affinity for animals. That connection motivated the two to open Livingston Veterinary Clinic, a full-service pet hospital in Howell, Michigan, that offers everything from preventative care for dogs and cats to surgical care and
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Members of the Silver Lake, Kansas, community were in search of dental services after the town’s lone dentist retired after twenty plus years in the business. With the area devoid of a dental practice, Dr. Mike Michel (a resident of Topeka, Kansas) decided to step up and open a second location in Silver Lake
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Four full-time working moms in the town of Kewaunee, Wisconsin, have joined forces to create a women’s and children’s clothing boutique called Pretty Please. The idea for the store developed from the four moms (Sandy Morton, Terry Schleis, Karen Kinjerski and Rani Stangel) who believed the area needed a fun place to shop that’s convenient
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Stacy Bannor use to run an in-home day care business in Des Moines, Iowa, and would routinely purchase toys for the kids she looked after. Bannor didn’t think the toys in her daycare were conducive to stimulating the kid’s imagination and creativity, so she took matters into her own hands and started a toy business.
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Sarah Calhoun worked outdoors for a number of years in uncomfortable men’s work apparel that didn’t fit. So she decided to appeal to the outdoor working women of the world and launched Red Ants Pants, a business that specializes in workpants for women who work in all outdoor industries from landscaping to welding. The
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Starting a business isn’t easy, and Joe Sciarrone knows this from personal experience. Sciarrone got his start as a plumber working for a local HVAC (heating, ventilation, air condition) and plumbing services company, but wanted to take a different path in life. Sciarrone went into business for himself and opened Carefree Comfort, a full-service HVAC
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