smallbusiness

Episode 35. Finding a Niche, Remaining Debt-Free: How Kari Miller Built Tiny Dog Press

Episode 35 with Kari Miller of Tiny Dog Press is about growing a small business at your own pace, and more. When a friend asked Kari Miller to print his wedding invitations, she saw that his fiancé at the time had created an illustration of…

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Episode 34. From Family Recipe to Small Business: How Tiera Chin Built Yorktown Spice

Episode 34 with Tiera Chin of Yorktown Spice is about when a family recipe inspires a small business. In 2021, Tiera Chin was working full-time in the healthcare industry while raising two little daughters, the youngest of which was 4 months old at…

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Episode 33. From Hobby Podcast to Small Business: How Erin Scott Built the Believe in Dog Podcast and Erin Scott Podcasts

Episode 33 with Erin Scott from the Believe in Dog podcast and Erin Scott Podcasts is about when a hobby leads to a small business. In 2019, Erin became a cancer survivor and decided to start saying yes to the ideas that excited her. She started the…

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Episode 32. Mental Challenges & Triumphs in Entrepreneurship: How Rebekah Murray Built Dare & Co.

  Episode 32 of We Built This Life with Rebekah Murray from Dare & Co. is about mental challenges in entrepreneurship—and the rewards that come with getting through them. In 2014, Rebekah Murray, an entrepreneur throughout her adult life, was…

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Episode 31. From Educator to CEO: How Ashley Williams Built Clymb

Episode 31 of the We Built This Life podcast with Ashley Williams from Clymb (@clymb_up) is about persistence and mindfulness and how these two skills were assets as Ashley built her own company. In 2018, Ashley Williams, a former educator and school…

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Episode 30. 6 Small Businesses to Support for Earth Day 2023

Welcome to Episode 30 of the We Built This Life podcast! I’m your host, Jennifer Walker, and I’m talking this week about six small businesses that make low waste or sustainable products and that you can support for Earth Day 2023. I’ll share my…

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Episode 29. How Mandy Memmel Built The Well and Hon’s Honey

Episode 29 of We Built This Life with Mandy Memmel of Hon’s Honey (@honshoney) is about building relationships and community and helping women rise through social enterprise. After spending a decade serving the community of Curtis Bay in Baltimore,…

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Episode 28. How Emma Reisinger Built Yellow House Farm

Episode 28 with Emma Reisinger of Yellow House Farm is about finding your place in the industry that interests you, even if the road is slightly winding to get there. Since 2017, Emma has owned Yellow House Farm, her small business that started as a…

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Episode 27. How Kate Christian Built Bliss Woodworks

Episode 27 is a small business story about saying yes to opportunities and having the courage to follow new paths. After moving to Baltimore in 2014, Kate Christian—who had worked as a business analyst, a boat captain, and as chief operating officer…

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Episode 26. 2022 Small Business Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to Episode 26! For this episode, I’ll talk you through a fun holiday gift guide highlighting 10 small businesses in a few categories: jewelry, planners and stickers, skincare/body care, photos and related products, wood creations, clothes for…

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