small.stories Deep, human-centered profiles that showcase the real story of small business owners’ commitment and resilience to build a business that grows their time, money, and impact. If you know a small business owner whose story deserves to be told, nominate them here! Jenni Strous Knows What Gets You the Interview and What Loses It Jenni Strous did not plan to become a small business owner. She planned to be an HR Practitioner and was, until retrenchment forced a reckoning.Read More → Nthabiseng Mkhize Turned an Abandoned School Field into Soweto’s Organic Farm Nthabiseng Mkhize is not a farmer by training. Before 2019, she and her husband, Gregory, were marketing agents for a vitamin company, building a living far removed from soil and seedlings.Read More → Humairaa Moola Built a Firm for the Entrepreneurs Nobody Was Serving The gap Humairaa Moola set out to bridge does not appear in glossy industry reports. It whispers in the quiet confusion of a small business owner, lost after an accountant’s meeting, nodding along and signing papers they barely grasp, left to make choices in the shadows.Read More → Krista Monson Is Making Sure We Never Forget the Sound of a Voice There is a specific kind of grief that arrives not at the funeral, but years later in the quiet moment when you reach for the sound of someone’s voice and find only silence.Read More → Bessie Barnes Decided Guilt Is Not an Ingredient Health-conscious dessert lovers know the challenge: you want to indulge, but labels send you away empty-handed. Bessie Barnes experienced this too and decided to do something about it.Read More → Fresh from the Ground Up: Paul Masilo Story Some businesses begin with market research. Some begin with a capital.Read More → No More Noodles on the Wall: The Jenn Trepeck Story Jenn Trepeck is the kind of business owner who refuses to be boxed in by one role.Read More → From Passion to Platform: How Annette Burgess Is Putting Small Business Stories on Screen Walk into almost any neighborhood, and you’ll find them: the family-run bakery that’s served the community for decades.Read More → Style as a Lifeline: The Chandra Moore Story The turning point for most small business owners is a market gap, a pitch deck, or a late-night eureka moment.Read More → Turning Waste Into Opportunity: How Sian Young Is Rethinking Sustainability in the Caribbean For Sian C. Young, waste is not just something to discard; it sparks new ideas and drives transformation.Read More → Building Beyond Survival: How Krystle Phillips Is Fixing the Systems Small Businesses Depend On Long before she became a founder, operator, and author, Krystle Phillips understood what it meant to create value.Read More → Bethanie Nonami Is Helping Teams Turn AI Into Real Impact As AI transforms industries, many professionals remain unsure how to harness its full potential.Read More → How George Green Is Building Learning Tools That Help Children Feel Seen George Green creates children’s books and games that invite kids to discover their own stories and cultures, woven into every page and every moment of play.Read More → A Founder’s Journey: Adam Slocum & the National Sports Museum Adam Slocum stands alone on the concrete floor of an empty New York warehouse, envisioning the space alive with interactive exhibits and the energy of future visitors.Read More → Pandemic Project to Creative Powerhouse: Inside Creative House of Art & Design What began as a boredom-fueled pandemic experiment has grown into one of Northern Kentucky’s most vibrant creative spaces.Read More → 1 2 3 Next Page