Althea Wiles is the owner and creative director of Rose of Sharon Floral Design Studio in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She is also the founder and education director of J Althea Creative, a florist education consulting program. Althea earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hendrix College then completed her Arkansas Master…
Isaac Mashman is a businessman, author, coffee addict, creator, podcast host, private investor, and speaker. Born in Jacksonville, Florida to a lower-income, single-parent household Isaac spent his first 18 years seeing what problems can come with a lack of money and more importantly a lack of healthy beliefs in self…
Chef Serge Krikorian and his wife, Mary Krikorian, started their catering business in 2002 and have been in the family restaurant business since 1994. Having catered thousands of events over the years as Dinner’s Ready, they launched Vibrant Occasions Catering, a new name that more accurately depicts the level of…
Mike Cavallo and Corey Gillum met first through church as Corey’s children were in the youth group Mike was leading. When Mike was ready for a change, he reached out to Corey who owned a business brokerage company in Little Rock, AR. After brokering the sale of a local flea…
Laura Hammarstrom is the founder of Laura Hammarstrom, CMP, LLC, a company that provides a comprehensive suite of professional, customer-focused, on-site event management services. As event manager and travel director, she specializes in VIP experiences, corporate meetings, international conferences, pharmaceutical programs, festivals, and experiential marketing. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur…
Read as much and as often as you can, and be aware of new academic works in related disciplines and how they may articulate with your own interests. Professor Justin Nolan was born and raised in El Dorado, Arkansas, a town he describes as an ethnically and culturally diverse…
If I had to nail down one thing that helps growth, it’s simply to keep on going. One of the faults of today’s lean startup thought process is that many founders give up too soon. Things worth doing don’t happen overnight. Gil Gildner is the cofounder of Discosloth, a…
We do some things that don’t make us revenue, but we do them because they add value to the client experience. Adam Kuettel has enjoyed a lifelong infatuation with financial markets, drawn to businesses and their inner machinations from a very young age. What began as a personal curiosity…
I’ve found that the difference between successful entrepreneurs and everyone else is that they don’t hesitate to try out their ideas. Anthony Johnson is the founder and CEO of American Injury Attorney Group, a company committed to raising awareness of potential claims for people harmed by dangerous drugs, defective metal-on-metal…
Meet Anthony Johnson – CEO of American Injury Attorney Group
[quote style=”boxed”]Identifying the right thing that everyone else says can’t be done. Then apply enough energy and resources to make it so.[/quote] Joe Carter is CEO of Snyder Environmental, Inc., an environmental remediation company based in North Little Rock, Ark. Snyder Environmental provides the safe and compliant remediation of environmental…