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NAICS: 448 Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Description: bridal dresses/bridal accessories
The bridal dresses market is not highly competitive and thus has more margin for profit. I have done extensive research before I started the company to determine which market is most profitable. I have always had a passion for design and beauty, I created the company with a small dream of doing what I am most passionate for. Along with my understanding in the significant role a wedding dress plays in every girl’s heart, I started the company. The company didn’t start with a lot of capital and was only intended for a small scale business, I am lucky to have all the unexpected success I have achieved. Nowadays, as my bridal dress company grows, I realize that other competitors in the same industry are using such cheap materials to maximize their profit. For me, I always insist the product’s quality and guess’s satisfaction in order to my initial goal.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 12:34:59
NAICS: 336 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Description: Transportation
My sister had a company similar to mine and I used to work there until one day she encouraged me to create my own. I saw how her business was heading up and I decided to start locally in which by the 1st year I was already transporting in 3 different states California, Arizona and Nevada. However, my initial goal was to make money and I administered the profit to the best of my ability to expand my business, I bought 2 more trucks which at first it made me lose some money for the cost of them trucks. By the end of my second year I was making 32% more of my first year because the demand was so high I had to spend more money on keeping the transportation on time by buying more trucks and hiring more employees,
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 12:28:14
NAICS: 541 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Description: Building inspector
I started this company because I enjoy helping with people. I found a strong need in the marketplace for our services. With my background and talent for inspections I saw this as a great opportunity to use my experience and talents. MY background has a lot to do with being a handy man, Plummer, real estate, and a member of American home shield. Given my talents and background, I found home inspecting to me a suitable company that I can progress and be the best at. When I started this company, my goal was to produce the best inspection possible with the latest techniques and technology. And now a lot of people look at me as the best in the business and I am referred by a lot of people.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 10:30:15
NAICS: 238 Specialty Trade Contractors
Description: Carpet Installation
Well I got into this business very young. I was still in high school and my dad wanted me to get a job, atleast one the weekends. We had a family friend that needed an assistant for carpet installation, so I just said yeah why not I'll do it for a little while until I find something else. I quickly picked up the trade and got very good at it. I learned everything there was to know about the job and realized that I was making good money. I remained an assistant for about 2 years or so. That is when the wheels started turning and I came to realize that I would be making a lot more money if I ventured off on my own and created my own business. I talked to my boss and he gave me his blessing, told me that I was ready, and that was enough motivation to move forward.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 04:13:27
NAICS: 333 Machinery Manufacturing
Description: Custom merchandise / screen printing shop
It started as a hobby in our garage in our home back in 2005. My brother and I were just printing shirts for fun. And then the company itself was born out of necessity. At the time, we were in a band that was starting to do well and had recently been signed to an independent record label. We needed merchandise but because we grew up in the punk DIY scene, we figured we could do it ourselves too. So we started printing our own merchandise and at shows the other bands and our friends would start asking us to print their merch as well. Eventually a light bulb went off in my head- I took on a sales role and my brother was production. Just a two man team in a garage printing shirts. I utilized our band's popular MySpace page to promote our screen printing services and bring in new customers.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-22 01:50:53
NAICS: 611 Educational Services
Description: we provide gymnastics lessons for competition teams and recreatio
When I asked my mentor what made her get into the business of gymnastics, she told me that she did gymnastics as child as well as all of her children and that she coached them herself along with her husband. After a long time of renting gyms so she could train her children she decided to buy a gym so she could do what she loved for the rest of her life. So she bought a gym that already had been established and worked on it to make it a better gym for all ages of children to come and learn gymnastics.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-21 22:28:58
NAICS: 452 General Merchandise Stores
Description: video game store
Well I’ve always had a passion for this kind of business since I was a little boy, it’s always been something that has caught my eye you know. I was studying to become an architect at first, but I realized I had no passion for that type of career; don’t get me wrong, I mean architect is a great career to work in but it’s a lot of work and it wasn’t fun for me most of the time. My father wanted me to pursue a career in architect, but I had to think for myself and decide if this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. That’s what helped me decide on just starting my own business in something that I actually had a passion for. I love my job and I don’t repent on making my decision in starting this kind of business for myself. I never get bored here at work, sure we have our slow days but it’s never boring for me.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-21 21:02:13
NAICS: 611 Educational Services
Description: We Give, share, and Design
I discovered my entrepreneurial spirit when I was 12 years old when I began selling my used skateboard equipment to my friends at school and local skate parks. At 16, I received a book called Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki from my best friends dad who was a real estate investor. This book is what pulled open the blinds for me and showed me a different path that wasn’t being taught in school. I began seeking new opportunities to make money, which led to having my own mobile car detailing, launching two clothing lines, getting involved in the real estate market, and hosting nightclub events with friends. But, I had the most life transformational experience when I joined a network marketing company, and had the opportunity to work with an army of young, ambitious, and driven individuals who were just like me. Individuals who found themselves in the teenage wasteland looking for an opportunity to grab on to and prove not only to themselves, but to society that they can amount to great heights. With the amount of knowledge, wisdom, and experiences I gained over the three years of climbing the ranks within the company, God/Universe gave me the vision of sharing this invaluable information with our future leaders of tomorrow. One thing lead to another, The Mastermind Collective was born and began to become shaped and molded into what we are today.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-21 20:40:23
NAICS: 321 Wood Product Manufacturing
Description: Pallet Manufacturing and repair
I reluctantly began working with my father in his used pallet repair and sales business. After three years of working part time with him, I began to be involved more and more with the administrative side of the business. I realized that there was a lot of wasted energy and opportunities were not being taken advantage of. Speaking English was not a very good skill possessed by my father, so I began to interpret and translate business negotiations between him and his clientele. My father saw me doing his business with very little problem and decided to make me his purchasing and selling agent. My dad rewarded me with a substantial raise and told me I had a knack for business and for the next 45 years I have been an owner of a pallet company. My initial goal was to become an actor.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-21 20:22:22
NAICS: 448 Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Description: skate shop/clothing
3) Ever since high school I wanted to have my own brand and be recognize for having my own style. In high school I would cut and sew my own shirts and spray paint my own stencils. I guess in a way this business found me and not the other way around. The biggest problem I faced during my high school years is that I didn’t have the sufficient funds for starting my own brand. So what I started doing was I began working with people that already had their brand going and I did this to try to get some tips and advice from them on what was it that I needed to do in order to get myself started in the industry. Eventually I was able to make my own brand to better identify what I was trying to do with my own creativity and style. My ultimate goal now is to not see people wearing the same thing as other people, but in fact to help people find and create their own style of clothing through my brand.
Date Submitted: 2014-10-21 19:48:55
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