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You’ve always wanted to get to know your favorite local business owners. But with everyone’s busy schedules, it can be hard to actually sit down and chat with each other and learn about the dreams, setbacks, successes, failures, and everything in between! All of which help shape us into the humans we are today.The Sincerely, Your Small Business podcast is your window into the lives and identities of small business owners that you support year-round. What inspires them, what makes them tick, and what has helped them grow as business owners, parents, community members, and friends.It’s a way to get to know them, so that when you DO run into one another at the grocery store, park, or place of business, you’ll know that at the end of the day, we can all build relationships and connect with one another through shared experiences.
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This episode originally aired in January of 2023.Born in Manila, the tiniest bit strange and a lot dramatic, PK Ross was probably meant for a life of crime boss’ mistress. Just kidding. Not about the Manila part; she was definitely born there.Hers is a typical tale of an Asian immigrant child whose only proper destiny was doctor or lawyer. But as luck would have it, after completing a degree in Biology, with a focus on genetics, at UVA, she lost herself in the culinary world.One of her part-t...
Tina Page is the founder of Palm + Petal Creative, based out of Maui, Hawaii. Her line is inspired by the islands. Palm + Petal Creative creates sustainable apparel and coastal-themed home decor. You can find her products in boutiques and resorts throughout Hawaii or through her online shop. Tina and her husband are originally Virginia natives, but now Maui is a place they feel grateful to call home and raise their two children.Listen to this episode as Tina shares her expe...
Do you know anyone who gives off ALL the high energy and joy? How do you connect more with those joyful parts of yourself, and set boundaries around the things that don’t fill your cup? On this episode, I got to chat with Sarah about lessons that Covid has taught us, what it means to tap into what truly makes you happy as a parent and business owner, and how family values play a role in the amount of work we take on.About Sarah:"For as long as I can remember, I have had a passion for understa...
Tiffany Nguyen loves throwing parties and, more importantly, bringing people together. And now? She’s taken the plunge and launched her own business, doing what I absolutely love – creating memorable gatherings.As a mother of four wonderful kids and the wife of an entrepreneur, Tiffany is well acquainted with the demands of juggling multiple moving parts, multitasking, and (by the grace of God) managing to get dinner on the table… most nights. One of her favorite activities—apart from engagin...
This encore episode was originally launched in October of 2022. Enjoy!Chris is a baker based in the Charlottesville area, doing pop-ups all over central Virginia. She’s inspired by Americana and diversity, using local ingredients and her knowledge from fine dining to execute menus that change weekly. She’s originally from The San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Johnson & Wales University for an AA in baking and pastry, and a BS in Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship. Listen in as C...
Yolonda Coles Jones, also known as The Calm and Thrive Coach, is an internationalconscious relationship expert and empowered living coach. She helps reactive, drained,distracted and anxious people learn to be more at home, at peace and in unconditional Love with themselves and others so they can be more present in more of the moments that make up this one precious and beautiful life.Learn more about and connect with Yolonda Coles Jones below:Website: www.YolondaJonesCreative.comInstagram: @yo...
Emily Wool is a printmaker and surface designer, working out of her home studio in Crozet, VA. Her business Emily Ruth Prints strives to create beautiful and functional items inspired by nature and to honor Emily's core values of sustainability, transparency, and curiosity.Hear Emily share lessons she's learned as a small business owner, including embracing her identity as an artist, balancing between her passions and running a business, and staying genuine to who she is as a business owner.F...
Critter Butts is the dream of queer, neurodivergent sweethearts Dylan & Joan. Since 2021, their work has been an ever-evolving representation of their spicy brains, their identity as transgender queers, the creatures they turn to for joy, and the humor that keeps them afloat in the midst of a crumbling culture.Listen to this episode as Joan and Dylan share their thoughts and experiences around:- being aware that you're neurodivergent and how that plays a role in the way you run your busin...
Listen to this episode as Elisabeth shares her thoughts on: deciding NOT to grow a business as fast as possible, and instead be stable (while still pushing the envelope); and our capacity to take larger risks when we take into account our "track records".Elisabeth’s boutique PR firm Golden Word specializes in its own special brand of PR, which they trademarked as: “talk like a human.” Pitching new business and editors with their signature mix of insightful strategy and real empathy, the all-w...
Allison Egidi is a certified pediatric sleep coach and founder of Sleep and Wellness Coach. Her primary area of focus is sleep for newborns through early elementary-age children. She offers 1:1 virtual consultations and online courses and workshops. She also provides parents with weekly educational content on her podcast, How Long 'Til Bedtime.Listen in as Allison talks about the humbling experience of parenting, what it's like to grow a team, and learn a series of questions to ask yourself e...
Helping others is what sparks joy in Susan. Her experience as a Birth Doula in Honduras and Ireland led her to train in massage in 2017. After giving birth to her daughter in 2020, she holds a deep connection working with women in the prenatal and postpartum periods. Her favorite sessions are Thai massage and she’s beginning to incorporate more herbs into her practice!In 2021, she quit her full-time spa job and opened her business, Latitude Massage. What she thought would be a solo-preneur en...
Carolyn Leasure is who you turn to when you want to fill your business with ideal clients – and still have a life offline.With SmallBiz Sidekick, she provides web design, messaging, & integrations for solopreneurs, service providers, & coaches who think “tech” is a scary word. Carolyn lays the groundwork for the smoothest online experience ever for you and your clients, helping your biz grow with ease. She believes that your brand, design + tech should work for you—not drain the ...
What do you do when you meet a friend who shares your same dreams, energy level, and passions? Why you start a business of course!Chelsea and Flannery met through the small business network of Crozet and immediately started hosting pop-up markets together to encourage and support a variety of female entrepreneurs in and around Crozet. What started as a small side hustle quickly became a dream for a shared retail space to house their two businesses, Bluebird Bookstop and Fancy & Nell. They...
Katie was born and raised in Orange County, California and in 2008, she moved to Sonoma County to pursue her bachelor's degree in Biology and found a passion for the health and wellness industry. By 2011, Katie became both an ACE certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor and was managing both the Group Ex and Training Department at Sonoma State University.After moving to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2016, she decided to make her dream of creating her own studio a reality! Katie...
Dr. Tamara Wilkerson Dias is an instructional designer, curriculum developer, and organizational leader with a background in learning and development across corporate, nonprofit, and K-12 educational spaces. She began her career in education, shifting into leadership development, professional coaching and consulting. Dr. Dias then transitioned to a grassroots nonprofit as CEO, focusing on the retention of educators.Her expertise and leadership garnered national recognition, and she was named ...
How often do you compare your old with your new self, and how are you showing up as your "whole self", whether it's for work or family? Listen to this episode as Holly and Ellen share about those things, as well as vulnerability with clients, what it's been like to give and receive support with your business partner, and journeying through money-mindset as female entrepreneurs.Holly Kennedy, LPC, PMH-C and Ellen Jones, M.Ed., PMH-C, are co-founders of Mother Tree Wellness - a coaching practic...
What does "resiliency" mean to you? Listen in as Daniel shares about what that word means to him, and what it can look like to forge your unique path of small business ownership.Daniel Perry was introduced to jam-making 20 years ago and never looked back. 15 years ago, a year out of college, he started a jam business. He bought a tent at K-Mart, borrowed a table, and set up a booth at the Farmers Market behind his Grandmother's Oldsmobile. He sold a handful of jars and his life was forever ch...
Marc Boston is a children’s book author, and ordained minister. His stories emphasize the importance of diversity and inclusion and reflect on topics surrounding definitions of family values, and self-empowerment.Marc has published several picture books and was awarded grants from The Virginia Humanities, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, and the Memory Project of the University of Virginia to author books for children and adults which increase diversity and inclusion to community pr...
Alex Theriault, owner of Dogwood Refillery, a “Conscious Market”, followed her passion for sustainability to shift her career from corporate finance to small business ownership. Alex’s approach to Dogwood Refillery is based on the triple bottom line: people, and planet before profit; her priority is to educate the community about sustainable habits and curate an eco-conscious product offering. From non-toxic home cleaning and personal care refills to easy swaps for every day, you can find mos...
Jen Siomacco (they/them) has been working in digital marketing, tech and user experience for more than 10 years. In 2020, Jen founded a small digital marketing agency in Charlottesville, VVITCH Digital, and since then they and their team of skilled creatives have helped more than 40 small businesses achieve their marketing goals. As a queer and disabled business owner themselves, Jen loves any opportunity to advocate for accessibility and inclusivity in their work.Listen in as Jen shares thei...
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