Rika Traxler
What inspired me to start my costume design business was a life long journey that started when I was 12, when I first learned Polynesian dance from Kilisitina Vainuku from Samoa. As a dancer, we had to create our own costumes and I fell in love with the culture and beautiful costumes. Read more>>
Steven Herrick
I was a member of the original TechShop in Palo Alto. When I moved to San Diego for retirement, I approached TechShop for a franchise but they had decided to expand directly after some bad experience with another franchisee. I was building a house and need a laser cutter for some customized parts. Read more>>
Rachel Fischer
The idea of Kilowatt Brewing started with Steve Kozyk, Chris Calva, Rachel Fischer, and Adam Vance in a small off the grid cabin in the local Southern California mountains that Steve and Rachel built. We had many discussions, while drinking Chris’s home brew beers, about opening a brewery. Read more>>
Alison Lyons
After I graduated from the University of Florida, I became a career woman in the software industry. With my job I moved to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and finally California. I also traveled quite a lot internationally. I spent 18 years in LA , working mostly in an environment that gave me little time off and too much stress. Read more>>
Jared Spicer
How I got started in massage? I get asked this almost weekly from friends/clients/random strangers. I kind of ‘got lucky’ and just fell into it after quitting my full time and part time jobs back in fort wayne, Indiana. Right after my 4-year contract with the Army ended in 2013, I started working at Walgreens as a full-time shift manager, working 40 plus hours a week and a part-time teller at a small credit union. Read more>>
Maya Banks, Luna Blye
Since I was a little girl back in the Ukraine, I learned skincare from my grandma. All the neighbors came to her to get beauty advice and a “magic youth elixir” which is what my grandma called all of her organic mixes. I’ve leaned since childhood that there is no better way to have glowing healthy skin then to use organic, natural ingredients. Read more>>
Tania Miranda
Wanderlust Crafts and Gifts was inspired by all the cool things I found while traveling but couldn’t afford to buy! My husband is an artist and I have always been crafty – so between the two of us, we started making driftwood hangings inspired by our trips to Canada and the Pac North West. Read more>>
Sandé Lollis
I had been involved in music my whole life but took 22 years off to raise our daughter. Once she was off in college I caught the bug again and started hitting open mics out in east county late 2013. I met so many wonderful, welcoming musicians and started jamming with them at the open mics. Read more>>
Adam Lawrence
It was early 2016, I was working for a financial company and the 9 to 5 grind. I was getting burnt out and tired of working for someone making all the money. I wanted to be my own boss and put my future into my own hands. Read more>>
Jason Bennett
Jason Bennett started his Professional surfing career at age 18. Mid- pro surfing career Jason sparked an interest for shaping his own boards. He was inspired by local surfer/shapers- Wally Puha, Scott Raisbeck, David Barr and Michael Baron. Under the shaping wing of Baron, the two collaborated to start Chemistry Surfboards in 2002, focusing on custom hand shaped surfboards. Read more>>
