Anthony, Pastreez: A New Business Taking The Time To Get Things Right
Anthony and Yami run Pastreez, an online macaron store, selling handmade French macarons in California and all over the US. Growing from strength to strength, they are shortly launching a...
Jen, Cheese etc: Approachability Turns A Struggling Business Around
Jen and Ali own Cheese Etc, a small cheese shop just outside of Reading, 50 miles west of London – a local hub for their community. Before they bought Cheese...
Paul, Tea Traders: Uniting Passions to Support the Community
Tea Traders are a specialist tea shop set up in 2017 by Paul and his partner, Nick, in Carmarthen, Wales. They are all about trying to engage people with different...
Hellen, Small Stuff: Building a Shop for Products with a Future
Hellen started Small Stuff in 2016 to sell ethical children’s products in Sheffield, UK. Small Stuff was built on her belief that we need to start minimizing overconsumption and to...
Charlotte, Raffia Store: Through Grief to a Reignited Business Passion
Charlotte never thought about owning a business when she opened Raffia Store in her early twenties. But when she nearly lost her business, she knew: this was her calling. Nearly...
David, Aquarian Pearls: Five Generation Business Adapts with the Times
David was born in London into a fifth-generation pearl trading family that had a reputation spanning the South Ocean, Australia, and the UK. He evolved the family trade with the...
Jody, Elsom Cellars: a winery built with passion
Jody loved wine but had never really considered it as a career choice. So, before starting Seattle based Elsom Cellars, she built herself a successful career in the construction industry....
Dan and Mal, Uphill Designs: crafting products with a human connection
Dan Sedlacek had a passion for making things. This, combined with his love for hiking and a desire to honor his grandmother’s memory, pushed him to leave his stable career...
Robyn Bradley, Handmade: working through anxiety as a business owner
Growing up with an engineer as a father, Robyn Bradley was encouraged to have an analytical mind. Robyn’s shop, Handmade in La Conner, Washington, is the result of a lifelong...
Kellie Phelan, The Works: building community at Seattle’s DIY School
When a stressful career-related health crash sent Kellie Phelan on the search for more meaningful day-to-day, she discovered that her passion for making things by hand fulfilled her local community’s...