Chris Lassiter
Simone McKelvey: Building a homemade business
Photo by Chris Lassiter Simone McKelvey went from gifting soaps to becoming a gifted soap maker. The founder of Simone & Tuesday LLC,...
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SCCF Blog
Chris Lassiter
- Jun 13
Nadia Ware: All-natural entrepreneur
Photo by Chris Lassiter It started as making a strawberry mask for her niece. Now Nadia Ware, founder of Honey Sweet Face and Body LLC,...
Anika Horn
- Aug 29, 2023
Vocal About What Matters
“When I first explored my creative side, I bought a silhouette cutter (device for printing on apparel) and immediately hated it. What had...
Ashley Wenger
- Apr 17, 2023
Virginia Creative Collective
The Shenandoah Valley is home to a flourishing environment of imaginative entrepreneurs, from painters and photographers to florists and...
Ashley Wenger
- Apr 2, 2023
Asdelia Mae Boutique
Jenna Cauchi is the founder of Asdelia Mae Boutique, a children’s boutique clothing store coming to Harrisonburg, VA. Jenna's role as a...
Ashley Wenger
- Mar 4, 2023
Burrow and Vine
Megan Burrows is a daughter, sister, wife, mom, friend, creative, yogi, and plant lover, and within the past year has added entrepreneur...
Ashley Wenger
- Jan 8, 2023
Pink Ambition Pole Fitness
What do you do when your business partnership starts to go south? For many entrepreneurs, having a business partner is a huge weight off...
Ashley Wenger
- Nov 15, 2022
Simply Clean
When Mallory Douglas moved her cleaning business, Simply Clean, from Virginia Beach to Lexington, she had 40 dollars and the...
Ashley Wenger
- Nov 7, 2022
Curated
Nestled in the heart of downtown Lexington is an eclectic shop, Curated Interiors. Full of colorful home decor, vintage pieces, and...
Katie Overfield-Zook
- Oct 26, 2022
Women's Entrepreneurship Week
Last week, our Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builder, Katie Overfield-Zook, celebrated Women’s Entrepreneurship Week by traveling across the...
Ashley Wenger
- Oct 17, 2022
withSimplicity
Something is cooking in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it’s not food… it’s beauty products! Irina Dovganetskiy is the owner and founder of...
Ashley Wenger
- Oct 3, 2022
The Power of the Side Hustle
The “side hustle” has always been an integral part of any entrepreneurial ecosystem. Whether it’s a skill you use just to supplement your...
Anna Mitchael
- Sep 30, 2022
Southern Living: This Mother-Daughter Team Is On A Mission To Bring Back Heirloom Mums
On a farm tucked in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, a family floral business is making life brighter with heirloom varieties. Many of us...
Carol Hazard
- Aug 30, 2022
Regional biz mentorship program jump-starts startups
Ruth Rau started her business as a hobby. Now, seven years later, her Winchester-based toy company — Mouse Loves Pig — is on track to...
Nick Koger
- Aug 19, 2022
Remix Studio
Remix Studio is bringing affordable dance classes to Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nick Koger, Community Outreach at SCCF, spoke with Amethyst...
Nick Koger
- Aug 16, 2022
New Creation, Creating Designs for Justice
New Creation is a faith-based nonprofit creatively counteracting sex trafficking with a local heart and global approach. They offer...
Ashley Wenger
- Aug 5, 2022
PrePOPsterous founder Tisha McCoy-Ntiamoah Opening at the Shenandoah Valley Entrepreneurship Summit
As an entrepreneur, which do you fear more…Success or Failure? If entrepreneurs were asked to pick one, instinctively, many would say...
Nick Koger
- Aug 1, 2022
Shenandoah Art Therapy, Building Hope in Waynesboro
Shenandoah Art Therapy is a group art therapy practice providing individual and group art therapy and trauma-informed care to clients of...
Nick Koger
- Jul 18, 2022
Aristocat Cafe Coming to Harrisonburg
Amanda Atwell, Owner of Aristocat Cafe, is building Harrisonburg’s first cat cafe. Her idea has been five years in the making, and with a...
Ashley Wenger
- Jul 18, 2022
Harmony Harvest Farms Featured on FedEx
Harmony Harvest (S2V Cohort 3), the mother-daughter duo was featured in a FedEx Mother’s Day campaign.
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