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Jersey City Culture Blogger, Lynn Hazan, On Creating A Platform

Entrepreneur, blogger, and founder of Jersey City culture blog, CHICPEAJC, Lynn Hazan created a platform not only for her city but, unexpectedly, for herself along the way too. With 20k Instagram followers and 60k visitors per month, Lynn shares with us how she left the corporate world just after two months from launching her blog and what the journey has been like since then.

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Janderyn Makris Of Earth And Sugar On The Business Of Owning A Bakery

With an aesthetically pleasing Instagram feed and over 26K followers, Earth and Sugar is a cake and dessert studio in West Palm Beach, Florida that creates stunning designs inspired by organic and modern styles. Janderyn Makris - girlboss, mom-preneur and self-taught baker who founded Earth and Sugar - shares her insight on the baking industry and the journey that goes along with it.

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The Vulnerable Entrepreneur, Vivian Nunez: When Writing Keeps You Alive

Vivian NuΓ±ez is a mover and creator. A digital work strategist and freelance writer for publications including: Forbes, Medium, MTV, and Popsugar - she has paved her own path and planted seeds of intention along the way. Creator of Too Damn Young and a podcast showcasing Latina entrepreneurs, Creating Espacios, her work focuses on entrepreneurship, shedding light in dark spaces, and on vulnerability/grief. Vivian pushes boundaries and speaks on it.

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Business Besties: Founders Slobby Robby And J.R. Of Generation Cool

Generation Cool is a vintage store located on Tucson, Arizona's Historic Fourth Avenue. Being a unique vintage shop that caters to the retired, the millennial, and the youth - Co-Founders, Slobby Robby and J.R., give us their insight on what makes them different, what a business bestie should look like and what they're learned along the way!

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Self-Discovery And Quilting Stories With Brooke Biette

Traveler, story-teller, and quilter - Brooke Biette is a Maine native currently drawing inspiration from Tucson, AZ. Journeying from the East Coast to Los Angeles and then down to Northern Arizona where landscapes greatly influenced her work, we discuss self-discovery, self-doubt as an artist and creating her own style of quilting.

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Scott Volpe: Restaurant Owner, B-Boy, And World Champion

Fiamme Pizza founder and head pizzaiolo, Scott Volpe, is a mover and shaker of Tucson, AZ. Starting from working behind-the-scenes at restaurants to now owning one, everything he is involved in has come full circle (like a pizza). Volpe shares his journey with us as a business owner, a b-boy in the city, and life after becoming World Champion.

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Behind (And Beyond) The Mindful Business Of Holstee

Holstee is a company that provides art that inspires reflection and words that encourage action through guided kits. With themes like kinship, wellness and reflection, co-founder Mike Radparvar shares what goes on behind the masterplanning of a mindful business and more.

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The Reality Of Being A Radio DJ With DJ Apprentice

iHeart Radio and local Tucson deejay, DJ Apprentice, shares his insight on what it's like to be an on-air personality. Radio today is completely different compared to what radio was back in the day! Not only that but being a radio deejay is completely different than being a "gig" deejay. Apprentice gives us the lowdown.

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QMULATIVE: A Sewing-Centered, Lifestyle Brand

QMULATIVE is a local and loved Tucson, AZ clothing brand created by Quinlan Wilhite. His very popular pocket tees and his live sewing at events/markets has gotten his brand to break molds, as well as collaborate in and out of the city. As he continues to evolve QMULATIVE into cut and sew, Quinlan shares his insight on this creative journey.

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