Learn how customer surveys and the Amazon business model inspired Curtis Millsap to find technology to give his customers a better Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program experience at Millsap Farms. His intention was to create a better product for his customers, but discovered it also opened up new markets for the small family-owned agribusiness.

Michael Doss of Emerson Park didn't want to take away from the company's candle sales, while developing a grooming line. So he and his wife are working to build a new brand Wilder & Co. They started building the new brand on social media first with the entire product line eventually moving under the new brand.

Michael Doss, creator of Emerson Park, started making his own coffee soap as a hobby. Seeing a demand, he started selling products online and to retail stores across the country. Doss says they …

“I get everything local, as much as possible,” says Ashley Tate, owner of Sugar’s Pies and Sundries. Tate uses local fruits and berries in her pies as well as other ingredients that come from …

“You start thinking you know everything. You think, ‘oh, we’ve got this,’” says Nancy Bogart, Founder and CEO of Jordan Essentials. “You need to have a sense of pride in your product, in …

“Every time I go to them and think I’m having this crazy idea, they’re like, ‘okay, do it. What aren’t you doing it?’” says Carolyn Billingsley, Producer and Founder of Carolyn …

 “Marketing for a company can be very interesting, in the sense that it’s hard to stand out in the crowd from everyone else,” says Alisa Lawler, Vice President of Marketing and Business …

“It wasn’t a job to me at first. I was just enjoying my time,” says Carolyn Billingsley, Producer and Founder of Carolyn Billingsley Productions. Billingsley started her production company at …