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Friends Turn Side Project Into Full-Time Success

The three friends behind Brooklyn design firm The Principals first collaborated on a side project—and then decided to turn it into a full-time gig.

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  1. Partnering with a Celebrity Chef to Create a New Food Product

    Entrepreneur Jimmy Lee has harnessed the power of a celebrity chef and a nutritionist to bring a new type of product – whipped salad dressing – to the market.

  2. Fledgling Law Firm Aims to Combine Work and Pleasure

    Founder Edgar Martirosyan left the corporate law world to open a smaller firm that would provide a better work-life balance for him and his employees.

  3. Breast Cancer Surgery Tool Gains FDA Approval

    Dan Hashimshony developed a tool that he says makes breast cancer lumpectomies more successful, and says getting FDA approval was more challenging than actually inventing the tool itself.

  4. Disrupting the Home Goods Space by Cutting Out the Middleman

    Crane & Canopy attempts to deliver high-end bedding at a low cost by cutting out middlemen and doing away with brick-and-mortar stores.  

  5. 3rd-Generation Restaurateur Grows So-Cal Franchise

    Founder Chris Simms has built a casual-dining chain using the advice of his grandfather and father, both of whom were in the restaurant business.

  6. A Beverage Attempts to Disrupt the Industry

    A new beverage attempts to straddle the line between protein shake and flavored water.

  7. Bakery Business Overcoming the Funding Challenge

    An emergency room physician inspired by her son’s allergies attempts to launch an allergen-friendly cookie business, but encounters funding issues along the way.

  8. Tasty, Nut-Free Snacks for Allergic Kids and Their Friends, Too

    Two concerned fathers with kids with nut allergies found that all the snacks that were nut-free had no flavor, either. So, they set out to create a treat that was both safe and flavorful.

  9. A Healthy Sports Drink Made with Chia Seeds

    Marathon training led one woman to launch a beverage company devoted to providing hydration and nutritional benefits – without sugar or tons of calories.

  10. A Greeting-Card Line for Millennials

    Founder says these cards ‘aren’t for Grandma, or the kids.’

  11. A Sugar-Free Vodka Goes Head-to-Head with Major Brands

    We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business Spotlight .

  12. Reinventing the Daily Vitamin Routine

    We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business Spotlight .

  1. Mompreneur on Marketing 'Sharp Mamas'

    To run Sharp Mamas, a consulting service for new parents, entrepreneur Dara Tarkowski says she needed to learn how to trust her business partner.

  2. Mediterranean Restaurant Brushes Off Franchise Offers to Focus on Smart Growth

    The Hummus and Pita Company founder says he’s received many offers to franchise his new fast-casual restaurant, but wants to focus on growing his business slowly and intelligently.

  3. Family-Owned Brewery on Pros and Cons of Business with Relatives

    A brewery dating back to 1888 discusses the beer that saved them from going under, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of working with family.

  4. Surveillance Expert Makes a High-Tech Phone Case

    Surveillance expert John Palmeri has taken his knowledge and applied it to the world of smartphone cases.

  5. Tin Shingle Tries Out Freemium Model for Marketing

    Tin Shingle, an online community for small business owners, offers free educational content as well as premium services for a monthly cost.  

  6. Building a Used-Clothing Franchise for Women of All Ages

    Clothes Mentor has 90 franchise stores across the country, selling gently used women’s clothing for customers between the ages of 25 and 65.

  7. Mommy's Bliss Founder Brings an International Treatment to a U.S. Audience

    CEO Yasmin Kaderali runs a business founded by her mother, who was dismayed by a lack of “Gripe Water” in the U.S., after using it to calm fussy babies in Tanzania and Scotland.

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