Our city is home to so many incredible businesses and so we asked the founders how they came up with the ideas for their businesses and have shared their responses below.

Angela @queencityvoyager

@queencityvoyager was born as an extension of what I was already doing on my personal social media pages. Every time I traveled somewhere or tried something new in the Charlotte area (a restaurant, hiking trail, art installation, candle-pouring class, museum, pickleball court, etc,)  Read More>>

Darcy Blottenberger

I actually came up with the idea for NCSUsed at freshman orientation at the Poole College of Management at NC State. We were split into small groups, given 20 minutes to come up with an idea for a unique business proposition, and then present our idea to the rest of the groups. Read More>>

Victoria McPherson

It started as something just for me. I was in a really hard place emotionally and felt like I was fading into the background of my own life. I needed something that helped me feel present and cared for again – even if it was just for a few minutes a day. Read More>>