Ofir Farahan
I sold my car and put it towards opening OFY. Since then, consistency in attention to detail and a one-of-kind customer experience has led to the continued success of the OFY brand. There are constant struggles in the world of retail. Outside the box thinking and strong vendor relationships has ensured stability and longevity. Read more>>
Catia Sofia Deideri
Natura Van is a movement that aims to educate and involve both local and worldwide communities on how to eat and prepare healthy meals by using simple organic vegan recipes inspired by the outstanding variety of plant based foods available around the globe. Read more>>
Tristan Arfi
I’m a former Athlete and I competed for the French National Rowing Team. I went to college in France for a Bachelor in Sports and Sciences specialized in Physical Training. After my Bachelor’s degree I was one of the first French Personal Trainers in Nice. I than moved to Paris to pass my Masters Degree in Strength & Conditioning. Read more>>
Carolina Benoit
We started Please Don’t Tell as a website with women’s wear fashion from around the world, at great prices and with free personal styling advice by clicking on our heart icon. 6 months ago, after a series of very successful propios we decided to open our first brick and mortar store. Read more>>
Motty Klainbaum and Joelle and Joseph Bouhadana
The story of how Cyclebar South Florida was created and developed has two basic pillars. On one side, Joseph and Joelle started the process with the franchise a few months before Motty did. This idea was a dream for years since Joelle is an experienced instructors of multiple exercise platforms. Read more>>
Richard Lasry
What started out as a backyard project a few years back with my father, grew in to a 20,000 sq. ft. outdoor showroom in the heart of Wynwood. Welcome to Bubble City by popupeventsgroup.com; a vacant parcel in the heart of Wynwood filled with Transparent Modular structures for all types of uses (Popup retail, outdoor garden cafe, event, space, social space, sales office, offsite event rental). Read more>>
Bonnie Rodríguez
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela. I started photography when I was 14 years old. My first camera was with film I will spend hours in the dark room. It was and still is my passion. I graduated in Caracas as a journalist with a mention in visual media. After that, I moved to NYC where I did my Master in Photography at the New York Film Academy. Read more>>
Karina Ramirez
My whole life I have been an athlete. I started competing with horses at the age of 8 making it to nationals and regional competitions. A fall off a horse fractured my wrist, and for rehabilitation purposes after my cast was taken off, I was told to play tennis to strengthen my wrist. Read more>>
Fernando Terry and Patrick Schmitt
I was a young New Yorker from the Bronx, always interested in living in Miami. When the opportunity arised, I decided to stay and start a career in the Miami Hospitality Industry in Miami Beach working my way up from houseman to General of a couple of boutique hotels. Read more>>
Camila Gonzalez
Although settled and comfortable in an established career for over 13 years, working for a very prestigious company, I finally got the courage to leap out of my comfort zone and set an example for my daughter. Graduating high school with the fire of dancing and performing in my blood. Read more>>
Leslie Lawson
I started working out as a teenager and immediately took to lifting weights. I loved feeling strong and the fact that I could shape specific parts of my body to my liking. While living in NYC in 2001, I discovered Pilates. I loved the camaraderie of the small group classes, the fact that hundreds of exercises could be performed using one machine (in this case, the reformer), and how quickly I began to gain flexibility, as I was often sore from the gym. Read more>>
Maurice Locke and Bhavika Mistry
The owners of OSME, Maurice Locke and Bhavika Mistry come from very different backgrounds. Maurice grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Bhavika in Bradford, England, and then moved to South Florida at a young age. They met many years ago, and found that one of the many things they had in common was their love for scent, and how it can evoke so many feelings, and memories. Read more>>
Susana Baker
In 2007, America was entering into a major recession, with the highest statistics of unemployment and home foreclosures, since the depression of 1929, I too was part of these grave statistics. Closing down my 18-year-old direct consumer marketing company with over 120 employees with the its ironic name of American Dreams! Read more>>
Cesar Paublini
Rumbachiva was created in 2012 with a concept of Colombian roots, a “chiva” for Colombians is a way of transportation with a different taste to the regular, “chivas” go with music and touring the main streets of the city, making this reality we bought a school bus and we remodel it totally so that it looks like a party bus for all the Latin and American people of the city of Miami. Read more>>
Gaurav Goyal
I just audit there is so many people interested of online shopping and unique items… So I had setup my business and timely increase the number of products and I have received good order numbers day by day. There is nothing so much struggle for me as I have already good knowledge of marketing and promotions through google and Facebook. Read more>>
Paul Morris and Jillen Lippincott
Paul has been a commercial photographer in south Florida for more than 30 years. One of his specialties is very high quality aerial photography for the marketing of high-end real estate, especially condos. Until the advent of UAVs (drones), this work had to be done from helicopters. Read more>>
LaDon Quivette
My initial interest in barbering happened after I asked a shop owner if I could come in and do scalp and hand massages for the waiting customers. He obliged and I soon realized that my skill set was perfect for the industry so I went back and asked “if I go to school and get my license, will you give me a chair”? He chuckled and said “Sure”. Read more>>
Katie Johnson
In 2011, two years after having my twins, I started a mobile spray tanning service in Sierra Vista, Arizona. I was a sole proprietor at that point and basically wanted a job that could get me out of the house a couple of times a week but enable me to stay home to raise my twins the majority of the time. Read more>>
Hugo Lopez
I moved to Miami from Mexico in 1997 to study Hotel Management at FIU. I started getting into photography in 2001 focusing on Landscape and Architectural Photography as a hobby. In 2007 while being out drinking with my brother and realizing neither of us were happy with our jobs (him Director of a prominent gallery in Wynwood and I managing a Hotel). Read more>>
Waldo Waldie
Waldo Worx began years ago with photography. Photography is where I discovered my art. I started a photography business in Vero Beach and shot wedding photography, engagement shoots, and things of that nature. I was able to sustain myself doing this. Read more>>
Natalie Morales
Dharma Studio is a beautiful, homegrown yoga school in the heart of Miami’s historic Coconut Grove. They opened in January 2010 with about a dozen classes, and today they hold over 40 classes a week at their boutique studio on lively Commodore Plaza, and also host three weekly outdoor classes, free to the public. Read more>>
Johanna Hedman
After graduating with an Economics degree from the University of Florida, I came down to Miami to work in International Banking. It was a safe and predictable choice but I always sensed that it wasn’t my true calling. After spending a decade in the banking industry, I realized I had to follow my true passion. Read more>>
Derek Cohen
I took early retirement with the goal of sailing around the world. I got as far as Canada before my wife noticed I was missing and called me to come home. So I was back in Miami with a boat and nothing to do. Since I love teaching, I was a high school math teacher for fourteen years, and love sailing, I decided to teach sailing; an activity I had been doing unofficially for thirty years. Read more>>
