Your story matters. Your viewpoint and insights matter. In our view, there is far too much coverage of the trends that ivory tower professors and billionaire fund managers are seeing. What's the edge in hearing the billionaire consensus view over and over again? The edge comes from hearing new perspectives and new information like from the wedding planner who has worked with hundreds of couples during the pandemic and has noticed that couples are allocating significantly more of their wedding budgets on "small details" like personalized neon signs or the accountant seeing how there's a huge uptick in ecommerce clients generating revenue from in person popups. The small business owners, artists and creatives in our communities are brilliant and deserve more coverage, more platforms and more opportunities to share their stories and insights and we’re excited to play a small role in getting those insights out into the world through our Inspiring Stories series. We've highlighted a few here. Link to full series in bio. Jesénia Jackson Singer-Songwriter & Film Composer @missjeseniaj Lexi Bates of Two Sisters Coffee @twosisterscoffee.co Bisi Nnaji of TWELV 31 SPIRITS @twelv31 Natalie Contrera and Alicia Wiley Mango Marketing Co. @mangomarketing.co Sean Reel Wedding & Elopement Photographer @seanxreel Grace Onuegbu CEO of Smilebiz LLC and Woman Arise Academy @msgraceonuegbu @womanarisetribe Brianna Palumbo Travel Photographer @blessedandbecomingphoto RICARDO LEVERÓN REALTOR & GM @MayanKitchen Latin Cuisine & Tequila Bar @rickyleveron