Who are you? Renee Schneider What is your business? Colorful Kids & Renee Schneider Fine Art Is there a story behind your business? I have always been an artist. I used to be a public school teacher but I wasn’t good at following the “rules” so 13 years ago, I decided to start Colorful Kids so I can teach in the creative way that I want to teach. Now I am also dedicating my energy to growing my fine art business. What problem(s) are you/your business trying to help solve? Wit

Who are you? Jeff Filipov, from Hamilton, MA. I have lived there with my family for 15 years and we bought a fixer upper and did most of the work ourselves. I was always into working with my hands and fixing things, and building with wood since I was about 8 years old. What is your business? Northshore Barn Doors, LLC. We source olde wood from barns, houses, buildings and sheds and repurpose it to create lovely interior barn doors! Is there a story behind your business? I was

Who are you? Cory Roback What is your business? US Bank- Senior Loan Officer Is there a story behind your business? I have been in the mortgage industry for 17 years now. Back in 2006 I moved to New York City to live with my current wife. At the time I didn’t have a job waiting for me. I pretty much picked up and left. I found a job in sales as a mortgage broker. I was familiar with how the process worked since I had been working in the field for the previous 5 years. It was