Business Spotlight

Jen started her company in 2019 as her corporate America escape, because starting a business must be easy, right? Founded in 2019, NEAT has served as a trusted Marketing, PR,

The Fat Lamb strives for warm hospitality, delicious food, and excellent service. Chef Dallas McGarity grew up in rural South Carolina. His mom and mamaw instilled a passion for food

Ott Communications got its start when Christopher’s father moved his advertising business from the Chicago area to Louisville in 1968 to be closer to his primary clients, like KFC, GE,

Caufield’s was started by Tracy’s grandfather Keran around 1916 as a Photography business, where they invested a small amount in novelty items to sell to people while they waited for

Danielle Mann is an OB-Gyn physician who has been practicing for almost 20 years. During the COVID downtime in 2020, she began experimenting with cocktails in her kitchen while learning

In addition to Pursuit Spirits, Kenny is also Co-founder (with Ryan Cecil) of Bourbon Pursuit, one of the most popular and longest-running podcasts in the Bourbon world. Kenny and Ryan

Alex is one of 3 partners who co-founded Awry Brewing. Alex started out making his own craft beers in college, and got the seed of an idea when a friend

Dr Alice is a Clinical Musicologist and Entrepreneur whose company provides headphones pre-loaded with therapeutic music for patients going into surgery to help with anxiety and pain management. The end

Will started out with Vanguard Cleaning Systems as the first employee in their franchise development team, working at the company HQ for 6 years. He and his wife bought the

Ray founded Strothman+Co over 40 years ago when he realized he was not satisfied with the service philosophy of the first firms he worked with.  He saw a void in

Mark Palmer started out studying art, graduating with a degree in Sculpture (mostly bronze and steel), in addition to painting and photography.  Like many artists, he started out as a

Dayron Rodriguez came to the US as a political refugee from Cuba in 2010, speaking no English and with very little money.  He started working in a factory on a