Michelle Welch started Prima Business Agency with a negative $200 balance and borrowed from her oldest son's piggy bank to buy diapers. After 11 years as a single mother, she built a consulting firm to help entrepreneurs grow on social media, turning her struggles into a knowledge base for founders without support.
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Excuse me, Are you the owner of this business? No, but I do own a business. I actually help entrepreneurs and business owners grow on social media. And I would love to do every video for you. Okay, let's do it. What do you do? I own a consulting agency. And how much money did you have when you started this business? Negative $200. Wow. What is the biggest motivation?
I was a single mom for 11 years.
So now you know, I'm married, I'm thriving. I have businesses more so for the life that I'm creating for myself in this version now healed, happy. Loved how we love to do the founders video right down the street I my home office. All right, we're going on a trip, guys.
So we have arrived at the office, and we are prepping everything.
I literally had to use my oldest son's piggy bank to buy my youngest son diapers. And that is what triggered the journey of me, you know, starting my business and getting out there.
So we just finished recording Michelle's stories. What did you think about the experience? It was amazing. It was easy, simple, smooth, and I truly cannot wait to work with you. Amazing. So we're going to be working together, but if you're a business owner and entrepreneur, and we like to be part of the series Common Business, and you might be next. Now enjoy Michelle's founder story.
My name is Michelle Welch. I am the founder of Prima Business Agency, and this is my founder story. I started Prima Business Agency because there was not a lot of options in help building the business as a new entrepreneur. So I wanted to create that knowledge base and have that structure for other entrepreneurs that look like me. My kids were the reason I started business in the first place. I was a single mom for 11 years. Having to be the head of household is so exhausting. I had to use my oldest son's piggy bank to buy my youngest son diapers. And that was the moment for me where I was like, absolutely not. Entrepreneurship, it takes a different type of grit. Couple that with being a single mom, it's hard. You have to. You have to decide if you're going to miss your kids first step or if you're going to go take care of that job that you have to do. As a mom, I always come last. The process slows you down, but it makes you want it so much more. If you want to show your children that there is a better side to all of this, bet on yourself. We're here, we're healed, and we're ready to serve you.
