"At the time, I didn't know anyone who ran their own business, but I had always been drawn to entrepreneurship. Still, I was a single mom with a mortgage to pay, so I needed to be practical. That's when I received an email from a paint-your-own pottery studio that my daughter and I occasionally visited. The owner said she was selling. I thought, "There's my sign." I purchased the business by charging $25,000 to my credit card."
"Running the pottery business was still intense. The studio was open seven days a week, and my daughter Scout was there most of them, setting out brushes and cleaning tables. Scout was only in second grade, but she and I learned how to be entrepreneurs together over the years. December is our busy season, and one night we were at the studios late, tying ribbons on ceramic ornaments."
Teresa Johnson purchased a paint-your-own pottery studio in 2005 by charging $25,000 to her credit card after leaving a corporate HR role. She ran the studio seven days a week and involved her daughter Scout in daily operations from childhood through high school. They expanded to multiple locations together, with Scout helping set out brushes, clean tables, and participate in busy-season production. Scout later sought partnership on a new location while still a student. The hands-on family experience led to business growth and positioned Johnson for a leadership role with a franchise company.
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