"We all worked other jobs when we started."
Two years ago, Jennifer Fitterman decided to leave behind her high-earning job as an assisted living facility administrator to start a business where she helped elderly clients and their families in a new way.
“It was definitely a leap of faith,” she said.
Now, Fitterman, along with co-owner Jeff Linville, operates Next Step Senior Solutions, which matches senior clients with a care center based on their needs and price range. The business just placed its 91st client in a senior care center.
About 36% of the nation’s small businesses are owned by women, according to surveys conducted by the U.S. Small Business Administration in 2016. Across Gainesville, several of these local business leaders discussed the successes earned and lessons learned as part of National Women’s Small Business Month.
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