Cheri & Whitney The Southern Coterie  Athens & St. Simons, GA  Cheri  Turning dreams into reality start with believing in yourself and your concept! And my co-founder of The Southern Coterie, Whitney Long, and I both have a “can-do” spirit, strong work ethic and desire to serve others. So every day we strive to keep the momentum going with new goals and action steps. Ignore the naysayers and focus on your supporters and turning them into your ambassadors. So our hashtag #connectcollaboratecreate is how we turned our dream of building a community for entrepreneurs into a reality.  Whitney  I come from a family of small business owners - brick and mortar, product and customer-driven - so I know first hand what it's like to own your business. Lots of peaks and valleys, sometimes a rollercoaster, but even with that, having entrepreneurial blood in my veins, I knew that one day, I wanted to own my own business. I just never dreamed it would be helping other business owners and entrepreneurs bring their dreams to life or helping them grow their own businesses!  To see how I was able to take that entrepreneurial spirit and mix it with my creative side and successfully bring The Southern Coterie to life with our continuing education, events, membership and super supportive community is full circle and so rewarding! What's the saying "do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life " - that's sums it up and how thankful I am to feel this way! 