In May, Herd Strategies is celebrating National Small Business Month by highlighting small business owners who exemplify the #entrepreneurialspirit. This week, we had the privilege of interviewing Travis Brown, founder and CEO of Mojo Up Marketing + Media. He leads a Black-owned and minority-operated full-service brand marketing agency that works with other business owners to help them share their stories. As a highly sought-after brand marketing strategist and speaker, Travis has spent over 20 years teaching people how to produce results for their companies and achieve great things.

For as long as I have been a business owner, I have never made the correlation that National Small Business Month and Mental Health Awareness Month occur in May.  I don’t know how or even why I put it together this year, but I did. Being a business owner has placed so much stress on my mental health that at times I thought, “Denise, you may not make it out of this one.” The constant worries about staffing, payroll, business development, our reputation, competition – the list goes on and on. Yet through it all, like Elton John said, “I’m still standing – looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.”

In April, Herd Strategies is celebrating National Volunteer Month by highlighting volunteer organizations and opportunities, showcasing ways we can use our time, talents and treasures to #giveback and uplift our communities. This week’s feature is Fred Payne, president and CEO of United Way of Central Indiana, a lifelong volunteer who helps remove barriers and provide resources so Central Indiana residents and communities can live out their true potential.