In 2016, Shannon Maldonado left a comfortable corporate job to open YOWIE, a small shop in Philadelphia selling work by independent artists and designers. Shannon put her savings toward the store, which has since expanded to a boutique hotel and café, all of which feature local artwork available for purchase. Learning to trust herself and focus on the community around her were key for Maldonado while she built YOWIE into what it is today. In this special video edition of our column, presented by Intuit Quickbooks, Shannon tells us how she gets it all done.
