Patti Purdy hails from just down the road in Granville, TN. With a background in early childhood development, marketing, and event planning, Patti decided to pursue a job where her experience and her creativity could intersect. A year ago, she became the director of the Cookeville Children's Museum, a creative learning center that specializes in hands on play through their programs and community based exhibits. In this podcast, we discuss the cool happenings going on at the Children's Museum, the story behind it, fun facts about it, and it's role in our community with it's corporate partners. Whether serving special needs families or those in the foster care system or traditional families, the museum is there to be a place parents can engage and play alongside their kids. Check it out!!

Machelle Staggs was working in the medical field when a horrible injury nearly rendered her disabled. When she moved to Cookeville, she was still battling a lot of pain but had a vision of working for herself by converting her baking hobby into a business, and that's how P Dillys Cupcakes was born. In this podcast, Machelle talks candidly about the struggles of entrepreneurship, highlights the creative guerrilla marketing techniques that launched her business, and shares about how this community embraced her and her shop. This is a must listen for any budding entrepreneur or someone starting over in a second career!

This week Amber sat down with her business partners Mitch Copeland and Craig Hughes with MAC Management and Consulting to talk about real estate investing, AirBnb, property management, and maximizing one's portfolio. Check it out!!