The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright (Deep in the Heart of Texas)

It is Day 2 of the Texas Association for Student Special Services Programs (TASSSP) conference in Galveston, Texas and DreamCatcher Curriculum has just sold our first products, only 29 days after scrambling to start our business in time for this event. Walking along the beach on Galveston Island, taking in the gorgeous sunset, hearing the waves splash against the rock pier, the feeling of pure joy is hard to contain. If we didn't have dinner reservations half an hour from now, we would likely be skipping down the shore with our bare feet in the sand.

Education, Small Business, TravelDreamCatcher CurriculumMay 11, 2016Small Business, TRIO, Texas Tourism, Road Trip, DreamCatcher Curriculum LLC, Galveston, College Access, College Prep, Houston Rodeo

To Buy or Not To Buy (That Is the Question)

We traveled all this way (Galveston, Texas isn't exactly in our backyard) and still have no idea if this will work, our little dream of a company. Will anyone even buy our materials?

Education, Small Business, TravelDreamCatcher CurriculumMay 2, 2016Galveston, TRIO, TASSSP, Texas Tourism, Road Trip, College Prep, College Curriculum, Dreamcatcher, Curriculum Design, SWASAP, COE, Council for Opportunity in Education, DreamCatcher Curriculum LLC

Get Your Motor Running (Head Out on the Highway)

Looking back, it doesn't seem possible that we could accomplish so much in such little time. Amazing what you can do when your heart is set on it. All those weeks of work and planning--even with the flurry of meetings, curriculum drafts, and seemingly millions of things to do--it was SO. MUCH. FUN! It doesn't seem possible that we could be doing this for our day job. Well, hold on.

Education, Small Business, TravelDreamCatcher CurriculumApril 13, 2016TASSSP, TRIO, Texas Tourism, Galveston, College Prep, College Access, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Dreamcatcher, Talimena National Scenic Byway, The Original Ninfa's on Navigation, Road Trip

Building Our Company (One Little Feather at a Time)

Without a doubt, we know starting a brand new company is risky. Quitting the jobs we loved, also risky. Having no source of income for several months, incredibly risky! But running the risk of a lifetime's worth of disappointment over NOT TRYING? The risk of regret would be too great. We had to go for it. Here's the tale of how two friends and kindred-spirit colleagues founded a company with absolutely no experience in business...

Education, Small BusinessDreamCatcher CurriculumMarch 23, 2016TRIO, Curriculum Design, College Prep, College Access, College Curriculum, ASBTDC, Dreamcatcher, Small Business

Let's Start From the Beginning (A Very Good Place to Start)

This is us! We are Aimee Gutowski and Whitney Srsen, two long-time friends and colleagues with unusual last names and much in common. We are both country girls, being raised in a rural setting (Aimee grew up near Mannford, Oklahoma; Whitney is from Greenland, Arkansas). Both of our families struggled financially and couldn't pay for college expenses. Both of us were the first generation in our families to attend and graduate from college.

Education, Small BusinessDreamCatcher CurriculumMarch 14, 2016TRIO, GEAR UP, College Prep, College Access, College Curriculum