Fresh out of work as a result of the pandemic, Kristen Pucci took what she had learned from her career in business development and marketing and founded her own consulting business; a risk that the 27-year-old entrepreneur says has paid off.

Keenly aware of its partners nearing retirement, Lititz-based business advisory and CPA firm, Simon Lever, spent the last decade forming a pipeline for young talent.

Cofounder of a Harrisburg-based corporate and securities law firm, Brandt Bowman took a risk to jumpstart his own business and now advises other startups on how to do the same.