I Am An Entrepreneur: January 2014

A Smallcakes Cupcakery recently opened up in Albuquerque in October of 2013. Ed and Andrea Henderson were normal individuals who both had steady jobs. Ed working for State Farm and Andrea for Progressive. Living in Houston for four years, State Farm had them transfer over here to Albuquerque to continue with insurance. Then, like any other life, things got crazy and Ed lost his job because his particular task was no longer needed so he was let go.

Then the dream became a reality.

Ed told us that Andrea always loved to bake and, "if it was someone's birthday she would bake a cake for them." Andrea would continue insurance to keep things rolling while Ed finally realized their true potential. Thinking of ideas, like an entrepreneur, he saw that Albuquerque really was lacking when it came to baking and CUPCAKES.

Jeff Martin is a professional baker and specializes in his franchise Smallcakes. He has appeared on Cupcake Wars and to this day is still trying to win. His franchise is in 13 states with 58 locations and continues to grow. Ed and Andrea really didn't have the desire to start from scratch because of finances so they teamed up with Jeff and opened up Smallcakes right here in ABQ. With a lot of hard work they finished in October and had a grand opening which, "was a big surprise because Jeff thought people wouldn't dine in," Ed said.

Today, Smallcakes has been featured on The View, MTV, and was voted as a top rated bakery by USA Today.

Ed and Andrea have been living the dream and want entrepreneurs to know one thing:

"Never give up on your dreams and be passionate about your business. Devote energy and time and nothing can go wrong."

Smallcakes is one of many we hope to interview and if you just finished reading this story we hope we have already inspired you to get passionate about what you love to do.