J. Holly McCall

What’s the best part about being an entrepreneur? For Maria Fouce, owner of Anatra Jewel, that’s easy. It’s the kick she gets out of satisfying her clients.
    Anatra Jewel, located in Westgate Center on Highway 100, has everything from bracelets and pendants to rings, earrings and more. The cool, sophisticated interior belies Maria’s maternal warmth, evident as she discusses her passion for her business, her products, her customers and their happiness.

Homeland Title Company’s atmosphere is so festive you half expect confetti to drop from the ceiling when you enter the Cool Springs office. While the mortgage title business doesn’t normally cause such excitement, Laura Perry, president of Homeland Title, brings an effusive energy to her work, an exhilaration about the closing process — and on some days, a margarita machine.

Figuring out what works for me ... that’s what I do best.

Starting at an early age, I proved a frustration for responsible adults, including my teachers and parents. During my primary school years, I could have easily acquired a vast sum of money had I charged a dollar for every time a teacher told me —
or worse, my mother — that I did not work up to my potential.