 Tracy Unrau of Abby Mae's Gluten-Free Bakery has been a baker her whole life, but when her husband was diagnosed with celiac around 2016, and her daughter was also diagnosed just a few months later, she realized her traditional baking would have to change. She had always made everything from scratch, and her family's new celiac diagnosis wasn’t about to change that – but it did mean she needed to start experimenting.
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 Starting or growing a small business takes more than a great idea — it often requires funding, mentorship, and access to the right support at the right time. Whether you're just getting started or looking to expand, there are a variety of grant and funding programs available to entrepreneurs in St. Thomas & Elgin County.
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Let’s break it down.  Sarah Abell has been officially running Adapt365 for about a year and a half, but she has been working as a personal trainer for the last seven years. "I have been in the fitness industry for, oh my gosh, at least ten years," Sarah explained. "I started out as a fitness instructor, and then I got more into group fitness and personal training." Sarah then started to have her own kids, and transitioned into working with postpartum women, stroller fit classes, and mom and baby type classes in facilities in the London area. Then, COVID-19 happened, and the gym she had been previously working for shut down. "By then I had two more kids, and when COVID-19 started ramping down I had people coming to me asking if I was going to start running stroller fit classes again," Sarah recalled. "So I thought let's start running some stroller fit classes again, see how it happens, and it was great! It branched into people that have been coming to different classes of mine from years ago, and now they have moved on from that stage in their life, but they wanted to work out with me again." Sarah then started to do women's only workouts and increased her availability for personal training to fit the demand of her clients. "It all kind of naturally blossomed into what it is now, and then an opportunity came up to sublease a gym space here in Aylmer and I went with it." Sarah has now been at her Aylmer gym location for over a year, and Adapt365 is now her full-time business (in addition to being a full-time mom).
 You’ve taken the leap. You’re finally working for yourself.
No more boss. No more rigid 9 to 5. Just you, your ideas, and the freedom to build something meaningful. Just you and the vision of independence that Insta - Entrepreneurs are selling. But here’s the truth that catches most new entrepreneurs off guard: |