Hand & Stone featured in the Fairfield County Business Journal

Hand & Stone was recently featured in the Fairfield Business Journal in an article titled, "Women's entrepreneurship is climbing." The article features Hand & Stone franchisee Pam Wallace who left the corporate world after 20 years. Pam discussed what factors led her to decide on her business investment in Hand & Stone. The article also mentions that this is the state’s first Hand & Stone location, and that Pam was able to leave the corporate world behind in order to become an entrepreneur. Click here to view the entire article.

Women's entrepreneurship is climbing
By: Alexander Soule

Pam Wallace left the corporate world knowing a lot about consumer marketing and next to nothing about massage – when it came to trying her hand at her own spa in Stamford, she says that corporate training worked out the kinks that would have otherwise given her some sleepless nights.

The owner of Connecticut’s first Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa franchise was able to secure a U.S. Small Business Administration loan in just three weeks, allowing her to leave behind – for good she thinks – a corporate career that took her to Harvard Business School and through JPMorgan Chase & Co. among other stops.

“You get a good training at big companies,” Wallace said, “but I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart.”

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