Shanna Bender

Design Studio 15, Winter Park, Fla.

2017 Revenue: $1.3 million

Industry Challenge: Many millennials are starting their own design businesses without the full spectrum of education. It makes me uncomfortable that they would be going into places and making structural changes and recommendations that aren’t educated decisions. It’s a major liability, so we have to be very selective and weed out the ones who don’t have the right background.