From Side Hustles to CEO: How I Built My Dream Agency

Creator Academy
Mar 16, 2023
2 min read

Updated: Jul 18

Hi, I’m Taylor — a creative, a techie, and a born hustlepreneur.

As the youngest of five, I was the kid making and selling bracelets, braiding hair after school, and burning custom CDs for roller rink money. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was learning entrepreneurship through survival, creativity, and curiosity.

Eventually, I saved up and bought my first DSLR camera and MacBook — huge at the time. That sparked my love for digital design. As an Atlanta native and performing arts high school grad, I naturally blended creativity with business and pursued a career in Media Arts, Production, and Creative Direction.

After finishing my M.F.A. at Kennesaw State, I landed what I thought was my “dream job” in corporate. Great pay, great title. But my freelance work — the same side hustles that paid my bills through college — kept tugging at me. I didn’t feel fulfilled.

Then COVID hit. Like so many others, I was laid off. But honestly? It felt like divine alignment. I wasn’t waking up at crazy hours anymore, or skipping meals to fit my passion into someone else’s 9–5 schedule. I finally had the time to pour into me.

Around the same time, my friends were launching their own businesses, and I started helping them—building their websites, branding their ideas, setting up marketing systems. And just like that, everything took off. Referrals came in. Sites were going viral. Sales were growing. I was working full-time again — for myself.

So I prayed, trusted my gut, and made the leap.

I launched Taylor The Creator Agency — a full-service creative agency for hustlepreneurs who want to build smart, beautiful, money-making brands.

Today, we design bold, strategic websites and visual branding for small businesses and growing teams. And when I say there’s nothing like my designs on the internet — I mean that. I mix art, tech, and heart in everything I create.

💡 I’m especially proud of the projects that made people believe in their own dreams again — like:

The PGA Tour augmented reality website I built for Quintar AI, later spotlighted at Google I/O.
The Bando ATL, a food museum that started as a dream on a napkin and is now a viral Atlanta staple with Uber Eats partnerships and a youth-focused mission.

My first website was honestly terrible. But I kept going. I worked for free. I learned. I failed. I improved. And I scaled — from free favors to five-figure contracts.

Now, three years in, I know this for sure:The moment you decide to take your dream seriously — really bet on yourself — you start walking in your purpose. And that’s when everything begins to shift.

At Taylor The Creator Agency, we’re not just building websites. We’re building legacies. We’re helping people reclaim their time, own their gifts, and break free from the idea that work has to be exhausting to be valuable.

The sky isn’t the limit — it’s just the starting point.

Let’s build something unforgettable.

With love & hustle,Taylor