Gauri Bansal found her calling on a shelf at Michaels. "I've been looking at this instrument and their woodburning displays for years. And, like, another one of those things -- 'Oh, I'll do it one...

Single mom Kay Kratochwill had her first paying client, plus two potentials. So she decided to leap, choosing to quit her waitressing job to focus full-time on her own business. A better life for her kids? That's worth the risk.