Serial entrepreneur. speaker. small business coach. Diet Coke enthusiast.

Hillary Parnell has been the owner of the Academy for the Performing Arts and Preschool for the Arts in Apex, NC for the past two decades and more recently founded two other dance adjacent companies (Dance Photo Pro and Dancers In Balance).

Over the past few years, she has shifted her focus from teaching children to helping other small business owners find a healthy life balance, while growing their revenue and increasing profit.

She has taught over 10,000 children, grown her revenue to over 2M, and coached hundreds of small business owners. Her passion is to help the next generation of entrepreneurs create thriving businesses through leadership, mentorship and making not nearly as many mistakes as she has.