A round wall clock showing the time as approximately 10:08.

“There is no such thing as an overnight success.”

Image displaying multiple film festival award laurels with text indicating nominations and selections from various film festivals.

With a “bright” idea, director Kara Kurcz rolled the cameras as she and her husband, Brian, emptied their bank accounts and launched the Solas handbag company from their apartment. Their handbags were gracing the red carpet, magazines, and made over a million dollars in sales in just four years. Then the recession hit…so Kara, in search of insight, met and sometimes lived with, some of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and innovators to learn what it takes to make it… Big Time.

Official selection at the Los Angeles NowFilmmakers film festival

Recognition

Official selection laurel wreath emblem for the 2011 Landlocked Film Festival
2011 Official Selection at the Charleston International Film Festival with laurel wreaths.