Featured in Military Families Magazine: Why Community Is the Engine Behind Military Spouse Businesses

Ayren Pfeifer, San Diego realtor and military spouse, standing on the flight deck of the USS Midway in downtown San Diego

I was recently included in a Military Families Magazine feature on San Diego entrepreneurs and the role community plays in building a business. Being photographed alongside five other military connected founders was a good reminder of something I have believed for a long time.

I built a real estate business across 11 PCS moves. What kept it going was never a perfect plan. It was people. When COVID pushed The Rosie Network's Service2CEO program online, I joined the first virtual cohort, and that decision changed the trajectory of my business in both California and South Carolina.

As I told the magazine, "Real estate is a team effort."

The same is true of the military spouse entrepreneur community. We refer to each other, we hire each other, and we show up.

Read the full article at Military Families Magazine here.