Stephanie Nguyen is an entrepreneur and operator with a background in finance and consulting. She is the co-founder and operator of DC Lash Bar, a luxury beauty brand, where she has led the business through market disruption, expansion, and contraction while navigating commercial real estate leasing and ownership as both a tenant and property owner. She writes about commercial real estate, small business risk, and operational decision-making, drawing on firsthand experience building service-based businesses. Her work focuses on designing sustainable, scalable business models and incubator programs that prepare future operators and successors.