Frisco’s local business community is a vital part of what makes Frisco such a wonderful place to live, work, and play. These businesses not only provide jobs but also support local non-profits and community events throughout our community. Their success is our collective success, and we have the opportunity to celebrate and thank them by recognizing those who truly stand out for their excellence.
We have an incredible array of innovative, customer-focused businesses that consistently raise the bar, a theme you’ll notice in this year’s winners. Frisco STYLE Magazine’s Best of Business awards set a high standard for excellence across various categories and are voted on by you, our readers. These prestigious awards recognize businesses that excel in every aspect of their operations.
The businesses recognized here are not content with simply meeting expectations – they aim for excellence in every area.
Congratulations to the winners, the finalists, and all the businesses that serve our community every day. Frisco wouldn’t be the city it is without you. Cheers to your contributions in making this a great place to live and visit!
The Game Show Experience
Rising Star
Businesses in their first year work tirelessly to ensure success by hiring dedicated staff members, putting customers first, and implementing best practices. Frisco’s The Game Show Experience has done just that, and we’re proud to celebrate it as the most promising and impactful new business established within the last year.
Shannon and Fred Hammond had a popular and successful business on Frisco’s Main Street, Countdown 2 Escape, which offered the escape room experience to groups for team-building exercises. However, the Hammonds knew it was time for a change, and in July 2023, the space closed before reopening in November 2023 as The Game Show Experience, which delivers the same experience, but this time one centered around something with universal, timeless appeal – gameshows.
“We decided it was time for a pivot. We had seen enough of escape rooms in Frisco,” co-owner Shannon Hammond said. “One thing that’s different is that corporate teambuilding is much larger with the game show experience because we can accommodate up to 50 people at once where the escape room couldn’t accommodate that many.”
The Game Show Experience offers Drop-o-Rama, similar to the popular Plinko game on The Price is Right; The Spin-Off, similar to Wheel of Fortune, which has been on the air since 1975; and Survey Showdown, which resembles Family Feud, on the air since 1976. Also offered are several smaller mini games that give contestants “a minute to win it.”
Again, the game show experience has proved to be highly popular with corporate groups for teambuilding exercises, but it has also been popular with teenagers. “Gameshows really have across-the-board, multigenerational appeal,” Hammond said. “Everybody remembers a time in their life where gameshows were super meaningful in their upbringing, their childhood, and their nostalgia.”
Shannon Hammond runs the business with longtime friend Danny Mehta, while Fred runs the couple’s home healthcare business. She concedes that she and Fred once tried to work together, but it didn’t last long. However, her partnership with Mehta works quite well.
“Danny is my work husband. We couldn’t be more different in our work styles, but what brings us together is a passion for people, doing what’s right, for making sure everyone knows they are welcome and valued at The Game Show Experience, whether you are a staff member or a guest that walks through the door,” Hammond said.
And Hammond realizes the true stars of the experience are their highly dedicated staff – a group including the game show hosts and gameshow techs, who are integral to ensuring the contestant experience is top-notch. The Game Show Experience would not have been such a rousing early success during its first year in operation without the dedication of its staff.
“They are the reason we are so great. They are available to connect with our contestants and the people that walk through the doors in an incredible way,” Hammond said. “We have talked to a lot of HR people at corporations that are coming, and they are looking for their teams to be able to engage and connect in a fresh, new way and we are able to do that. We’re able to tailor things and customize game shows according to what they would like. We’re hyper-personal. We’re really proud of that, being able to offer a fun, fresh, new way to engage and connect.”
The Game Show Experience
972.325.2025
thegameshowexperience.com
Tumbleweed Texstyles
Digital Dynamo
Today’s tech-forward society makes it almost impossible for businesses to succeed without an online presence. Online platforms allow businesses to connect with customers and potential customers in new and exciting ways, which only drives business. We’re proud to highlight Tumbleweed TexStyles, a beloved Frisco company that excels at engaging its audience and providing value through its online platforms.
Tumbleweed TexStyles started online in 2011 with two Frisco ISD teachers, a sketchbook, and their shared passion for Texana. In 2010, co-owners Jeb Matulich and Brian Wysong met while teaching at Frisco Liberty High School. Since then, Tumbleweed TexStyles has become a successful lifestyle and apparel brand that inspires comfortable living.
In October 2020, Tumbleweed TexStyles opened a brick-and-mortar location at The Patios at the Rail at 7511 Main Street in downtown Frisco. “We were one of the first tenants,” Matulich said. “We’re excited to be in the heart of Frisco in the Rail District. We’re excited about all the things that are coming. It’s going to build up downtown and have a positive impact on everyone and our store as well.”
“It’s our flagship store, a place where we could put the fun things we like, create it and design it the way we want and decorate it the way we want to show off that Texas style we like. It’s a great place for our customers to come in and try on our stuff, touch our stuff, enjoy the atmosphere, drink a Dr Pepper, Topo Chico, a beer. We want to create a laid-back spot so people can touch and feel the brand.”
Opening their flagship store allowed Matulich and Wysong to introduce their thriving brand to a new group of customers. However, this successful duo has also kept Tumbleweed TexStyles true to its roots by maintaining a healthy online presence and still selling its share of merchandise on its website.
“Our team works very hard to keep up with the daily grind of maintaining a quality social media presence,” Wysong said. “The real winners that make our social media happen are my wife, Hillary Wysong, who creates most of the graphics, photography, and videos that people love to see. Then, our incredible Marketing and Project Director, Katie Mooneyham, manages our daily, weekly, and quarterly campaigns and is extremely diligent in making sure our posts go live on time each and every day. I have the privilege of being the creative mind behind our social media, branding, and marketing efforts to ensure they are strategic, aesthetically on point, and effective in accomplishing our goals for the campaign.”
Tumbleweed TexStyles offers a full range of Texas-themed apparel, including collared shirts, t-shirts, and hats for children and adults, plus other popular items like drinkware, greeting cards, and items for dogs. Some of their best sellers include their Frisco collection, the KHYI 95.3 collection, one of DFW’s most popular country music stations, and the Whataburger collection, which features items bearing the iconic Texas burger chain’s “W” logo.
“We get a lot of compliments about the art we do, the style, our t-shirt designs, also how comfortable our shirts are and how on-trend our designs are and the apparel that we’re producing compared to a lot of other brands that are popping up,” Matulich said.
Tumbleweed TexStyles
469.591.1836
tumbleweedtexstyles.com
Makers Gym
Innovation Pioneer
Innovation is the name of the game in Frisco, as more and more businesses have chosen to call Frisco home due to its forward-thinking, technology-forward, and ever-evolving business landscape. Businesses that bring cutting-edge ideas, products, and services to the market are vital, and as Frisco STYLE Magazine’s Innovation Pioneer, Maker’s Gym is the best of the best.
President and founder Terrance Price had a vision even before moving to Dallas in 2017 and opening Makers Gym at The Patios at the Rail in the Frisco Rail District in 2021. “I had the idea on paper in 2016 in New York…was going to put it in Brooklyn, where I was living at the time,” Price said.
“My wheelhouse [is], advertising and branding, brand identity, and art direction and creative direction. Working with global brands most of my career, I saw a big gap where small businesses don’t have access to quality creative or affordable creative like these corporations do. Our whole plan was to build this place where we can gather, connect, and give small businesses creative resources,” he explained.
Price remembers first discovering the Patios project when it was still a pile of dirt and then signing on to become a tenant in 2018. Of course, that was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, after taking most of those ensuing few years to build out their space, he and his wife relocated to Frisco in 2021, the week of the opening of Makers Gym.
Makers Gym aspires to develop a world where creatives and businesses can collaborate and create without limits. “Our whole thing is building creative strength through providing tools, resources, and a network of people who can work together,” Price said.
In October 2024, Makers Gym launched the creative agency side of its business, a logical next step considering Price’s background as an art director at advertising agencies in his native New York. “It’s been in our business plan. We have been trying to see if there is a demand for it. Often, we get asked if we can do this or that for a client. A lot of times, small business owners don’t have the time to do things on their own,” he said. “We’re launching the agency side to provide quality work on an agency level.”
Among Makers Gym’s offerings to clients through this new agency side will be small monthly subscriptions, which could provide services like podcast episodes or content creation for social media or other services like full television commercials or social media campaigns. Makers Gym will also be able to link businesses with local creatives who can fill a specific need they currently have, whether on a temporary or full-time basis.
Price considers Makers Gym being recognized as an innovation pioneer a big deal, even if it is a bit unexpected. “It is a complete honor, definitely caught me off guard. But it’s amazing to hear that we’re impacting the city in a positive way to where people would choose to recognize us in such a way,” he said. “It’s definitely an honor and a beautiful surprise. We’re just trying to see if we can provide a creative spark for the community and for small businesses.”
Makers Gym
972.532.7014
makersgym.com
Snellings Law
Community Champion
If there’s one thing to know about Frisco, it’s that businesses, groups, and organizations are incredibly supportive of one another. While it’s easy to remain wrapped up in the daily grind, Frisco STYLE Magazine is proud to recognize businesses that go above and beyond in their efforts to support and give back to the Frisco community, and Frisco’s own Snellings Law was voted our Community Champion.
When Scott Snellings co-founded Snellings Law in 2008, he knew five core values would always govern the firm. One of those is love for community, so it makes sense that Snellings Law, which is headquartered in Frisco with offices in North Dallas and Sherman, is being honored as a community champion. “We have five core values, and love for community is one of them. We always say love for community starts within our four walls,” Snellings said.
“We take care of each other. We jump in and help each other wherever it’s needed. Growing up, I was always taught service is required whether it’s your community or your church; giving to others of yourself is a fantastic way to show love for others as well as to keep you grounded. That’s always been a core belief of [me] and my law partner, Rocio [Gosewehr Hernandez] and one thing we hire for.”
When Snellings Law interviews prospective employees, determining if these candidates’ values align with those of the firm is a top priority. So, it’s logical that everyone employed by Snellings is excited over the firm being honored for its ongoing commitment to community service.
“Everybody is fired up seeing we’re being recognized for that. As a personal injury lawyer, we’re not necessarily the most liked people, so we want to change that,” Snellings said. “We want to be an asset to every community we serve. Obviously, we’re an asset in helping injury victims, but we want to be more than that. We want to help our communities where they need it most whether that’d be through working with non-profits, sponsoring schools, or any number of service projects we do. We try to do monthly service projects as a team, but we want to be out and about and doing our absolute best for the communities we serve.”
Besides serving the community, something else that Snellings Law prioritizes is excellent communication with clients. Again, this arises out of a simple yet effective belief about how to most effectively serve the needs of the firm’s clientele.
“To me, one of the ways you best help injury victims is you take the stress off their plate. I can’t make them better, but I want them to be able to focus on getting the treatment that they need and let us worry about the rest,” Snellings said.
“That’s one of the things I think we do a really good job of providing them, is that peace of mind. We try to give them a roadmap up front of this is what the process looks like, we’re going to be with you every step of the way. We’re not going to pawn you off on somebody else if we end up having to file a lawsuit. We are fully capable of taking you from beginning to end. We try to keep them updated regularly so they always know where things stand.”
Snellings Law
214.387.0387
snellingsinjurylaw.com
Bentley + Lace
Best Quality
No matter what aspect of business it’s pertaining to, whether human interaction, service, or a product, quality matters and can often make or break a business’ future in its respective industry. Frisco is blessed with a vast number of businesses that value quality, and Bentley + Lace is honored as one that maintains the highest standards of quality in its offerings.
Quality governs everything that Bentley + Lace owner and designer Elizabeth Copeland does, so to hear that her business, which she started in 2008 by making dresses for family and friends, is being recognized for best quality is music to her ears. “Honestly, I love that more than anything because, being a gown designer, I work hard for quality,” Copeland said. “So, to be nominated for that or to even win makes me happy because I think quality outweighs about anything.”
Copeland spent many years in corporate America and remembers family and friends raving about her designs early on. She also fondly recalls what was initially a side business growing organically through word of mouth. However, after one of the gowns she designed appeared on the TLC show Quints by Surprise, a reality series about Ethan and Casey Jones, a couple from Denton who now lives in the Austin area, and their challenges of raising multiple children, her business really took off.
“The next day, orders started coming in. That was a little overwhelming, and then we decided to hire on our contract sewers and amplify the gowns we were offering. Really, it started through word of mouth and friends, family, and people sharing through the years. As my clientele grew up, they wanted gowns for special events, photography sessions, dances, or weddings, so the gowns evolved through our clients and their growing up,” she said.
And like many business owners, Copeland has an interesting origin story about how she came up with the name Bentley + Lace. Bentley is the name of her first son, and she felt naming her business after him was pretty much a no-brainer.
“At the time, I was going to do a boys’ line, but the line took over a decade to finally come to fruition. He [my son] asked me last year, ‘Mom, you named the business after me, when are we going to bring in the boys’ stuff?’ I was inspired through my kiddo,” she said.
Copeland also has a newer brand, Finnegan and Lace, designed with children at its core, named for her other son, Grayson Finn. She credits her staff, which includes sewers, assistant sewers, and marketing assistants, for Bentley + Lace’s continued success and commitment to delivering the highest quality gowns to its clients. And like many small businesses, she considers giving back to the community very important and regularly pays it forward.
“About eight years ago, we started Project Compassion to give back to little girls being bullied or suffering through [a lack of] confidence. Maybe they were going through something traumatic at home or life illnesses, grief,” she said.
“The project really took off. We recently teamed up with Leah’s Kids [which helps orphans, widows, and the poor in the Central American nation of Guatemala]. Leah has an amazing non-profit organization, so now we provide magical moments photography sessions for children and families going through childhood cancer.”
Bentley + Lace
bentleyandlace.com
Indie Haven Studio
Green Leader
Utilizing products and services that are more eco-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and even health-conscious, or “going green,” is becoming increasingly common in business, especially in industries that revolve around beauty, hair care, and skincare. Utilizing eco-friendly products and practices can have positive health benefits for many, and Frisco’s own Indie Haven has been named our Best of Business winner as our Green Leader for implementing such practices.
Considering Sophia Cochran only moved into her West Frisco space at 8811 Teel Parkway in June 2024, the Indie Haven Studio owner is blown away over her dynamic, eco-conscious salon being recognized for its continued commitment to sustainability and a low-tox experience.
“Well, I honestly wasn’t expecting it, so I’m very excited for the opportunity, the recognition,” Cochran said. “I’m excited to share more about what it means to be an eco-conscious low-tox salon and bring more awareness to Frisco about the importance of it and the effects that non-low tox can have.”
One of the main battles she and other eco-conscious salons have is in educating clients on safer, non-toxic alternative products on the market compared to those which many people purchase on Amazon or at retailers like Target. “The problem with those things is they can be sold by anyone. Somebody can buy it from the original retailer and then put something in the formula that completely changes it,” Cochran said. “I’ve seen it happen. It can be really scary.”
At Indie Haven, she utilizes brands from Australia and European countries like Italy because the chemicals that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permits in products here in the States are often toxic compared to abroad, where the regulations are stricter.
Cochran is proud of her salon being welcoming to members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning (LGBTQ) community, a safe space since they comprise much of her clientele. “Having an LGBTQ and trans-affirming safe space is very important for me, one as a member of the LGBTQ community and also I’ve seen firsthand the effects discrimination can have on trans folks,” she said.
“I believe everyone deserves to have their hair done the way that they want it done and understand there’s not a whole lot of education around how to provide that, so I want people to know I’ve taken the extra steps to get that education and truly understand the importance and effect it has on those people to get the right haircut and to feel comfortable, safe, and not feel judged for getting their hair a little shorter because they’re a woman identifying or they appear as female.”
A Frisco resident since 2003, naming her business Indie Haven aligns with her desire to provide a safe space for fellow members of the LGBTQ community. “It took me a while [to come up with the name]. I came up with my original [name] in cosmetology school. I knew something’s going to come to me one day but wanted it to come organically and didn’t want to force anything,” Cochran said. “I was online one day and came across the word haven. I knew what it meant, but I looked more into what it meant. For me, it means a safe space, a place to be authentically you. That [also] ties in the eco-conscious, green efforts that I make.”
Indie Haven Studio
469.608.1037
mysite.vagaro.com/indiehavenstudio
Legacy Plumbing
Best Bang for Your Buck
The need to save money, find a great deal, and receive top-notch services and goods for a reasonable rate has become necessary over the years as many customers make those the very reasons they patronize businesses. When it comes to plumbing, some companies aren’t always the most up-front and often include costs unknown to the customer, so finding a service that both provides quality and a bang for your buck is important when shopping around. The team at Legacy Plumbing’s values speak to who they are both as people and a business, and we’re proud to celebrate them as winners in our Best Bang for Your Buck category.
Since 2006, Legacy Plumbing has provided outstanding customer service and educated its clientele across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Considering their impeccable track record of going above and beyond for their customers to ensure they’re happy, they’re honored to be named to 2024 Best of Business.
“It shows the quality of service we deliver for a great price. We always want to make sure we take care of our customers, that they are getting more than they’re paying for, go above and beyond to try to educate and inform customers, not just go out, do a plumbing job, and walk out the door,” said Theron Young, general manager at Legacy Plumbing. “We want them to know more so they can make the best-informed decision for their families. Sometimes that’s a higher-priced item, sometimes that’s a lower-priced item, but we want to make sure they get what they want or deserve.”
One way that Legacy Plumbing ensures their customers are satisfied is by giving them a price quote over the phone before a technician visits their residence, as being transparent with their customers is a cornerstone of their company culture.
“We do upfront pricing over the phone for probably 90% of the stuff we do. The only stuff we can’t do that on is jobs where we need more information than the customer can give us, but all basic repairs, we give that information up front,” Young said. “We don’t want to surprise anybody. We don’t want to get out to somebody’s house, and them feel like they have to do something with us. It’s just not who we are.”
Legacy Plumbing is also active in the communities it serves, picking a charitable organization each month to donate a portion of its profits to and assisting non-profit organizations like The Water Project, which helps bring water to sub-Saharan Africa. “If we’re in it just to put money in our pocket, that’s not good enough. We’re here to make a difference in the community, make sure we not only help out people, but also give our customers an opportunity to help out by doing food and coat drives, back-to-school drives,” Young said. “Here locally and beyond, we want to make sure we’re taking care of other people. It’s just the right thing to do.”
Another way Legacy Plumbing gives its customers the most bang for their buck is by being up to speed on the latest technological advancements in their industry, which can ultimately save customers time and money. “I tell a lot of new employees if you don’t like change, this might not be the best place for you because anytime we find a way we can improve our service, how we do things, we go after it,” Young said.
“We try to make it better as quickly as possible. Every Wednesday, we have a meeting where we share the wins and losses of the week and try and educate one another so we can all grow stronger.”
Legacy Plumbing
972.357.1754
legacyplumbing.net
Heart’s Desire
Outstanding Experience
A customer’s experience can make or break their decision to return to a business, and becoming a repeat customer is a no-brainer when one is provided an outstanding customer experience from start to finish. When such businesses have become a staple in the community throughout the years, such outstanding customer experiences become part of their everyday operations, which is exactly the case at Frisco’s Heart’s Desire.
Heart’s Desire, a beloved Frisco staple, is a mom-and-pop spot in Frisco Village that offers an incredible array of gifts and impeccable service, treating every customer like family. That successful approach for co-owners Sherri Hale and Molly Hoebeke and their equally dedicated staff is why Heart’s Desire will celebrate its 30th anniversary in February 2025.
“I’m having trouble even saying those words [30th anniversary],” Hoebeke said. “The store was born out of a desire Sherri and I had to help put our children through college. It was born out of necessity and want. I needed to do something with myself. I had volunteered all I could and was ready to do something different.”
When Heart’s Desire opened its doors in 1995, it was in downtown Frisco at the corner of Main and Fifth. It called that location home for five years, expanding three times until finally realizing the business had outgrown that spot and moved to its current location at 4760 Preston Road.
As a Frisco fixture for several decades, a business that has seen multiple generations of customers continue to come through its doors, being honored for providing an outstanding customer experience is a testament to everyone at Heart’s Desire. “It is a big deal for us because we’ve been in Frisco for as long as we have. To be recognized by our customers is the ultimate compliment for us,” Hale said. “It isn’t just me and Molly; our whole team not only feels this way, but makes that experience better. It’s why we love the whole team as well.”
Heart’s Desire takes the overwhelmingly positive feedback it receives from its customers to heart, adding one thing which Hale, Hoebeke, and their staff hear frequently is how much they love the store and that they should never leave.
“I think the biggest compliment that we get overall is when a customer walks in and says oh my goodness, I’ve never seen anything like this before. It is such a new experience to find items that we have curated and brought into the community that you don’t see in every single store,” Hale said. “Then, to get a compliment on one of our employees and how they were treated while they were in our store as a customer because that is such a key thing for us.”
And for the spouses of their customers, Heart’s Desire offers complimentary gift wrapping and a “wish list” where wives fill out a list of items they want from the store. Then, when they’re in the doghouse or right before a major event like an anniversary or birthday, the husbands will call the store, ask what’s on the list, order it, get it wrapped, and pick it up in the parking lot. “You (men) want to make your women happy. We just try to make it as easy as we possibly can,” Hoebeke said.
Heart’s Desire
972.335.1800
heartsdesiregifts.com
