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At The Nelson Company, we like to love on people, big time. That’s why we are so excited to bring you interviews from other entrepreneurs that share a similar mission and strive to make the world a better place. Here is the first - we hope you enjoy it!  I am so excited to kick this series off with an amazing woman, business owner, mom, wife and friend. Samary Polnett owns Path 2 Purpose, a coaching business she created after seeing a need for real problem solving and planning with her client base. When I met with Samary for the...

I have been trying to think of a time where an act of kindness really changed the course of my day, in the hopes that I can illustrate why kindness, which seems so simple, is actually really complicated and doesn’t feel simple at all when it’s really needed. And let’s face it: it’s really needed. Many years ago, I was planning my wedding. We were down to the wire, about a month to go, with everything having to come together and last-minute decisions needing to be made. My parents were driving me to a dress fitting, and I used the...

…hakuna matata. We have been a fan of graphic tees for a while, and we have a bunch that we have used for special occasions or to describe us (like Scott’s “I’m a Keeper” tee that he got from Steve & Barry’s, anyone remember them?!). We don’t take putting our design on a product lightly, we want to make sure we are giving you the best value for your money. So when we were faced with all the different tee possibilities, we looked to our favorite shirts that stood the test of time, and did some research to find the...

As the founders of The Nelson Company, we wanted to shed a little light on who we are and a couple of fun facts about us! We are Allison & Scott Nelson, a couple of displaced New Yorkers trying to make sense of New England’s ways (for example, why do you people obsess over maple syrup so much?!) enjoy our precious life with our little daughter… and keep that coffee obsession strong! We met at a bar. A lot of people who know us well know this story, but we met while we were both in college at a very...

Today, we are sharing how our flagship phrase, Praise Up Coffee Down™, came into our lives and why we decided to share it with all of you in this way! If you have been in a long-term relationship, whether it’s amorous or a friendship, you probably have those inside jokes and phrases that you use in conversation, or to help cheer up the other person. Ours, for a while, was “praise up,” and I’ll admit we borrowed it from none other than a young contestant on our favorite reality show, Project Runway. From there, the inevitable happened – we became...