This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Melinda Long, a 48-year-old owner of a health and fitness company, Grit and Glow, and mother of three from Lloyd Harbor, New York. It's been ...

Welcome to Show the Receipts, a series where we ask interesting people to share exactly how much it costs to get shit done. No matter the task, we're tracking every last dollar from start to finish.

Within two weeks of dreaming up the idea for a Catholic clothing company, Gabe Jones had designed apparel, filed for and was granted LLC status, and launched Agape Apparel. By the time the first order ...