Business Name: Pencil On Paper

Entrepreneur(s): Jaleel
Location: Somerville, MA
Business Concept: Customized portraits

Jaleel used his artistic talent to start a business. Customers send him photographs and he replicates them as customized portraits. If they are local, he personally delivers the portrait. Talk about customer service! As Jaleel says, “In business you should do things that you’d like to see yourself, if you want other people to like it as well.”

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