These stories teach by example. They inspire all of us. Here you meet men and women who profoundly believe in their dreams, work hard, persevere against great odds and create work and real value in their communities and in the economy.

When a person decides to start a business, they create at least one job for themselves, and there are about 15 million of these one-person companies in the US today. As the business grows, more jobs are created.

Small businesses create 75 percent of all new jobs and we do it because, in Thoreau's words, `We are living the life we've imagined.' With an idea that we think is better than the next guy's, we create work and wealth for our employees and our communities.

In one of the country's least populated states, let's meet business owners who are living the life they've imagined by creating work for others.

LINDA BREWER (Blue Dome Gallery): This is Yankee Street and this is really the arts center of Silver City, and all of this just a few years ago was vacant and now these are all galleries. There's over 20 galleries.

HATTIE: People in Silver City, New Mexico, love their special spot on the Earth.

JOHN ROHOVEC (Blue Dome Gallery): (Voiceover) Silver City is an art destination and it's great now and it's getting better.

HATTIE: (Voiceover) We're sitting at the Blue Dome Gallery in Silver City, New Mexico. Linda Brewer and John Rohovec own the gallery.

LINDA: We're the gateway to the Gila National Forest, which is the oldest and largest wilderness area in the continental United States, and it's a wonderful place to live. We have great weather, and we still have a beautiful downtown and we have great art galleries and a great community.

HATTIE: Where did the name Blue Dome come from?

JOHN : It came from the climate. You walk right through the blue dome. The blue sky.

HATTIE: (Voiceover) Why would someone come here?

LINDA: We have one of the greatest selections of handmade pottery and also paintings really seriously in America. We try to sell artwork that is very dimensional so five years down the road you're going to see something else in it different than even when you bought it. They're usually very complex. They might appear simple, but you're going to enjoy that for a lifetime. It's real important for us to have our collectors happy and what makes collectors happy is a good piece of art.