Anabel Bejarano

When San Diego psychologist Anabel Bejarano, PhD, launched her part-time private practice in 2001, she didn't have much formal business training to draw on.Often, she just had to wing it.

"Even though you may not feel empowered to be a business owner at the beginning, you need almost to pretend it to yourself," says Bejarano, an assistant clinical professor and staff psychologist at Children's Hospital in San Diego.