If you've ever wondered what it takes to start a big company, meeting Barbara K would persuade you that anyone could do it. And that's an important part of her message. She is still the New York girl who printed up some business cards and hung out at the local shopping center to start her contracting business. She's happy to demystify the process she went through to launch her line of tools for women. Talking to her, it's easy to see how she personally called retailers for months before she got into her first store. She is just one woman, without any business background. But she figured it out. Barbara was happy to shoot at a construction site. She feels at home in a raw space. She seems to get energy from building things.