[VIDEO] Ryan Henry of 9MAG Shares Advice on Doing Business with Friends

In a candid conversation with MADE and guru tattoo artist, business owner and reality star of VH1’s Black Ink Crew Chicago, Ryan Henry shared insight on how he stumbled into entrepreneurship through his passion for art and the motivation behind his hustle. In 2009, within weeks of the passing of his late sister, Nova Henry, Ryan fueled his entrepreneurial pursuits by keeping the promise he made to her to start his tattoo business from the ground up.

Today, older and much wiser from when he first started his business out of his home, Ryan transparently speaks about the challenges he faced doing business with friends and the success of opening his latest and largest tattoo shop to date, 9MAG, with 12 other artists, in Chicago, IL. Watch Ryan and the rest of the crew in Season 5 of VH1’s Black Ink Crew Chicago on Wednesdays 9pm / 8pm CST.