Lynn Heublein and her business partner launched SkinSpirit Medical Spa in 2002 with a $600,000 loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration. By 2012, Heublein had grown the business to over $10 million in annual revenue and $3 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. That year, Heublein considered whether and how to continue growing the business.