It’s wild out there and the struggle is real. Entrepreneurship is no joke, everyday is a new challenge, a new up, a new down, it never stops. The action, the drama, the energy is addictive and it’s why so many never want to retire from entrepreneurship. We’ve asked some very talented entrepreneurs to share some of those crazy stories with us.

Gabriela Mata

Let’s start from the beginning. The beginning where I even discovered a corgi because it’s a pretty cute story! So traveling back in time, I was attending ACC and I noticed this lady, Krisia, that was working at the learning lab with a dog, Bear, but I wasn’t sure what kind of dog it was, turns out it was her service dog. Read more>>

Samuel Foree

The photographer from our wedding saw something in me, that I wasn’t seeing. March of 2022, Jake Zaepfel asked me to come meet him for dinner so we could discuss goals I had for taking my business to the next level. The very next day, I put my notice in. Read more>>

Jasper Tay

In 2020, my team and I secured our first show at one of the most prominent nightclubs in San Francisco. Shortly after, Covid-19 happened. As an event promotion and artist development company, we rely on live events to build our brand and presence in the electronic music scene in the Bay Area. Read more>>

Greg Bander

This story is a mix of positive and negative for sure. It starts out pretty negative, but it has a happy ending, so stick with it! One evening after classes ended at the gym, around 9pm, a 14 year old student informed me that her bike had been stolen out in front of the business. Read more>>

Dashia Golden

I had been doing nails for about 5 years and although I had always been an artist for many years prior I hadn’t really explored my art outside of my usual clients who would request designs on their nails. When my son turned 4 for his birthday I was gifting him a Spiderman room aka his big boy room. Read more>>

Doug Skinkis

Since I was a child I was always able to draw. It was just something that came easy to me. I understood dimension and shading, and had fun using different mediums. But after a while I became tired of pencils, charcoal, or paints. Well, way back in my younger days (and that was way, way back) I was dating a girl who broke the leg off of her wooden coffee table. Read more>>

Laura Alexich

In 2019 my husband Jekyns I decided to open our dance studio. We both danced professionally for years and taught all over the country. The time felt right and we knew that joining forces would be a great way to work together in something we were both passionate about. Read more>>