One of the most under-the-radar benefits of entrepreneurship is its ability to build fortitude and make the entrepreneur a more formidable person. Challenges – particularly the crazy, unexpected ones that take on a life of their own – build character and confidence. And the unexpected surprises to the upside, the crazy good moments offer a high that’s hard to reproduce elsewhere. The charm and the challenge of entrepreneurship is dealing with the crazy things that happen and so we’ve asked some fantastic business owners and leaders to share some of their stories with us below.
Marina Kuperman Villatoro
Day trading has been the most intense and transformational teacher of my life. When I started, I crashed hard, continuously: emotionally, mentally, financially. Read More>>
Anne Uhlur
The Day I Waxed Demi Moore (and Accidentally Started a Waxing Revolution)
In the late ’90s, I was working for Robert Leonard Salon, and part of the job was hotel calls for the Four Seasons—back when they didn’t even have a spa. We’d bring our wax pots and kits, check in at the front desk like we were checking into a spy mission, get the elevator key, and head up to make magic happen in room service luxury. Read More>>
Richard Tiland
Picture this: It’s 2017, and after years of grinding, optimizing, and perfecting our craft at New Evolution Video, we’d achieved something remarkable – we were ranked #1 worldwide on Google for “video production.” Not just locally in San Diego, not just nationally, but globally. For a video production company, this was like winning the lottery. Read More>>
Regyna Curtis
The craziest thing that’s happened in my business was a dream.
An actual dream about a mink and an egg.
But before I tell you that story, let me rewind a bit and set the stage.
In 2016, I knew that I wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I had no idea yet how to make that happen. What I didn’t realize at the time was that it wasn’t my job to figure out how it would happen, but rather just to make the commitment and then stay devoted to it. Read More>>