One of the best things about video games is the ability to restart – you can use your learnings to move faster and avoid obstacles. We often think about what we would do differently if we were starting over in business and we figured others probably think about this as well and so we asked the community to share their thoughts with us.

Lindsey Keeley

Skinny Dip Candle was founded in 2004 by the original creator and mastermind, Karen Porter. When her health began failing her, she put the business up for sale. At the time, I was a sophomore in college and very interested, but at the end of the day, I passed. Read more>>

Dayana Aleksandrova

I started my entrepreneurial journey with next to no capital. After struggling to find a job post-college graduation, I did a series of odd jobs, including door-to-door sales, worked the reception at a gym, I even made juice for a living at one point. In 2016, I landed a job at a tech startup. It looked amazing – on paper. Read more>>

Romain Mayambi

If I were to e start over in photography, I would start by creating more meaningful project and push myself out of my comfort zone. It took me a while to get over that fear of working with studio lighting when I first started out. If I has gotten over that fear earlier on, I believe I would have grown quicker in that area. Read more>>

Nich Gannon

Invest in Bitcoin and Tesla. Ha no but seriously, I would probably get private lessons earlier and maybe even not go to college right out of high school. Not that I regret the experience, but most of the opportunities I have been presented with have been from mostly networking and attending jam sessions. Read more>>

Kimbreli Flournoy

I like to consider myself an accidental entrepreneur. I initially started doing web and brand design because I needed a creative outlet outside of my 9-to-5. I felt like I was not using my skills to their full potential at my job and decided I would do something on the side to help me stay creative. I had no idea it would become a business that I loved doing. Read more>>

Ashton Walker

If I was starting my business from scratch I would absolutely put a lot more time and effort into making genuine connections with clients and people who get excited to work with me! I remember booking so many sessions when I first got started, and having a lot of people take advantage of me and my time as a newbie photographer and that was a bit disheartening. Read more>>

William Rodriguez

I’m actually a college film school drop out (junior year); I would have skipped college all together; (there’s literally only one class that I believe helped me discover the content I love making (Visual Effects in Film) & that’s gotten me noticed as a freelance content creator Read more>>