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.

Sylvie Damargi

A positive crazy story was that I got a direct message on Instagram from Revive Fashion Week saying that they love my work and invited me to photograph LAFW. I was excited and nervous because it was my first time taking pictures for a fashion show. Read more>>

Angela Keen

I originally started my business on a wholesale model. I rented out a commercial kitchen, obtained my business license and built up about 15 wholesale accounts between Long Beach, Los Angeles and Orange County. I did this for about 2 years and thought I was doing everything by the books. Read more>>

Berké Brown

Before my business was Berké Brown International LLC, it was called the Internal Gym. It combined life coaching and fitness coaching. The motto was before you grow the body you first must water the mind. I always understood that the heaviest weight any human will ever lift is their mind. Read more>>

Abena Souffrant

I remember the moment vividly when I transitioned my business into a business consulting firm in 2018. It was a decision fueled by my desire to help others, and while the journey had its ups and downs, I kept persevering because I knew I was meant to make a difference. Read more>>

Marta Miller

I fully remember the very early days of COVID in March of 2020. I am not one to really watch the news much and the only reason I was super aware of the impacts of COVID was because my best friend was getting married March 7th and I had to cancel my trip because my in-laws, who were supposed to take care of my kids were too scared to fly. Read more>>

Steve Ware

The craziest bit about what I do now is that it was never planned. I never set out to be a mindfulness teacher! I hated (and still hate) the words mindfulness and meditation, they sound like BS, navel gazing – a giant waste of time. Read more>>

Lindsay and Tom Ludlow

Sure, I’d be happy to share a customer success story about a project that our motion design studio, Tend, worked on. We created a 3D animated ad campaign for Connect for Health Colorado called “Live Your Best Life Colorado,” featuring three unique Coloradoans: Marissa, an urban skateboarder mom, Bill, an eastern plains farmer, and Armando, a digital nomad living in Mesa County. Read more>>

Kelly Miller

I’ll never forget the look on one of my clients’ face when I gave her matching, hyper realistic 3D Areola tattoos post mastectomy. This one specific case hit home, hard, because she was my age and had a baby boy. This woman had undergone invasive cancer treatments and was supposed to not survive. But she did. Read more>>

Kelsey O’Halloran

Years ago, I wrote a services page for a virtual assistant. We started by going through my signature messaging process — client interviews, market research, brand voice discovery, and messaging strategy — because we wanted to create copy that would truly resonate with her ideal clients. Read more>>

Abisai Bermudez

One particular story comes to mind about an elderly couple, For there protection we will call them John and Mary, who came to us for assistance with their Medicare enrollment. John and Mary were in their late 60s, and both had multiple health conditions that required regular visits to specialists and a lot of prescription medications. Read more>>

Ashley Green & Erin Hedin

As Boudoir Photographers, we are privileged to meet women from diverse backgrounds and experiences, all seeking to express their unique stories through this intimate form of photography. It’s remarkable to see how each woman has her own motivation for pursuing this type of photo shoot. Read more>>

Liviu Tanase

The ultimate goal for us at ZeroBounce is to play some part in our customers’ success. Bad email data is ubiquitous, and our mission is to help people identify it so it can be cut out. Read more>>

Beth Stutzman Emily Baker

We first opened House to Home in the old Wayne Candy factory. It was a beautiful, old building, but with it came many quirks (such as leaking all over our expensive inventory!). About a year in, the opportunity presented itself to move to The Landing; a beautifully restored historic block in downtown Fort Wayne. Read more>>

Mark Beecher

So I have some students that had high blood pressure and heart problems. They came and train with me and then six months went back to see the doctor and the doctor close the door and asked him what the. Read more>>

 TaKea “TK DaCyph” Marshall

Being a woman of Stature, Color, strong education background and under the Lgbtqia spectrum can be quite daunting. It’s not easy to fit into rooms most would think I should fit in based on my outward appearance. I put the work in everyday and choose to rise above any box anybody sets to put me in. For example, no one expected me to become an owner of my own cannabis shop, canna podcast and consulting firm. Read more>>