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.

Michael ` King.

I started as a pastor, wearing many hats. Christian music recording artist and worship leader in a church. Eventually, I became the executive pastor, helping a local church in Nebraska become one of the fastest-growing churches in America. We grew from the 500’s to close to 3000 in multiple locations within a few years. This journey started in 2009. I was the person responsible for the leadership systems and structures that supported growth. If there was a vision, I was responsible for building the machine to make it happen. And I did. Read more>>

Chris Cranias

My dad and family started our first restaurant in 1972. A Coney Island in Detroit, Michigan, called Christo’s Coney Island. It only had 35 seats, with a line out the door as soon as we opened. I was eight years old and can remember working hard to get the remodeled restaurant ready to open. My dad, the Old Man as we used to call him, took a wooden milk crate ( that is what milk was delivered in back in those days). Read more>>

Kendra Saunders

In early 2020, just before the pandemic hit, I was riding the NYC subway home while wearing one of the crowns I’d just recently made. In NYC, it’s common to wear headphones on the train and not speak to anyone around you. A woman nudged me and asked where I’d gotten the crown I was wearing. I explained to her that I made it myself, I was a jewelry designer. She said she was a stylist and asked if there was any way she could borrow it for a photoshoot later that week. Read more>>

Kemerlin Richards

I am going to tell a story of what lead me here today.. at first it may seem like what does this have to do with that?? But the sequence of events, although years lapsed in-between., all leads to my today. I hope you enjoy the story as much as i enjoy telling it. Read more>>

Kate Murray

The pandemic and shut down was hard for everyone. I was living in Brooklyn at the time and we weren’t even allowed to go into our studio so I was running everything from home and fulfilling orders from my living room. We’d make quick runs to the studio to restock before coming home but otherwise it was a lot of busy work. Read more>>