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.

Evangeline Sarney

My career had quite a different launch pad than most. Think as untraditional as you can. At a young age I launched “Makeup Tips,” a humble beauty blog that soon blossomed into a community of 1.2 million eager followers seeking advice, inspiration, and the latest trends. One of the pivotal moments was my first-ever beauty event, hosted by Lancôme. Little did I know that this encounter would weave a crucial thread throughout my career. Read more>>

Leah Zaccaria

I owned two yoga studios in Seattle WA for about 10 years. I decided to move to Venice CA. I did not plan to open another yoga studio, but the universe had other plans for me. I was not finding a community driven yoga studio that I heard existed in LA. In fact, there was a yoga studio called Exhale that was pretty famous, but closed. No one seemed to replace that energy. So, I said, “I am going to be the next Exhale”. Read more>>

Daniel Valek

Approximately a year ago, I went on my first ever diving expedition in the Truk Lagoon, Micronesia to document the life of the crew and the diving team preparing for WWII shipwreck exploration. It was an awesome month full of hard work but also adventurous moments I had never experienced before. In fact, the expedition was full of “my first” events, one of them being shooting with RED cinema cameras, which was an amazing experience. Read more>>

Shannon Sturges

In addition to going on set to coach, I also have a studio where students are enrolled in classes ranging from Technique, Improv, voice, staged combat and three levels of scene study. One night while teaching a scene study class I had two intermediate actors presenting a scene from “Law Abiding Citizen” it was a tough scene and the actors did an admirable job and I asked them to bring it back the next week. The actors left the stage to go and change out of their wardrobe, the actor who had been acting the Gerard Butler role was in chains and a prison jumpsuit. Read more>>