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.

Edward Oliver

I remember summer 2017 I was feeling discouraged with my business and I was honestly ready to quit. I had a talk with my Uncle Marco and he put some things into perspective for me and to think about how much I accomplished in at the time only 3 years in business and to keep going. despite my feeling I did what he said and kept going literally a month later my business randomly goes viral via twitter and it was an influx of new customers interested as well current and older customers praising the product. That sparked an influx of orders I never experienced at once it was overwhelming to a point after 3 days of crazy orders I had to shut my site down just to fulfill orders which made people even more interested so when i reopened it kept going. Read more>>

Buck Holly

Rising from the Ashes: A Journey of Resilience and Reinvention

In the fall of 2017, life as I knew it unraveled. Just months after uprooting my family, business, and team from Florida to Richmond Hill, Georgia, I faced the crushing news that my marriage was over. With no savings left after the costly relocation, I was blindsided. My small business was barely keeping the lights on, let alone generating enough revenue for me to secure an apartment, buy furniture, or cover utilities. Read more>>

Arlin Pacheco

I often get asked what my most memorable tour is. I have a few for sure and counting. But I do think one of my first go-to memories is quite a while ago. I wasn’t new but I wasn’t fully seasoned yet and it was a little under 100 people. We had our double decker buses out and this company event had brought in their entire national staff. That was no big deal- but their itinerary was. They wanted to do EVERYTHING. And they did! We did sightseeing, barbecue, museums, activities and even tailgating at a Chiefs game. There was definitely drinking.-About ten hours of it. It was for sure my longest tour. It was 13 hours from leaving lot to back to lot. My brain was fried. Flashbacks of herding drunk fans across the Arrowhead parking lot- did I get everybody? Read more>>

Travon Amor Mitchell

One day, I had went to an open gym and there was a group of kids playing basketball. They asked me and a few other adults to play a game of 4 vs 4. Afterwards they asked for my instagram and ended up sending me a instagram message separately asking for me to train them for their basketball season coming up. Long story short, once I started training them my friend torrey called me and told me I was training his little couisins. That made me realize this is a small world! Read more>>

Jennifer Wilson

One of the craziest wedding stories at Celestial Farms happened when a photographer showed up on a wedding morning, stayed for just one short hour, and then disappeared without saying a word. It was a complete shock to all of us and left our sweet couple in a panic with no photographer for the most important day of their lives. Read more>>

Sanskrriti Gaikwad

One fine evening, over a casual pizza with Yash, I casually mentioned, “I want to enter this field. I want to have my own brand.” It wasn’t some grand, meticulously planned moment—it was just an idea, a spark. And somehow, that one statement turned into Drop Tee.

Fast forward to a few months later, and we were deep in the hustle—designing, sourcing, figuring out the logistics, and learning on the go. Every small milestone felt like a victory, but nothing could have prepared us for what happened next.At the time, we had no clue what we were getting ourselves into. Read more>>