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.

Vanessa Chinopoulou-McCoy

One of the wildest moments at NostimoTX.com was when a viral TikTok foodie unexpectedly featured our Greek FruitSpoonSweets. Within hours, our website crashed from traffic, online orders tripled. It was exhilarating and chaotic. We scrambled to restock and worked 16-hour days just to keep up with the orders. I was overwhelmed but deeply proud. That moment reminded me why we started this: to share the Greek culinary heritage that could move people. Read more>>

Annie (Poppy) Magdesyan

I just want to start by saying LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE. The week leading up to this event had been wild. Let’s start with a few days before… Things at home had been chaotic, I ended up leaving and I decided to go car camping for a few days. It was honestly beautiful, even though it was a little rough I actually liked how free I felt. I stayed near Angeles Crest since it was close to my job at the time. The tattoo shop I was working at was having a Friday the 13th event that extended to Sunday. Friday went really well, everything came out great and I had a lot of fun. Sunday came around and at this point I had like 9 hours of sleep in the last 3 nights, been camping in my car for 4 days, and have a whole day of tattooing ahead of me. I went to set up my station and my machine was nowhere to be found! Read more>>

Jet Tamburri

Starting my career in the 90’s was an interesting journey.. Back then shops were still heavily run by motorcycle clubs. The first few years I witnessed many fights, drug abuse, people dying, getting arrested, etc. Read more>>

Sandro Costa

Q-Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began leading your company? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?

A- I think the most interesting thing that happened to me since I began leading the compa-ny was being awarded by the Hollywood Daytime Beauty Awards for our CBD Sleep Gummies. It was a sign of great things to come for Allure. We have worked so hard to de-sign our brand and develop a product that makes a difference. It was an amazing experi-ence , I walked the red carpet with celebrities as well we supported a great cause. I was pleased to learn that with all the sacrifices I’ve made the company is beginning to stand out from the rest. Read more>>