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.

Olivia Heil

It all began in 1998. My mom was a stay-at-home mother raising three kids: my older siblings, ages five and seven, and me, an infant at the time. Once the older two went off to school, she found herself with a little extra time and an itch to do something more. Read more>>

Hannah Humlan

In the early days of our photography business, everything revolved around the negative. If you didn’t have the negative, you didn’t have the photograph. There were no backups, no digital files—just a single fragile strip of film that carried all of your work. Read more>>

Danielle Gustafson

In my profession, I get to see a lot of homes. Each one gives me a small window into the occupant’s world—sometimes inspiring, sometimes downright unusual. Read more>>