We asked some fantastic entrepreneurs and creatives to tell us about their first job in their field. Check out their stories below. Luiza Barteldes I was a ballet dancer living in New York City in the early 2000s. After working with different jobs from a pet care business to real estate, I decided to apply my…

The chapters in our stories are often marked by wins and losses. Getting a new job, getting fired. Getting a life-threatening medical diagnosis, beating it and getting a clean bill of health. Too often, due to a societal expectation of modesty and humility we are discouraged from talking about the risks we’ve taken that led…

Defining moments aren’t just exciting – they are thought-provoking and fertile ground for learning. These inflection points often are the result of an illuminating moment where some truth of the universe presents itself in an easier to recognize form. Below, you’ll find talented and successful entrepreneurs and artists sharing the stories of defining moments in…

Internships and apprenticeships are a time-honored rite of passage in many industries. We’ve asked some brilliant folks to share some of the most important lessons they learned during these early experiences in their career. Minjia Du During my undergraduate graduation period, I worked as both the production sound mixer and post-production sound editor for a friend’s…

Having to overcome unexpected problems is a hallmark of entrepreneurship. Almost every business owner, artist, maker, and creative we know has had to deal with countless unexpected problems that arise in the journey and so we asked some brilliant folks from the community to share their stories of the unexpected problems they've faced along the…

As a business owner it’s easy to feel like your work is never done – because no matter how much you do, there is always more that could theoretically be done. Many business owners we’ve spoken with also feel that they have a responsibility to be available to their team and that if they step…

Tony Robbins says the #1 human need is certainty, but do you know what the second need is? It’s uncertainty. This tug of war between the competing needs of safety and risk are at the heart of so many dilemmas we face in life and for most folks the goal isn’t to eliminate risk –…

Many business owners we’ve spoken with didn’t start with a huge team on day one. They had to learn how to be a good boss, but the problem is the books on leadership are often highly theoretical and so we wanted to hear practical examples of what it means to be a good boss. So,…

Doing things your way is one of the best parts of being your own boss and when done right seems to be highly correlated with outsized success. So, we wanted to gather real-world examples to shed more light on how the best artists, entrepreneurs and leaders differentiate themselves from others in their respective industries. Bianca One…

We asked some very thoughtful members of our community to reflect on what they’ve learned from their heroes. Nechelle Harris EVERY HERO DOES NOT COME WITH A CAPE “MY HEROES ARE MY PARTICIPANTS — THE INDIVIDUALS I SERVE EVERY DAY. THEY OVERCOME AND SURVIVE THROUGH UNCERTAINTY, JUDGMENT, MISINFORMATION, AND LIMITED FREEDOMS. THEIR RESILIENCE IS UNMATCHED AND…