We love grabbing drinks with our entrepreneur friends because they always have the craziest stories. Sometimes it’s a big, unexpected win. Other times it’s a problem that came out of nowhere and couldn’t possibly have been foreseen. There is so much to learn from these stories and so we asked some of the brightest entrepreneurs and creatives in the community to share some of those stories below.

Bailey Patterson

Documenting the lives of others through photo and film can be a real blessing. I sometimes forget how powerful our jobs as visual creatures and storytellers are. One story that really impacted me was a client story that happened recently. A client had reached out to me asking to schedule a family photo session. But there was a small bump in the road, the entire family was visiting from out of town and would only be together for a couple of days. I knew this photoshoot meant a lot to them. So, we moved schedules around and made it work. Read more>>

Jeff Althaus

This may not be the craziest thing that ever happened at our law firm, but it was a very unpredictable series of events that led to an amazing result. Unfortunately, law firms are notorious for only caring about the dollar value behind their clients. Attorneys will “do the job” and then move on to the next person. Not only is that not our culture at our firm, but we have a mission of changing how law firms across the nation behave. We are doing this by doing our best to change people’s lives for the better each and every day. I say this as an introduction so you have a better understanding of how the facts below play out. Read more>>

Michael Robertson

After being closed for Covid by governor Ducey then reopening the streets were still a ghost town Went to work each day as normal but no customers yet, wait a car drive up, yea a customer A woman appeared at the entry of my vintage furniture store in mask and gloves A cheery hello I said
Is my order ready? the woman sniped! Order?, I said Yes is my order ready they said on the phone it would take 30 mins! Read more>>

David Najera Jr

3amWater was in the early stages of the initial launch. The team and I were months into doing business and it was moving slow as expected. We were looking for an opportunity to get the bottle into as many hands as possible. Most sporting events are at arenas that have beverage contracts so getting into the door was half our battle. After countless dead ends and emails the search started to look impossible. Until one afternoon I was watching a bike race in California and seen all the riders didn’t have a name brand water. Maybe I was looking in the wrong direction? Read more>>

Sara Hirsch

Picture this, first market of the season and the governor had just re-opened everything since the COVID shutdown. It was a beautiful spring day in May, and I was all geared up for this two day event. I had spent hours preparing all my baked goods using what I had experienced from past two day markets to gage how much product to have. I was ready, or at least I thought that I was. Read more>>

Steve Smith

I began my coaching career by purchasing a coaching franchise. The company was very small, just emerging from start-up status. It was risky but I fell in love with their methodology and entrepreneurial spirit. Two and one-half years later (I was just starting to show a profit), the company closed and filed bankruptcy! I was stunned at how fast everything proceeded to go away. I had spent around $100k on everything to purchase, ramp up and market my business and in one 8-minute phone call, it was all gone. Read more>>

Jaecelyn Mersberg

It’s February 2011. Dallas is host city for Super Bowl XLV. I am in the Owners Box and introduced to “David.” I hand David my card and continue to move around the room. A few days later I receive an email from David with a job offer. What made me laugh was there was no conversation of a job offer or inquiry on my part… I simply was there to enjoy the game and network. My nephew overheard the conversation I was having with my sister and said, “Do you know who David is?” Read more>>

Kate Hughes

I create highly detailed, realistic portraits of people in thread. To hone my skills and express my personal creativity, I have an ongoing series of “Pop Culture Portraits” featuring celebrities and my favorite characters from popular media. The craziest and most exciting day of my early embroidery career was in 2018 when I shared on social media my Pop Culture Portrait of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale as their characters Selena and Gary in the Emmy award winning HBO show, Veep. Read more>>