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.

Armon Robinson

One of the most inspirational things that happened to me was turning what I perceived as a failure into one of my greatest successes. In 2020 during the height of the pandemic I set out to create my first feature film. Read more>>

Lindsay Crowell

As a business owner, I always knew there would be a time where we would face adversity, like a stock market crash. But what I wasn’t prepared for was a world wide pandemic. Read more>>

Jud Patterson

Gosh..I could write a book on the Crazy things that have happened to me in my endeavors since I left ‘Corporate America’. One of the most recent was what I’ll call a ‘Happy Accident’. Read more>>

Sarah-Ashley Andrews

I have three stories off the top of my head that I could share. My background to the first story is that each year my non profit, Dare 2 Hope does a holiday giveback. Read more>>

Ramin Jahedi

One day, as I began my entrepreneurial journey in a humble coffee shop, I overheard a group of women in workout gear at a nearby table lamenting their struggles with getting their location verified on Google. Read more>>

Garan Dickson

When opening Harper’s Cafe, I wanted to create a cornerstone in the community that would not only be a space where people could create and congregate but feel comfortable doing so. Read more>>

Kelly Lee

I learned floral design through assisting other florists, and I have definitely grown more comfortable and confident in my abilities. This past fall, I had a unique opportunity to help Liza of Fox and Fern Botanical Styling with a high-end Scottish-themed birthday party, where she incorporated vintage taxidermy into the designs. Read more>>

Harry Boston

I was shooting a wedding, subbing for a photographer who got really sick, and I didn’t know the couple. As I’m doing my thing I get talking to people as usual, and I meet this guy who had actually heard of me and followed me on Instagram. Read more>>

Rebecca Vasconcellos

A customer came into my Idyllwild store. He had pain and stiffness, due to arthritis, in his hands. He had been referred to me by one of his friends. I showed him my Cayenne Pepper cream and applied some to his hands. Read more>>