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.

Sarah Potekhen

When the Nose Knows: The Moment Bioenergetics Turned My Husband Into a Believer Picture this: I’m knee-deep in my bioenergetic certification training in Utah, still on the fence. I believe in the magic, but I haven’t had that jaw-dropping proof yet. Meanwhile, back home, my husband’s been living in a scentless world ever since that infamous year we don’t speak of, 2020. Read More>>

TyShonnia Cunningham

I was scheduled to speak at a women’s event and when I arrived I was told at the entryway I was late and therefore they wouldn’t allow me to get in. I stepped away gracefully and by the time I reached my car the MC came out yelling my name and for me to come back. Read More>>

Kary Perry

I still remember the night I hit what everyone else would have called success. My first $50K launch. The kind of milestone you dream about when you’re hustling from your laptop on the couch, believing one day all the hard work will finally pay off. The messages were pouring in. The Stripe notifications were nonstop. On paper, I was killing it. Read More>>

Jimmy Tran

Serendipity led me to my current firm, Optima M&A. In January 2025, I sold a small business. I was somewhat burned out and decided to take a break to ponder what I wanted to do next. I evaluated a number of things, but nothing really excited me. Luckily, I wasn’t in a hurry so thought I might give myself up to a year to decide. Read More>>