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 way.
Forest Quaglia
Film sets can become tornadoes of chaos at the drop of a dime. There is usually a large team of hard working artists and creatives running around trying to pull the Directors vision into frame. Countless moving parts at all times. On my recent project, Map Heist; there was an unexpected hurtle that almost derailed our first day. Read more>>
Philip Lawson
Initially, I encountered skepticism and criticism regarding my decision to incorporate a firearm into my artwork. The first response I received was, “You can’t make guns… it will kill your career.” Some questioned whether I was glorifying firearms or simply making toys. However, within a short period, my sculptures were exhibited at the 111 Minna Gallery Read more>>
Emily Kenison
RobeCurls quickly became recognized as a leader in the heatless curling realm, racking up awards like the Beauty Innovation Award, and even making it to Google’s esteemed Top 100 Products of 2022. But the most unexpected recognition we won was being crowned the #1 counterfeited product on Amazon. And it nearly killed our budding business. Read more>>
Devyn Gussenbauer
We established our band in 2019 and we went from a few practices and written songs to stage immediately. We had an incredible start as a band, songs were becoming effortless to write together, shows were falling into our laps and we just went for it. But then, 2020 came and the world shut down, we changed players and everything was uncertain. We continued to write and practice when we could after the lock down. During the lock down we had some video chats, Read more>>
JOSHUA BANNER
Entrepreneurship is never a smooth road. One of the biggest struggles I had to tackle in my first e-commerce business was the breakdown of the relationship with my business associate and friend, while simultaneously moving to another city. After years of successfully working together and growing my business, my friend and associate began consistently missing deadlines and performing poorly. Soon enough, he was no longer responding to work emails in a timely manner either and the accounting work fell behind leading to payroll issues. Read more>>
Kendra Gilliam
The most unexpected thing that the business has faced is losing my husband, the love of my life for 36years. Troy and I started this business together in 2017, we worked together every day. We opened a small location where we sold daily meals Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays Fridays and Sundays. Troy and I had just landed a huge contract and we were so excited about the doors that were about to open for Klasic Taste. Read more>>
Fernanda Vaca
Well, Everything started in the year 2020 when I wrote a Novel called “Eternal Now- Love is Love” . This is a minimalist book that talks about family, relationships, love, death and more and more philosophical matters. I wrote this book to participate in a National Award for Ecuadorian Writers so I decided to finally write a book of mine for an opportunity to win $10,000. Really sad I didn’t win the Award and also the money disappeared. Read more>>