Over the years, after talking with tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, artists and creatives, almost every success story we’ve heard has been filled with stories of failure. Unfortunately, in our view the media rarely covers these parts of the story – instead we often read summaries that make it seem like success happened “overnight.” However, what we’ve learned in our conversations with so many successful folks is that failure is core ingredient in the recipe for future success. Below, we’ve shared some fascinating stories of failure from folks who have ultimately found great success.

Nancy Giacolone

In 2016 I made the very bad decision to bring on a potential partner and his administrative assistant into my agency. The intention is that once we valued both books of business, we would come up with a fair purchase price for him to buy in as a partner as his book was significantly less than mine. Read more>>

Gabriela Martinez

There will always be struggles, but if you don’t try for your dreams then you don’t grow as a person. 2020 was the start of my foodie account. Because of Covid-19, I was put on furlough with the company I was working for at the time. During that time I felt stressed constantly because I was trying to find a new job and wanted something that would bring me happiness. So started I yummy_gabs. Read more>>

Jamil Massey

My failures have been some of my best teachers. As I look back over my life and my career, I’ve had many failures. Although they did not feel good while they were happening, they helped me to focus and change my approach to life. One of my earliest failures was when I failed the 9th grade. I wasn’t a dumb kid but unfortunately, I just believed that I wasn’t smart. I also hung around people who didn’t care about grades and who also failed their classes and their grades too. I didn’t realize this while it was happening but be who I was hanging around was pulling me down. Read more>>