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.

Alma Benitez

When I started my business back in November of 2019. I remember that I started with only seventy dollars to my name, and a dream to be successful. I had tried it all, being a stay at home mom just wasn’t working for me. I got a regular job but it just wasn’t paying enough. Read more>>

Jennifer Dawn

After I sold my first company, a software POS organization, I entered the construction industry in Montana. Still, when the housing market bottomed out in 2008, business dried up, I had to close those doors and ended up in tens of thousands of dollars in debt. It was a challenging time in my life, but I moved forward. Read more>>

Brandi Fleekd

Failure is inevitable. But I’ve heard the more failures a person has, the closer they are to success. Read more>>