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.

Kadina Grant

So actually I failed a couple of times on launching my business Envymeshades last year. I came up with the idea of what I wanted to sell back in May 2021 and quickly started to watch Youtube videos and business coaches on Instagram and set out a deadline to launch my store by November of 2021. I truly believed 7 months was enough time to save up a little capital and to create a concrete plan and it is honestly but at the current time the job I had did not provide enough stable income that allowed me to save for rainy days and to launch a small ecommerce business. Read more>>

Kelli Kinney

It was 2008/2009. My husband and I were riding the wave of economic growth and success as home builders when the bottom fell out of our industry. We had put so much faith and our financial security into the banking system – and at that time individuals in our profession couldn’t lose… we had 2 toddlers and a newborn when we had to short sale our home and start completely over. We were utterly devastated and at a complete loss at what to do next. Building homes had become a huge part of our identity as a couple – so to start over was a bit of an identity crisis to say the least. Read more>>

Tasha Taylor

A failure i experienced was definitely obtaining my bachelor’s degree. The plan was to obtain a degree in business and accounting. I was in my junior year and the school lost the accreditation so i had to start over because the school i transferred too wouldn’t take my credits. I did 3 years there too and my financial aid maxed out. Unless i could pay cash for college i had to leave.. i waited a few years and re.attempted and a different school told the same funding story. Read more>>

Raveen Simmonds

In life we often take on way too much than we can actually bare, because I was thinking with my heart and I over looked the reality of things . We’re only 6 months into this year and I took a loss every month so far. I know you guys are probably wondering what I meant when I said ” I was thinking with my heart” here’s how I put everything and everyone before me. I take everyone else’s problem and make them mine, so imagine having my problems on top of everyone else’s. When I face hardships or I get to a very weak point, Read more>>