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.

Takeata King Pang

Fear of failure is real, especially for women. We often feel pressure to be perfect, which is impossible. When someone succeeds, we only hear about what worked, not the failures along the way. Read more>>

Beth Geddio

Influencer Marketing – Or should I say, putting all of my hopes, dreams, and eggs in one basket? — I invested so much time and energy into going to events like the Emmy’s and Oscar’s pre awards gifting suites, in hopes to pair with celebrities and see sales come from their influence. Read more>>

Fabio Arauz

If I think on my career so far, failure seemed to have made a re-occurrence throughout the years. A few are: – Failed to move to the city I hoped. – Got to intern in Nashville after initially failing my internship interview but got a second shot. (How do you fail an internship interview? LOL) Read more>>