There is so much to learn from investments that went really well as well as those that went really poorly and so we asked some of the wisest creatives and entrepreneurs in the community to tell us the stories of their best and worst investments.

Karla Zuercher

The best investment I have ever made in life is in my kids, and this carried over into the business I now own. Training and competing together in Taekwondo has been such a huge part of our life since my boys were 4 and 6 years old. Through the discipline of training, I watched them learn major life lessons, such as learning to accept failure and turning it into powerful motivation for future successes. Read more>>

Formento Formento

Making the purchase of a vintage airstream, which at the time was pretty much all our money invested in that item. We had needed to move out of our apartment with our 2 cats and litter of kittens, flown across the country to purchase it having only seen photos. On arrival we spent the night in it outside the owners house and next morning bought a used car to pull it, we spent 3 years back and forth living in that airstream before buying a house. Read more>>

Farrell Click

My first multi-family in Historic Downtown Savannah, GA completely changed life as we knew it. This home is not only the reason Savannah Stays was born, but also my first experience with passive income. I had a career in corporate operations at the time and this was a welcome outlet for creativity and designing something that was our very own. This was the building block that led to our portfolio of beautiful, historic properties in downtown Savannah. Each property is a unique, irreplaceable piece with the youngest home being 167 years old. Read more>>

Crystal Chadwick

I believe the very best investment I’ve ever made as a business owner is in myself. So many people and businesses are solely focused on monetary growth, growing their teams, their revenue, everything external. And while there is nothing wrong with that, I truly believe that you can only have sustainable external growth after you have done sufficient internal growth and healing. Read more>>

Trevon Mosby

My first (and best) investment into my creativity was purchasing the Focusrite Scarlett Home Studio Pack (2nd Gen.). To this day, it exceedingly serves my needs to express myself; mix the audio I record with it; and tend to my growing family without losing opportunities to rest in creative productivity. Read more>>

Juni Mukherjee

Thank you CanvasRebel for having me. The best investment has been PalUpNow!’s philanthropic arm “PalUpNow! Charities”, through which PalUpNow! shares donations with nonprofits in India and Kenya that share our vision of serving underserved communities. Read more>>

Angelica Ahumada DeJesus

I believe the best investment anyone can make is to invest in themselves. When you invest in yourself and put in the time and work to grow, that’s how you prosper. I made the decision a few years ago to better myself and my life. Part of that journey was aligning myself with things that would give back to me. One of the things I began doing was painting. I have always had an appreciation and love for the arts, but I never truly tried my hand at it. Read more>>

Shannon Foreman

I have made several monetary investments as a business owner. However, I have invested more of my time than anything. The best investment I have made in my business is time spent alone in my thoughts and actions, believing that all things can work for the best if I believe, stay consistent and trust the process! One of the worst investments I have made in my business is trusting an outside vendor that promised me a project that they couldn’t complete. Instead, they sent products I already had, reimbursed what they desired and pocketed the rest. Read more>>