During the Great Recession, Tracy Matthews was in debt $335,000. Here’s what she did to dig herself out.
Category archives: My Worst Moment
After Completely Freezing During a Pitch Competition, These Co-Founders Stayed Up All Night Preparing for a Second Chance
Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger told stories for clients of their branding and digital agency, Motto. But they came up short when it was time to tell their own.
She Had to Fire 35 People on Her Second Day on the Job. Here’s How She Handled It — and Her Advice for Rebuilding Trust.
Efrat Ravid, currently chief marketing officer at ContentSquare, remembers her worst moment in a previous role and how she turned things around.
How These Co-Founders Balanced Growing Families With an Unexpectedly Fast-Growing Company
One co-founder was pregnant and the other was breastfeeding when Revolution Foods entered a new market and got more than twice as much business as planned.
This Executive’s Mother Passed Away Right Before Her Wedding. Here’s How She Moved Forward — and How the Tragedy Inspired a New Career Trajectory.
‘From the tragedy, I learned that life is too short, fragile and unpredictable not to take risks and go after what you want and what makes you happy,’ says Jess Liberi of eMoney.
When This Woman’s Business Partner Passed Away, She Learned She Didn’t Have to Carry on His Legacy Alone
Five years after her partner’s passing, Ethel Rubinstein reflects on his absence, while channeling his optimism and creativity.
This Entrepreneur Fought Her Neighbors for Her Right to Open Her First D.C. Restaurant and Won
It took this restaurant owner three times as long as expected to get her liquor license after a community battle with men who accused her of trying to open a brothel.
How the Single Worst Tragedy in This Artist’s Life Made Her Figure Out How to Heal and Get Stronger
When her assistant lost his life in a tragic car accident, New York artist Elizabeth Sutton had no blueprint on how to move forward.
These Co-Founders Insisted on Being Co-CEOs Despite It Costing Them Funding
The co-CEOs of Harper Wilde, an intimate apparel company, share why they stuck to their unusual structure despite hearing they were making a huge mistake.
After Losing 75 Percent of Her Business, This Entrepreneur Emptied Her Personal Savings to Turn Things Around
Sandy Rubinstein, CEO of DX, a digital marketing and advertising firm, emptied her personal savings to bankroll her company for 18 months and get back in the green.