Freedom to Fail

One of the smartest people I've ever met, Liz Findlay received a Master's degree and was 4 years into a PhD program when she decided to start Albion Fit with her husband, Dave in order to try and save her family's factory in Guatemala. What started as a rescue attempt turned into one of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. They have 4 brick and mortar stores in 3 states, and have expanded from just women's clothing to include both men's and children's clothing as well.

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Susan Petersen started Freshly Picked by selling aluminum window frames as scraps in order to fund her initial orders. From those humble beginnings Susan has grown Freshly Picked to millions of dollars in revenue, and has appeared on Shark Tank, as well as partnering with Disney, Star Wars, Nordstrom, among others. In this episode she shares why the biggest sales day in Freshly Picked history almost caused her to call it quits, as well as some extremely useful tips on how to start a product-based company.

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Rachel Nilsson is the perfect example of starting from nothing and finding success. From buying supplies for her initial run at Home Depot to using her husband's old shirt for the first iterations of her product, she created the perfect romper for children, without any snaps, called the Rag, which is why her company is now called Rags.

Immediately after launching Rags, Rachel found success. Less than a year after starting to sell she had already generated $750,000 in revenue. This led to an appearance on the popular TV show, Shark Tank, where the sharks were impressed by her humble beginnings and success. Yet with this success, she also went through periods of isolation and failures, which is what she shares with us today.

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Thread makes the coolest elastic wallets in the market, complete with special designs to make them your own. Years ago when they were first starting out I actually was one of their original Kickstarter backers. What you might not have known is that it was originally just supposed to fund a sock company, their initial idea. Now, Thread is a 7-figure company that has landed on a multitude of top business lists, including being one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the state of Utah. Colby Bauer and his wife are the ones behind this unique take on wallets, and they run this business while raising their children as well.

Though Thread has seen plenty of success since the start, Colby has had his fair share of failures previously. He lost $20,000 on a software project gone wrong, and even his first initial Thread Kickstarter project only earned $2,000 of outside money. Yet from his failures he was able to unlock some of the keys to success and how to maintain a strong mind in the face of outside challenges.

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Dane Maxwell has created his own million-dollar businesses, along with teaching and coaching many other millionaires as well. However, it hasn't always been smooth sailing for him. In this podcast you will hear him share how he stole from some of his competitors, and how he got put on blast by one of them that has a major voice in the marketing world. Dane also shares why integrity has become one of his driving forces since then, and why loving the people you serve is the key to happiness and success.

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During his path to success with his commercial cleaning company, Night Owl Janitorial, Stetson Crane has faced many different trials. His parents didn't approve of him starting a business after theirs went under, he struggled to relate to his employees and know how to lead them, and he quit on himself a couple times as well. But in spite of all of these challenges, he has grown his company to be a multiple 6-figure business, and has future growth in his sights as well.

Jeremy Ryan Slate is the founder of Command Your Brand Media and the host of the Create Your Own Life podcast who has interviewed the likes of Grant Cardone, Danica Patrick, Robin Sharma and many others. He is also a graduate of Oxford University, and in this episode he shares some of the many lessons he's learned, along with the number one piece of advice that he has received in his life.

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Dustin Hughes is an expert realtor and one of my favorite photographers around. He has gone through his fair share of failures and struggles in life and business, and shares some of the tricks and tools that he has learned to move forward and experience success in whatever he has attempted.

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For our listeners out there with good taste in shoes or style, you may have heard of the shoe and boot company, Taft. Easily one of my favorite companies and brands, I was ecstatic to find out that they were based in my backyard here in Utah. Kory Stevens is the founder of Taft, along with his wife. Besides being the CEO of a multi-million dollar company, he was also named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year, has been on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and Taft was recently ranked the 56th fastest growing company in the country by Inc Magazine. But most importantly to him, he is a devoted husband and father.

While he has been able to find much success in business, Kory has also found himself in the depths of depression and lifelong struggles with mental health. What is most inspiring about him is that instead of struggling in silence, like many of us do, he instead chooses to be vulnerable and share his struggles in hopes that he can help people understand that mental health struggles have many different faces, and that anybody can find themselves struggling with it at some point in their lives.

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Danny Deaton is a successful franchisee and entrepreneur who has reached levels of success that most people can only dream of. Yet he has also gone through more dark times and struggles than many of us can fully understand.

From becoming addicted to drugs, to spending time in prison, Danny shares his path towards recovery as well as what he is now doing to help others along the same path. If you, or anyone you love, are struggling with addiction of any kind I highly recommend Danny. And no, I did not get paid to say any of this, I just have been lucky enough to see from my relationship with him how passionate he is about helping others. Take a minute to check out his website and watch his story.

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