How Success Happens

Daniella Yacobovsky the co founder of BaubleBar the go-to online retailer for on-trend jewelry seemed to understand early on that failures she had in her business were just part of the necessary process needed to eventually find success. She built BaubleBar into a major fashion accessories business by failing her way to success. Figuring out the right answers by making the wrong decisions. Even today when she launches new jewelry products its a continual process of testing, failing, learning and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Leah Cohen started in the restaurant business way before the #metoo movement. Many people might know her from her wildly successful New York City restaurant Pig and Cow. Or her brand new restaurant Piggyback. Others possibly know her from her appearance on Season 5 of Top Chef. But most don't realize her success didn't happen overnight. She put in a lot of years working for a variety of chefs and restauranteurs before taking her own leap into entrepreneurship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melody Mcloskey founded StyleSeat - the premiere marketplace for beauty and barbering services. It has generated more than $6.5 billion in revenue for its small business customers and powered more than 120 million appointments in 16,000-plus cities across the U.S. But Melody actually sat on this idea for two years. She was passionate about it, but she was afraid of taking the leap. She had so many personal doubts, fears and insecurities holding her back. So, what did it take for Melody to finally dive in and just go for it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Fuerstman started his career in the hotel industry as a doorman at a Marriott in New Jersey. He then worked his way up to captain of the bell stand, and then onto major hotels across the country, then helping Steve Wynn at the Bellagio. He then came up with an idea for a new type of hotel. It would be an ultra-luxury property that allowed people to be causal, not stuffy like the other luxury hotels of the time. He called it Montage, and built it in Laguna Beach California. And he was right. It set the standard for a new type of luxury property, and is now one of the most well-known ultra-luxury brands in the industry, with multiple properties around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are over one billion people globally living with disabilities, but up until a few years ago no one in the fashion industry was making clothes for them. That was until Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit that partnered with Tommy Hilfiger to create an adaptable clothing line. More recently, Mindy launched Gamut, a business that helps people with disabilities to find work in the adaptive economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Merrill is the Co-Founder of Riot Games. Riot created League of Legends, one of the most popular video games of all time. League of Legends World Championship rivals the Super Bowl viewership — with close to 100 million last year. The company even brought in $1.5 billion in revenue this past year. But when Marc started the company, there were times they barely had funds left to pay employees. They had disastrous technical failures at their live events, and nearly went out of business many times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a reason we choose to pay $5 for a cup of coffee. The customers aren't paying for the coffee, they are paying for the experience of being at Starbucks. Danny Meyer the famed restauranteur was doing this before the term "experience economy" was even coined back in the 1990's. He opened his first restaurant in New York City called Union Square Cafe back in 1985 and one thing he has always done better than anyone else in the business is offer an incredible experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starting a business at any time can be scary but how about dropping out of school to start a business during the greatest recession in the history of the world? To make a move like that can be downright frightening. Alexa Von Tobel literally left Harvard Business School before graduating to pursue her mission to educate everyday Americans on how to manage their own finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jarrod Moses went from being a college intern at Grey Advertising to becoming its youngest president ever. He was a 30-year-old boss of a major publicly traded company, and regularly faced age discrimination because of it. But it didn’t stop him. He went on to found the United Entertainment Group—a joint venture with Hollywood powerhouse Untied Talent Agency, that would produce branded entertainment for General Mills, AT&T, Starbucks, and more of the world’s largest brands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices