Failure Friday: “I was exhausted and doing the bare minimum for my business…”
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from Julia Taylor, the owner and designer of an adventure-themed brand of totes and mugs. When she and her husband combine business with travel, they get an unexpected surprise.
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What It's About
An owner burns out trying to maintain their side hustle.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1749
I believe we can learn as much from failure as we can from success, if not more. It’s with this principle in mind that I offer you a weekly segment called Failure Friday: a collection of short stories all about mistakes, missteps, disasters, and of course, failure. Just like our Throwback Thursday segment, you’ll hear directly from side hustlers who have struggled to get something off the ground. They’ll tell you a short story of something that went very wrong. The stories will vary, but often it starts with an idea, what they thought would happen and what really happened—and of course, what they learned. Today’s short story features Julia from Breckenridge, Colorado. We told the successful story of her adventure-themed brand of totes, mugs, and more on Episode #1042. But when she levels-up the adventure side of her adventure-themed brand, she discovers that nomad life is not all it’s claimed to be. It’s tiring, folks! It’s not how it always looks on Instagram. Let’s hear how she tells it… Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Julia for sharing this honest story. Check out her website at alignedadventure.com or follow her on Instagram at @aligned_adventure. She also has a new coaching business—that Instagram account is @juliabaldwintaylor.
- Health Scare Inspires Adventurous Career Change: A longing for independence leads a web designer to create an adventure-themed brand of totes, mugs, and more.
- "Airbnb for Beer": Digital Nomad Brews Up Frosty Profits: A brewing innovator bridges the gap between local breweries eager to make money off of their idle equipment and event planners who want to create their own customized beer.
- Nomad Family Cooks Up $40,000 Profit With Houseware Import Business: A traveling family creates a houseware reselling business using the Fulfillment by Amazon model, with profits going straight to their travel fund.
