Failure Friday: “If I had done any research, I would have picked a different country…”
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from Kassandra Marsh, an Australian graphic designer. When she had a new business idea, she jumped in without doing any research. Lesson learned: do the research.
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What It's About
It seemed like a good plan—but something got lost in translation.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1854
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 Kassandra Marsh from Brisbane, Australia. We told the story of her design business on Episode #1443. That business was rolling along, but when she decided to pursue a new business idea—an expansion of sorts—she felt confident… perhaps too confident. She’ll tell us the story, and I’ll be back at the end to wrap us up. Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Kassandra for sharing this transparent and truthful story. Check out their website at lakazdi.com or her Instagram at @lakazdi.kassandra.
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