Failure Friday: “We opened the box and it was a totally different product…”
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from the founder of Kettlebell Kings, an ecommerce shop. When a big early order from a supplier went terribly wrong, he had to regroup and learn resilience.
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What It's About
A seller runs into difficulty in working with an overseas supplier.
Notes from Chris
Episode 2022
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 Jay Perkins. He now operates a lifestyle fitness blog at living.fit. But previously he founded a business called Kettlebell Kings. But they had some struggles along the way. Let’s hear from them about one of those struggles… Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Jay for sharing this transparent and truthful story. As you heard him say at the end, he’s now left the kettlebell sales business and his new website at Living.Fit or follow them on Instagram @living.fit.
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