Failure Friday: “This is super embarrassing looking back…”
In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from an Atlanta designer. In addition to her full-time day job, she’s the owner of a stationary brand called Lucky Dog Design. Selling her products on Amazon seemed like a logical idea, but turned into a costly mistake.
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What It's About
Another source of income isn't always good.
Notes from Chris
Episode 2064
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 Kayla Hutchinson from Atlanta. In addition to her full-time day job, she’s the owner of a wholesale and retail stationary brand called Lucky Dog Design. Last year she decided to create a new revenue stream—sounds good, right? She wanted to be careful to not cannabalize her existing business. Finally, she did a lot of research. But of course, this segment is not devoted to success stories, but to things that go wrong. Listen to today's episode to learn more...MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Kayla for sharing this transparent and truthful story. Check out her website at LuckyDogDesign.co.
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