Failure Friday: The Corporate Gig Where I Undersold Myself
In this week’s “Failure Friday” segment, we hear from an industry expert who was invited to give a corporate talk at an oil company conference in Halifax. Just one problem: he didn’t know how much to charge, so he asked for much less than the company would have paid.
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Episode 2841
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 Bradley from Detroit. As you might guess, their business has had a couple of challenges. Yours in the revolution,