Get Profitable HQ: Business Growth Strategies for Online Entrepreneurs

3 Biggest Business Failures & Lessons Learned

Laura Smith Episode 6

Are you struggling with setbacks in your business journey? Navigating the rollercoaster of entrepreneurship often involves many failures. But what if these failures could be reframed as invaluable lessons, propelling you closer to success? In this episode, Laura gets real and shares her three biggest failures from the past decade in business. Learn how risk-taking plays a key role in business growth, the importance of aligning products/services with target audience needs, and strategies used to refine the hiring process for building an effective team. Whether you like it or not, failure is an inevitable part of the entrepreneurial journey. Tune in now to transform those failures into stepping stones toward success!



Key Topics:

  • (01:00) Not fearing failure and trying new things
  • (03:15) Risk tolerance and over-analyzing situations
  • (07:20) Joint decluttering challenge with a poor product fit
  • (11:10) Using lessons learned to create a successful virtual summit
  • (12:10) Membership sales strategy failure
  • (20:20) Overestimating demand and ignoring the current situation
  • (28:00) Hiring mistakes; lack of experience in reading people during interviews
  • (33:45) Learning from past hiring mistakes and improving over time
  • (36:50) Understanding what can and cannot be outsourced in a business
  • (38:00) Learning and improving leadership skills


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