"I live fully aligned in my higher purpose in life. And I live every day in my greatest fear of sharing my vulnerable story when I rather just be hidden."

"I got accepted to a biotech accelerator in Ireland to escape and I came back."

"I lost a business to bankruptcy, swallowed my pride, and now have a successful model to help real estate investors avoid the same traps that had forced my prior business into bankruptcy."

"In like a month's time, the entire situation flipped. And instead of thinking, Oh, god, this is it. This is the last day this company is gonna possibly survive. It was on its feet again."

"I finally launched a successful company. And I wake up most nights because I still have no salary and a baby on the way."

"My company tripled its annual sales goals. And I still find myself concerned about whether or not I'll be able to pay my rent and utilities every single month." - Armand Piecuch

"My business was experiencing exponential growth and I felt lost, hopeless and empty."

"I thought I was standing up for myself and I realized that I might've been putting my company and its ability to raise money in jeopardy."

"I thought I created an online course that would really help technologists. And what happened was I struggled to teach self-awareness to people who don't know self-awareness enough to know that they actually need what I'm teaching"

"As a matter of fact, I actually did sell my company. For a very few moments was pretty wealthy on paper. The reality was I ended up in protracted litigation lawsuits that cost me over $50,000."

In partnership with WeWork Labs Denver, this week we're sharing Founder Horror Stories. Gregarious Narain has been at the forefront of social media marketing, influencer marketing, and product marketing for more than 20 years. In his illustrious career, Greg has helped drive marketing verticals – such as content management, email and customer relationship systems, and marketing research – with a focus on product development and launches.

"I lost my CTO after six months with nothing to show, and launched a completely new platform three months later."

"I had to stop doing all of my own events and found creative ways to help clients individually." Christina Marie is the founder of Christina Marie's Mantra. She is also an eating disorder recovery mentor. In this episode from Denver Startup Week, Christina shares why she started her company, the challenges and mistakes she's learned from running her business, and the best piece advice she has ever received.

In this episode from Denver Startup Week 2020, we're discussing the entrepreneurial journey with David Milliken from Greetly. David left a high-level executive position to pursue his dream of starting his own company and shares with Kristin the reasons for leaving, what Greetly is all about, and some key learnings from building his company.

This year at Denver Startup Week 2020 we had the opportunity to sit down with Jen Seregos of Athena Digital to discuss her business, the challenges she and her team have faced during the pandemic, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.   Links:  www.athena-digital.com Instagram: @athena_digital   If you enjoyed this Founder Confessional, be sure to check out our conversation with Tommy Riley from Handoff: https://link.chtbl.com/tommyriley

Tommy Riley is the Founder of Handoff, a chat and voice-based application that instantly recommends and delivers beer, wine, and liquor with the touch of a button. "See the need, fill the need is our ethos." - Tommy Riley To connect with Tommy, visit https://www.handofftech.com/ This episode is brought to you by Founders First System. Founders First System is a simple framework of metrics and disciplines that helps keep founders healthy, happy, and productive as they build their...

Jay Hirschfield is the CEO/President of 41North. 41North grows leafy greens, herbs, edible flowers, microgreens, and other vegetables for the direct local market providing fresh produce year-round. 41North also hosts private farm-to-table dining events and educational workshops. "Our farm lost 100% of its restaurant customers and revenue within a 24-48 hour period during the initial lockdown order in March. We immediately built out a delivery CSA platform that we launched that week and in...

Larry Wall Jr. is the Founder and CEO of MTreatment, a company that helps you access all of your healthcare data through an easy and interactive portal. In this conversation, Kristin and Larry discuss entrepreneurship during the pandemic and what entrepreneurs are doing to pivot. Larry also shares his passion for the healthcare system to become less fragmented and how his company is helping people navigate the fragmented healthcare system. You can connect with Larry on LinkedIn:...

Jennifer Peters is the founder of JustBe Kitchen, a paleo and gluten-free cafe whose mission is to serve mindful mouthfuls from a conscious kitchen with kindness on a plate. "As a restaurant, we were forced to shut down because of COVID and adopt a new way of operating. It accelerated initiatives that were part of our vision and has allowed us to bring to life what we feel is the true purpose of the business." - Jennifer Peters Find out more about JustBe Kitchen and Jennifer at...

Gretchen Bartek is the founder and CEO of Adelska Date Night, a company that curates private date night experiences for Denver couples. "Our startup was finally on a high growth trajectory, and then schools closed and I had to add full-time homeschool teacher to my list of priorities." - Gretchen Bartek Visit https://www.adelska.com/ to connect with Gretchen and her team. This episode is brought to you by Founders First System. Founders First System is a simple framework of metrics and...

Welcome to The Founder Confessional Podcast I’m Kristin Darga, from Impact Founder and I’m happy you’re joining us today for this conversation from Denver Startup Week 2019. Denver Startup Week is the main hub for entrepreneurs in Denver and has completely altered the startup scene in Colorado. Each year, over 15,000 people come together to celebrate entrepreneurship and share best practices on building companies. During the week, we captured the hardships, the triumphs, and the lessons...

Welcome to The Founder Confessional Podcast I’m Kristin Darga, from Impact Founder and I’m happy you’re joining us today for this conversation from Denver Startup Week 2019. Denver Startup Week is the main hub for entrepreneurs in Denver and has completely altered the startup scene in Colorado. Each year, over 15,000 people come together to celebrate entrepreneurship and share best practices on building companies. During the week, we captured the hardships, the triumphs, and the lessons...

Welcome to The Founder Confessional Podcast I’m Kristin Darga, from Impact Founder and I’m happy you’re joining us today for this conversation from Denver Startup Week 2019. Denver Startup Week is the main hub for entrepreneurs in Denver and has completely altered the startup scene in Colorado. Each year, over 15,000 people come together to celebrate entrepreneurship and share best practices on building companies. During the week, we captured the hardships, the triumphs, and the lessons...