This week on And Then This Happened, listen to the story of Melissa Ben-Ishay and Baked by Melissa.

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Today, Danika Brysha is a successful wellness entrepreneur, body-positive fashion model, and life coach. But it wasn’t until after realizing that starting a business might be the only way for her to survive financially that Danika founded Model Meals and began making the positive changes that got her to where she is now.

Throughout her journey, Monica Grohne had to quickly adapt when things didn’t go according to plan for Marea Wellness—whether that was working with suppliers or deciding on her business model.

Seven Starling co-founder and CEO, Tina Beilinson, is a first-time entrepreneur who quickly discovered that making a positive impact with your business doesn’t diminish the obstacles of starting one in the first place.

For Ashley Rouse, making jam started as a hobby and a way to experiment with funky flavor profiles outside the confines of her day job. But eventually, Ashley realized it was time to turn Trade Street Jam into a full-time career.

Olivia Landau is changing what it looks like to shop for an engagement ring with The Clear Cut—and not just with its direct-to-consumer business model, but also as a woman disrupting the male-dominated diamond industry.

Would you start a business with your significant other? Lizzie Carter and her partner Hugo Lewis created Only Curls, a London-based haircare line made to help people across the UK manage and maintain their luscious locks. But balancing a business, a partnership, and, eventually, a baby hasn’t always been easy.

Finding an investor is often necessary to grow your business—but that doesn’t mean any offer will be right for you. That’s exactly what Kim Lewis, founder of CurlMix, learned when she went on Shark Tank and turned down a $400K deal. But that’s only part of her fundraising story, which she shares on this episode of Making it Happen.

While becoming an entrepreneur allowed her to obtain a level of flexibility not everyone has, Laurel Wells Thompson shares how she quickly learned that carving your own path can also come at a cost.

Being a founder is all about taking risks. Chelsea Moore shares how she decided to take a chance on creating her own company instead of following a more traditional career path.

Erica Liu Williams shares how she learned the importance of perseverance, grit, and self-motivation—skills that became indispensable as a first-time entrepreneur.

Introducing Making it Happen, a podcast series about what founder life is really like, co-created with Klaviyo and Brass Clothing.