I'm at the past couple of years and telling you different stories every day.

I've told a lot of stories of big crowdfunding successes.

I talked about Indiegogo campaigns that brought in $200,000 or more Kickstarter campaigns

that did $50,000 in two days.

All that is fine and wonderful, but what about a failed one?

A failed crowdfunding campaign because after all they don't all work.

You can often learn as much from a misstep as you can from an achievement.

In fact, this is a characteristic of successful people.

They don't just accept failure and give up entirely.

They absorb the lessons from it.

They ask themselves what they could have done differently or better.

They try to understand that they can only influence what's within their control and

then they regroup to try again.

Or they try something different.

You look at the information that you have gained, the data you've acquired and you say,

okay, what's next?

It's always about getting back up and asking yourself what is next.

In today's story, welcome to Citadel School, my name is Chris Killabo.

In today's story, a textiles designer who sells tote bags and pillow cushions reclaims

control of her new brand by drawing on inspiration from everyday objects.

When her crowdfunding attempt falls short, she does a post-mortem and then gets back to work.

Lifestyle brand stumbles on Kickstarter, scores at local markets.

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