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Side Hustle School

#1770 - Failure Friday: “We hired a designer who said she could do everything…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Side Hustle, Careers, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Small Business, Business

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from the co-founder of TuckTats, which sells temporary tattoos to cover surgical scars. When they were just getting started, they found a designer who was a one-stop shop—or so they thought.  

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0:34.9

Hey there, welcome to Side Us All School. My name is Chris Gellipout, your host.

0:38.8

Welcome as well to Failure Friday. This is our weekly segment,

0:43.4

featuring a collection of short stories about mistakes, missteps, disasters,

0:48.0

and of course, failure. What goes wrong? You know, you're always hearing success stories,

0:53.0

and in the case studies that I bring you, at least, I try to focus on what's challenging,

0:57.6

what missteps are made, and so on. But earlier this year, we started this segment,

1:02.1

where we're really delving into the concept of, what does it feel like when you are immersed in

1:07.5

that misstep, or maybe it's not even a misstep, it's a disaster that just comes to you.

1:13.3

What are you going to do? How are you going to manage this process, and how will you overcome,

1:17.2

what will you learn along the way, and so on? I have really enjoyed the stories we've heard so far,

1:21.9

and I know our listeners have enjoyed it too. If you're a new listener, welcome. I'm bringing you

1:26.8

this podcast every single day, seven days a week. I've been doing that since January 1, 2017.

1:31.9

And if you've been around for a while, that's awesome. Thank you for being part of this community.

1:35.8

Okay, so today's short story features Denise O'Connell from Ontario, Canada. I've talked about

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