I'm Georgia Cat and for the BBC World Service Money and Power Season, this is back from the brink.

They say that to be a successful entrepreneur you have to have failed once before.

There is no school for entrepreneurs.

What began as a can-do slogan in tech hubs like Silicon Valley has been internalized by

would-be entrepreneurs around the world.

You need to be a very persistent person. You gotta stay, stay, be sure about it because nothing is easy.

I remember that the landlord of my office building said I knew that you will fail

because you're like young and girl I knew that you're not going to make it.

But picking yourself back up from failure is not always easy.

You've totally blown it. You have nothing left and you have to rebuild from scratch. It was reclaiming me essentially

It was me saying and I've learned from this failure and now I'm gonna kill it

Over the next hour we're going to hear the struggles of three entrepreneurs on three continents as they make the tough uphill climb back from bankruptcy and failure towards what they hope is success.

So phones get to be surrendered and put on silent mode so that we can be at peace for the next hour.

It's 7 a.m. and in Miami at an Uber cool warehouse space, all bagels, shiny glass and exposed brick, 120 aspiring and established company

founders are meeting for a monthly breakfast and networking event. It's a chance to share stories, successes, and hear from guest speakers.

Excited.

Today it's a presentation coach and he's teaching voice exercises how to project and sound great on stage

and in those crucial meetings when you're pitching for funding.

Happy.

Happy.

Raphael said that he's happy, but he's got a lot on his mind. He's 34, Brazilian and since June last year has lived in Miami.

Now I'm in a very, very difficult financial situation.

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