In our experience, most folks, including ourselves don’t have enough of an understanding of risk and the role it plays in our lives and careers and so we have made a concerted effort as a team to have conversations about risk with our interviewees. We’ve shared some highlights below.

Phoenix Malone | Content Creator

I think risk taking is one of the most important things anyone can do to be successful. Risk taking is the same thing as having faith depending on your perspective. In order to really grow you have to be willing to bridge your own gaps by doing the things that you cant predict the outcome of. Read more>>

Michael Carr | Portrait Artist

When I started my photography career over 30 years ago, everyone said I would not make money as a photographer. It would be a dead end career. I still pursued my passion of art and photography and still pushed on. I did try working in corporate America first. After my wife and I returned from our honeymoon, the company I was working for closed it’s doors. I starting my new life as a married man, with a wife, and needed to formulate a career change so this would never happen again. After months of soul searching, I told my wife I wanted to pursue photography full time and open a studio. I took a risk with $5,000 to purchase my first pro camera: Hasselblad 501CM. The rest is history and I have never looked back. Read more>>

Katherine Pompa | Ha.Ba’s Buyer & Owner

I personally don’t really like the idea of “risk”. I am happy living within my own comfort zone and let’s be honest, most of us do. So I find it quite funny that I decided to own a business. Read more>>

Ching Bling | Event host & Poet

There is definitely a lot of risk when it comes to owning your own business. Especially all the losses financially in the beginning stages of marketing. I have worked harder at my other job in order to keep up with a entrepreneurial dream I really see a future with! I would say each event involves a risk – building your demographic of people who come, selling enough tickets to even out the hefty bill and spending money as a female host on looking my best. I am thankful for a team who are also willing to invest in these ways and believe in our path as a whole! Read more>>