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While the bottom line kept growing Nellie Akalp realized she was not able to make a profit. Her company was bleeding cash. That's when Nellie learned that her company has been wasting money on marketing. They were over spending on Google advertising.

The person who was doing bookkeeping for Becky Robinson let her know she was about to resign. Becky find a solution. She went for an option of trying a cloud based tool. Unfortunately transition ended up being difficult and confusing.

After a successful product launch Mike Del Ponte made a hiring mistake. In fact, he admits he has made this mistake many times. He basically hired smart, experienced, talented and passionate people. Unfortunately he missed out on a clear roadmap.

Only a month after launching his business Paul Jarrett raised approximately $500k. It was time to execute new marketing strategies. Luckily Paul already had extensive marketing experience. Unfortunately Paul ended up being overly confident.

Working in a high pressure environment Peter Radcliffe was feeling ran down and realized his health declining. He learned about relaxation and found a more relaxed state of mind. But nothing changed until Peter started operating from peak state of mind.

While running 2 pizza restaurants Zechariah Newman wanted to spread his wings, and expand his influence. In the end he almost ended up killing himself. When running his businesses and being a father Zechariah ended up burning out.

Two months into business Lindsey Morando and her partner Nicole hit the ground running. They even managed to create their first product. Unfortunately they saw almost no sales coming in. This was because they failed to create strong audience and community.

Being a lifestyle blogger for over a decade Kimberly Coleman expanded her expertise. She started offering web development. Needless to say there was competition out there. Unfortunately Kimberly competed on price instead of value. It was a great mistake.

Having a multiple six figure business Jim Palmer was doing great. At least in the eyes of others. But what Jim understood later down the road was that he had created a job for himself, not business. He had to reinvent himself. He became entrepreneur.

Marketing and management are Donna Kozik's two strongest areas of business. At the same time finances is where she struggles. This is why she hired someone to help her with finances. Unfortunately things turned sour.

When hiring a new sales team David Long was looking forward to what the future holds. The new team worked in a different location. Then David noticed sales dramatically dropping. This is when he realized the new team should have been let go a while ago.

While Running her own PR agency Sarah Rose Attman is learning about boundaries. She wants to make sure she is not taken advantage of. There are many people out there who would get on the phone with Sarah to brain pick. Even today she is working on this.

Not having enough faith in himself Gary Loper struggled to launch his coaching business. It took almost 3 years for something to change. During these years Gary investigated the works of others in his industry. He understood it's time to take the leap.

As the head of product and marketing Brant Cooper was a part of a startup in the Bay Area. They were growing well. Then Brant noticed new opportunities for the company. That's when the growth started to flatten out. He stretched the company too thin.

Being hungry and eager to learn Troy Dean felt like he was chasing his own tail. He felt overwhelmed and also exhausted. This happened because Troy was lacking a plan of execution. He had to stop getting distracted by all the shiny objects.

After selling his multi million dollar business Adam Urbanski ended up broke. He had a lot to offer and a lot to sell. No one wanted to buy... Adam always believed that he had to sell what it is that he is doing. He had to change the way he was selling.

It was his early stage startup where Adam Lieb spent most of his time when this mistake happened. He was the company's solo co-founder with a team of engineers his age. Investors were pushing him to hire a more senior CTO. Adam admits It was a wrong move.

After selling his recycling company Aaron Young opened his own cell phone stores. Business was going great. One day Aaron saw huge changes take place in his industry. Instead of accepting these changes he became stubborn. His business ended in bankruptcy

Always having scarcity mindset Andrew Henderson felt like doing everything himself. Or even worse trying to get things done for free. In reality what Andrew found was that a lot of his time ended up being wasted. He didn't value his time.

When starting his own web TV network Andrew Lock decided to find a business partner. Andrew was approached by someone he knew. He felt like everything was going great. After the deal things went downhill quick. They ended up in a 5 year legal battle.