We lost $200,000 of work (here's what we're doing about it)

About this episode

Mitch discusses his recent failures in the creative industry and the lessons learned from losing significant projects.

In this episode of the podcast, Mitch opens up about his recent encounters with failure in the creative industry. He candidly shares the emotional and financial impact of losing two major projects, totaling over $200,000, and how these setbacks have affected his business. 00:00 Introduction to the topic of failure 01:01 Personal experience with recent project losses 04:05 The importance of trying despite the risk of failure 06:40 Three lessons learned from failure 15:49 Conclusion and final ...

People in this episode

Host: Mitch

Topics covered

• failure
• creative industry
• financial impact
• lessons learned
• project loss

Keywords

• failure
• creative projects
• financial loss
• business setbacks
• lessons from failure

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