Innovation America Innovation America Accelerating the growth of the GLOBAL entrepreneurial innovation economy
Founded by Rich Bendis

failure

Sleepless nights, financial sacrifice, risk, fear, failure, doubt: I know them all well. I’m a serial entrepreneur.

If I’ve learned anything, it’s that starting a new business is easy—keeping it running is the tricky part. To stay inspired while bootstrapping and surviving the market is no small feat. There have been times when I’ve wanted to run out the door or curl up in a ball and sleep for a week. But I haven’t. To survive the punishing hours, the impossible deadlines, the financial risk, the inevitable obstacles, and all of the nightmares that come with running two companies, I’ve learned to focus on what inspired me in the first place: my family.