Risk is the most common topic that comes up in our conversations with entrepreneurs and so each week we ask entrepreneurs to talk to us on the record about how they think about risk.

Angela Fusarini

I think that taking risks are necessary as long as they aren’t putting anyone in harm. If you don’t reach, you can’t succeed or grow. Read More>>

Angel Langdon

The past 3 years I have been super intentional about taking risks and getting out of my comfort zone!! I started with traveling by plane for the first time ever alone! I then moved to California for missions. Being in California away from all I’ve ever known was so scary but it taught me freedom and that there was so much to see and learn!
I also learned more about media in California and I got to take risk with that. That’s when my passions for making videos really took off! Read More>>

The Funny Bombshell

I think of risks as an opportunity to grow. The word itself signifies a possible exposure to threat or danger, so I’d be lying if I said that taking risks isn’t often scary. There have been moments when I’ve found myself doing everything to avoid situations that may produce an undesirable outcome. However, through wisdom and self-reflection, I’ve learned to invite healthy risks into my life. Read More>>

Marcie Dunbar

Risk is a part of growth, even when it doesn’t feel like it in the early stages. For me, taking risks has always been about stepping out on faith, even when the path wasn’t fully clear. I walked away from a 20+ year corporate career—a steady paycheck, benefits, and a secure retirement plan—because I knew it was time to bet on myself. I didn’t want to reach the end of my life with regrets, wondering what could have been if I had just followed my dreams. Read More>>

Ulrike Stewart

Taking risks always leads to new advantages while also giving yourself the opportunity for personal growth and self-discovery. Ive learned so much about myself over the past few years. My likes ,dislikes mentally and spirituality . I’ve also learned a lot about people. Taking numerous risks in my past were advantages and failures. It caused me to have consternation but I always contrived a plan into what I credence desired and what didn’t work I’ve learned and developed from them. Read More>>

Sayma Hossain

I believe in high risk, high reward.

In 2022, I took a big risk and quit my corporate 9-5 to pursue art/freelancing full-time. At that time, I received a mural assistant gig and a artist residency in Mexico. After years of deliberation, self-doubt, building a portfolio of new works, I took advice from peers, friends and my art community in Atlanta; these 2 opportunities were the catalyst to take the leap. Read More>>

Cameron Webb

Without risk you get no rewards. Read More>>

Joseph Boatman

Risk has played a significant role in my career. The most substantial risk I’ve taken was choosing not to pursue a traditional college education and instead investing in myself, focusing on personal development, and actively building a strong professional network to create opportunities. Read More>>

Daisy Pareja

“What if I Fall? Oh, but my Darling, what if you fly?” This quote by poet Erin Hanson touches me. Risk taking has always been my modus operandi. My younger self has always been very impulsive and spontaneous by nature, so I would go for it, then think my way thru it. It’s worked a lot of the time. For example, I asked the most handsome boy in Middle school out for the dance. He said yes to a nerdy girl who played chess. That was easy. Then it got harder. Read More>>

Loren Riché

Smart people love calculated risks, especially in business. I learned this the harder way, see I used to believe that was long as you were willing to put the work in and had enough passion to run through a brick wall you would be rewarded with the results you so longed for, unfortunately in life this isn’t how it works more times than not. See at some point I got so caught up in the beauty of the the dream, I forgot its called the music business. Business being the main word there. I learned the one who is betting the big dollars isn’t impressed with the wild card ( the one who took the biggest risk) but with the one that is easiest to sell while creating the largest win! Read More>>

Danny Cruz

Risk is the price of doing something real. I’ve never played it safe—that’s not how you make a name for yourself. Every major move I’ve made in my career came with a risk: leaving the comfort of working under someone else to open my own shop, pushing my style into new territory when I could’ve just stuck to what was easy, and betting on myself when no one was handing me opportunities. Read More>>

Jasmine Beck

Risk-taking has been a constant in my life and career—it’s what has allowed me to grow, evolve, and build multiple businesses. I don’t see risk as something to fear but as a necessary step toward opportunity.

Starting a food truck, for example, was a huge leap. Leaving the restaurant industry to create something of my own came with financial and logistical uncertainties, but I believed in my vision. That risk paid off, and Sunshine Alchemy has been thriving for over seven years. Read More>>

Atari McConnehead

I carefully analyze data and study the market. You have to be careful with risks, but usually the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Over the years taking risks have brought me alot of success, and I’ve also taken some L’s. Those L’s you take as learning lessons. Those education lessons aren’t free you got to pay for that and use it strategically next time. Overall I think the biggest risk one can take is not taking any at all. Read More>>

 Christopher Jessup

I believe risk taking is the key to being a successful artist. Playing it safe is the worst thing you can do as an artist – the best art comes out of trial and error. I have always been an an ambitious individual who is not afraid to take risks, and this has served me well as both a composer and a performer. I always grow and learn the most when I go for it and don’t hold back. Read More>>