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.

Mitchell Bianconi

Taking a risk can be beneficial, but also be detrimental. I believe you learn and grow from those experiences, and almost need those experiences and obstacles to move forward in life. Taking risks has played a significant role in my life, growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania that’s fairly close-minded about the arts and creativity, it was challenging for some important people in my life to understand. It was also a big step for me, moving so far on my own and kind of figuring everything out. Read More>> 

Claire Martin-Reed

To me, “risk” is a matrix of a concept that depends as much on privilege, luck, and timing as it does on courage…and sometimes, even more so. Because all creative work is inherently vulnerable (we put a piece of ourselves into our art every time we engage with it), I believe ALL creatives are inherently “risk-takers.” But there are other, more fiscally uncertain risks—like starting a theater company, self-producing public performances, and hosting workshop staged readings—that I have been able to take as an artist only because I am couched in tremendous privilege and good fortune.  Read More>> 

DestinyDaChef

How I think about taking risk is its truly the only way to gain blind faith because your not in control of the outcome…you are walking into a situation that you may feel unprepared or you may feel inadequate for….you may not even feel you have all you want or need for where you want to go……but what I have learned along the journey is God doesnt call the qualified he Qualifies the called…. meaning God will have you building the plane while flying at the sametime… it may be uncomfortable and frustrating at times but when you know God assigned you to a place you learn to be a student at all times even in leadership roles. Read More>>