22: My Startup Failed & Here is What You Can Learn From it with Nikki Durkin

22: My Startup Failed & Here is What You Can Learn From it with Nikki Durkin

This is a story not to be missed. So often in the startup world, we only hear about the successes, the acquisitions, and how much money this person is making. But how about the real story of entrepreneurs? The struggles? The failures? Enter Nikki Durkin. Nikki Durkin founded 99dresses, a company that allowed women to trade fashion items with other users. 99dresses was a Y-comibnator backed startup that had thousands of users and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for it, but recently had to shut down. In this interview you will learn: •How Nikki started her business •What her biggest lessons and realizations were as an entrepreneur and what you can learn from her mistakes •The best way to approach launching a startup •Why you have nothing to lose when starting a business •How to overcome the fear of failure •Why she has no regrets what so ever •The power of vulnerability •How the media really thinks and glamorizes success •Biggest takeaways a startup founder •Future plans for her next startup I Need Your Help! If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people! Leave a review for the Foundr Podcast!

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620: (Solo) The Secret to Making Bold Business Moves With Confidence

620: (Solo) The Secret to Making Bold Business Moves With Confidence

One of the biggest challenges founders face — especially at the end of the year — is knowing what to do next and feeling confident that the move you're about to make is the right one. Certainty feels ...

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619: Airline Charged Me $65 - So I built a $250M Competitor | Adam Ewart

619: Airline Charged Me $65 - So I built a $250M Competitor | Adam Ewart

Adam Ewart turned a £50 excess baggage fee into a global bootstrapped logistics company operating in 145 countries and staying profitable for 15 straight years. In this interview, Adam breaks down ...

1 Tammi 47min

618: (Solo) What 5 World-Class Founders Taught Me This Year

618: (Solo) What 5 World-Class Founders Taught Me This Year

Every year I sit down with some of the world’s most fascinating founders — but this year’s interviews hit me harder than most. Reinvention, resilience, copycats, failure, loneliness after exits, scrap...

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617: How A Failing Skincare Brand Became An 8-Figure Makeup Empire | Aliett Buttelman

617: How A Failing Skincare Brand Became An 8-Figure Makeup Empire | Aliett Buttelman

Aliett Buttelman spent eight years grinding in the dark before a single viral moment with Taylor Swift turned Fazit into an overnight seven-figure brand. In this interview, Aliett breaks down the ...

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616: (Solo) 5 Honest Business Lessons I’m Taking Into 2026

616: (Solo) 5 Honest Business Lessons I’m Taking Into 2026

2025 has been one of the most eye-opening years of my founder journey — personally, professionally, and strategically. Instead of sharing a highlight reel, I want to share the real lessons that moved ...

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615: Stop Chasing Sexy Businesses - This Boring One Made Me $500M+ | David Royce

615: Stop Chasing Sexy Businesses - This Boring One Made Me $500M+ | David Royce

David Royce went from a broke college kid in a door-to-door pest control job to building and selling four service businesses for nine-figure exits by applying Silicon Valley systems to an unsexy blu...

18 Joulu 202558min

614: (Solo) Running on Fumes? Reset Your Mindset Before The Year Ends

614: (Solo) Running on Fumes? Reset Your Mindset Before The Year Ends

If you’re dragging yourself toward the end of the year feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and mentally drained, you’re not alone. This is one of the toughest stretches for founders — you’re still runni...

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