Failing forward: Tips for finding small business success

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As most entrepreneurs can attest, the journey to success is not linear; it's often a path with failures that can teach you more than wins. Motivo Scar Care founder and CEO Jadis Montijo learned firsthand how to be a better businessman from his mistakes in his first venture, The Kind Pen. Though he and his team saw much success at the company, overspending in his personal life and a failed acquisition experience taught Montijo the skills he needed to turn his dream project, Motivo Scar Care, into a thriving business. "There's no industry crossover between what I did and what I'm doing now," he explained to Living Not So Fabulously hosts David and John Auten-Schneider. "But a lot of the failures that I had at my time during Kind Pen molded me and shaped me into who I am and made me more prepared for Motivo." Montijo noted that a lot of startups fail and that LGBTQ founders can have a difficult time raising capital. Montijo's best advice for entrepreneurs facing the uphill battle when starting a small business is to be yourself. "If I didn't take the time to step back and authentically go through my transition to become myself, Motivo wouldn't be a thing," Montijo said. "Maybe it would be a thing that someone else created. But taking the time to be myself and learn myself put me on my path." On Living Not So Fabulously, David and John Auten-Schneider dive into real money stories with activists, allies, artists, tech-gurus, and trailblazers in the LGBTQ community to give you tang

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