How do you know when you should keep going versus when it makes sense to cut your losses and try something new? It’s a difficult decision most entrepreneurs and creatives have faced along their journey and so we asked some brilliant folks from the community to share their thoughts.

Sami Jo Lien

That’s a hard one sometimes, but I have learned over time that the question isn’t actually ‘Should I give up?’ but ‘Am I quitting just because it’s hard right now?’ There’s a difference. The right things are often hard: launching a business, pitching media that doesn’t respond (because the world is super crazy right now), renovating a 1978 Airstream while raising small kids. Read More>>

Arianne Autaubo Martinez

I’m going to take this in a real-world scenario direction because I think this is such a pertinent question and big conversation for people like me. The ability of seasoned traditional digital photographers in the business of people & product to survive in today’s rapidly evolving landscape is no small feat. Read More>>

Todd Fahnestock

So I’ve been writing since I was eighteen. In the beginning, like most young people do, I expected things to happen quickly. I imagined I’d have an idea, write the novel, then it would miraculously land on the desk of someone powerful and influential. That person would then take it the rest of the way up the mountain, declare it the next literary phenomenon or groom it to be the next pulp fiction bestseller. Read More>>