An inspirational book of startup stories; interviews of small business owners who share lessons from running their own businesses. The small business book for entrepreneurs who are searching for relevant tips to avoid major mistakes in running a business. A startup book to guide you on the right path for success, illuminating the efforts of entrepreneurs who view failing with positivity, a necessary component in making it. Business startup owners give true accounts of facing challenges with courage in an effort to highlight the startup journey from making tough decisions and the necessary sacrifices in order to save their businesses. Avoid in the pitfalls of running your own business by doing your own research and surrounding yourself with a trusted circle of individuals who can bail you out. A business startup book complete with lessons from entrepreneurs from all walks of life who choose to remain anonymous in order to give you the truest account of they got screwed. - Running a startup can be stressful, and with big pain points to be learned, what gets so many entrepreneurs to take that risk? What are the lessons learned from failure? What was the offense and why did so many choose to never speak up? YOU SCREWED UP! TOP INTERVIEWS of Business Leaders & Lessons Learned From Their Failures and Success, an inspirational non-fiction, compiles interviews of entrepreneurs who share their story in anonymity. In some cases, the whistle was blown, and in others, information was omitted. By giving entrepreneurs a safe space to reflect, drawing upon the lessons, patterns began to emerge, such as delivering incomplete or lucid contracts, making risky investments, ignoring due diligence, and trusting the wrong investors. Pick up your copy of YOU SCREWED UP! to digest the lessons quickly and save yourself the headache of consequences of running a business that you could avoid! “Insightful and Inspirational” - Steve Rogers, Former Warren Buffet CEO This book is about entrepreneurship, not the glorified version of success, but rather the true accounts of individuals who faced failure with courage. Many people remain anonymous, because they want to do something without calling attention to themselves. They also don't want friends and family members to know what they are up to in order to avoid discrimination. More importantly, Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) prevent the exchange of information, such as team dynamics and reputation. To protect identities, I have changed the names of people, entities, and locations, with minor edits to the series of events that led to the incidents. On a final note: The entrepreneurs interviewed have preferred I stick to a funny title. By bringing ourselves to laughter, we can accomplish anything, in spite of hardship. "Most of us want to tell our coworkers or friends, or husbands or wives, our ideas. For what reason? We want validation. But I feel ideas are most vulnerable in their infancy. Out of love and concern, friends and family give all the reasons or objections on why (you) shouldn't do it. I didn't want to risk that...Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school." - Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx Alice Hlidkova is a futurist, startup coach, andtechnology consultant, who was raised in New York City. She is also aninternational media personality and speaker, who co-founded NewEconomies LTD to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies, suchas blockchain, fintech, and artificial intelligence through high-quality, educational video content. Alice completed a writing course at New YorkUniversity. She received her Master's in Public Administration (MPA) from Carnegie Mellon University in 2017, where she helped launch several tech programs and the MetroLab Network Initiative to bring new technologiesfrom labs to cities. As a freelance investigative journalist andentrepreneur, Alice has spent a decade writing articles on technology,business, culture, and women. In recent years, she ghostwrites forclients, with her latest work published in Forbes and Inc. magazines. She continues to explore women as superheroines and how demographicpatterns and new technologies intersect. Alice enjoys advocating forwomen in tech,splitting her time between London and the United States.