18: Chili Chullino - My business failed, and it was massively successful.

Do you ever dream of walking out of your job and starting your own business?  The idea is intriguing, but for most of us the notion is followed by doubt in the form of “what if?”.  What if I’m not good enough, what if no one buys my product, what if I fail? 

 

Today’s guest did just that. Chili Chullino left a secure job with a growing company to start his own venture, to chase a passion he didn’t even realize he had…and it failed.  

 

Chili has always had the spirit of an entrepreneur, but he never really understood how to leverage it.  For years he worked for other companies, helping them develop marketing strategies, forecast growth, and move into new markets.  He was clearly capable of growing and operating a business, but he always found himself doing it for someone else. Building someone else’s dream. 

 

Part of that was because Chili wasn’t clear on his path, on his dream.  He knew he loved business and knew he wanted to build his own venture, but in what industry?  Providing what service or product?

 

That is until Chili realized his love for craftsmanship.  In a moment, Chili’s life was on a new trajectory. He was going to build things with his hands.  He left his secure job, and founded Orewood Solutions. 

 

Exciting, right? Taking the leap, trusting your own skills and pouring yourself into something you love.  That is until the pandemic hit, clients lost jobs, materials costs went through the roof, and Chili had to close the doors on Orewood Solutions. 

So how do you rise from the ashes?  How do you take a failure, refocus your mindset, and turn it into a success story? 

 

In this episode Chili Chullino explores. 

• The importance of creating a community to support your passion.
• How to pursue something you have never done before.
• How a single event can act as a catalyst, and provide clarity and connect the dots to show you your true path.
• How can you create that catalyst intentionally through new experiences.
• And how success and failures are not outcomes, they are events and blips on your timeline. 

 

 Connect with Chili 

www.orewoodsolutions.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OrewoodSolutions 

Instagram: @OrewoodCS 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2BzmywFGwFyapMYOWlb7g