6 People Who Were NOT Overnight Success Stories

Working Girl Talk

Today’s episode is for anyone who has ever thought: “That will never be me,” “What if I fail?” or “When will I make it?”

Spoiler alert: Success doesn’t happen overnight. The brands and people we think of as successful and unattainable today, most likely started exactly where you are. These people and brands are years in the making.

Today, we’re talking about six specific people that were not overnight successes.

Resources for stories shared in today's episodes:

Joel Clark
• Medium
• NPR - How I Built This

Martha Stewart
• Artful Living
• Martha Stewart Living
• Inc.

Phil Knight
• The Street
• Good Morning America
• CBS Sunday Morning
• Vast Knowledge

Melanie Perkins
• CNBC
• Canva
• CEO Magazine
• Forbes

Oprah Winfrey
• CNN

Vera Wang
• BoF
• Business Insider
• Fashion In Time
• 2 Revive
• Vera Wang
• Harvard Business Review

This Week’s News:
- Lyft sells its autonomous driving unit (Wall Street Journal)
- Apple’s IOS update (Wall Street Journal)
- Zoom’s new backgrounds (The Verge)
- Spotify owner bids for Arsenal (ESPN)
- Kanye Wests’s expensive shoes (NBC News)

*News headlines sourced from outlets, Fortune Data Sheet and 1440