My Worst Investment Ever Podcast

BIO: Mariah Edgington BSN, RN is a retired critical care nurse who integrated holistic practices into her practice. Byron Edgington ATP, CRMI is retired military and commercial helicopter pilot, Vietnam veteran, award-winning author, speaker, and contributor. STORY: Byron lost his pilot job in Kauai due to a minor medical difficulty. This brought the couple’s dream life on the island to an end. De...

BIO: Alistair Croll is an entrepreneur, author, and conference organizer. His book Lean Analytics has been translated into eight languages and is considered mandatory reading for startup founders. STORY: Alistair needed to raise capital for his startup. He received a series A investment of $20 million and gave up 50% equity in his company. LEARNING: Don’t scale prematurely. Capture your market’s a...

BIO: Ash Maurya is the author of two bestselling books, “Running Lean” and “Scaling Lean,” and is also the creator of the top-rated one-page business modeling tool “Lean Canvas.” STORY: Ash had this social networking idea that he thought was unique, so he kept it to himself as he built on it. He never tested the market until he launched, and the network was a flop. Ash kept building the network in...

BIO: Edward Zia is a Marketing Mentor, Certified Practicing Marketer (CPM), and International Master Coach. He has mentored thousands of winners globally to help them get more clients, win top positions and become leading personal brands. STORY: When Edward left the army, he immersed himself in his job. He put his employer ahead of himself. This left him stressed and burnt out, and he made poor de...

BIO: Izabela Lundberg is a people champion who transforms organizations, their teams, and their talents and turns them into high performers. STORY: In 2019, Izabela invested her money and time into film production. She was sure this would be the project that would allow her to retire early. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit in 2020 and shut down everything. Izabela’s investment went down the drain....

BIO: Martyn Terpilowski has spent over 20 years in Asia, where he lived for the majority in Tokyo and Hong Kong and was working in finance. STORY: Martyn wanted to buy a property in London, but since he was living in Singapore, he decided to get a loan from a Singaporean bank. The mistake he made was taking the loan in Swiss francs. He ended up losing over 1.5 million pounds to the bank. LEARNING:...

BIO: Mark McNally is a serial entrepreneur with broad experience scaling companies from startups to multinational establishments. A passionate product and marketing strategist, Mark is one of the original innovators in the e-commerce space, rapidly expanding online buying internationally since the ’90s. STORY: Mark lost almost his entire net worth when a startup he had invested in his mid-twenties...

BIO: International Radio and TV host, bestselling co-author, author, speaker, and visionary Toni Lontis quietly entered the entrepreneurial world in 2019, post-publication of her memoir, Resilience , about her healing and self-discovery journey from dysfunction and trauma to helping heal others through her words. STORY: Toni was born with a preauricular sinus, and she let this condition hold her b...

BIO: Barry O’Reilly is an entrepreneur, business advisor, and author who has pioneered the intersection of business model innovation, product development, organizational design, and culture transformation. STORY: One of Barry’s oldest friends sent him a video about investing in Ethereum. He watched the video but didn’t understand it, so he didn’t invest. The investment turned out to be a success,...

BIO: Dr. Panu Boonsombat is a personal branding professional and the owner of Dr. Oppa Facebook page, Instagram page, and TikTok account with almost 300,000 followers, 52 million views (without dancing or wearing a bikini), and over 3 million likes. STORY: Panu built an airport hotel with rental space despite elderly locals warning him that this location was not ideal for business. He is still str...

BIO: Ashutosh Garg founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and grew it to the second-largest pharmacy chain in India with over 200 stores. Now, he is a certified Business and Executive Coach and mentors several CEOs worldwide. STORY: Ashutosh invested in three investments at the height of the Dotcom boom. He didn’t do any research before investing and was just carried away by the hype at the ti...

BIO: Nattaphol Vimolchalao is the Chief Executive Officer of Siam Rajathanee Public Company Limited, an outsourcing service. STORY: Nattaphol thought that hiring an executive from a world-class medical device company to run his startup was the way to make it succeed. However, though experienced, the executive had zero experience running a startup. The company went under within no time. LEARNING: Y...

BIO: Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor who splits his consulting time between start-up companies in the Wildcat Venture Partners portfolio and established high-tech enterprises. STORY: Geoffrey was a venture partner in an investment firm that decided to delve into computer storage. The company, against Geoffrey's advice, decided to expand the project but didn't have enough capacity...

BIO: Brenda Bence is one of the world’s top executive leadership coaches and motivational keynote speakers. STORY: Brenda’s worst investment ever was pulling out of an investment to safeguard the funds she needed to fund her new business. LEARNING: Think long-term, even in the face of heightened risk. Don’t let emotions, primarily fear, impact your investment decisions. Diversify your portfolio. &...

BIO: Nik Kennett and his wife Allie are a US-based couple with a love of travel and adventure currently on a self-funded 6-month sabbatical through Europe and Asia. STORY: Nik stopped by a gas station in Croatia and assumed that a green handle on the fuel pump indicated diesel as it does in the US. This assumption made him put petrol in a diesel car. This rookie mistake almost cost them their well...

BIO: Richard Bliss is the founder of BlissPoint Consulting, a social media consulting company that helps improve executives’ online communications and sales teams’ social selling behaviors. STORY: Richard got a cash gift of $500,000 from his employer. After paying 50% tax, he spent the rest to pay his student loans bought a new car, a house, and some furniture. He regrets not investing what remain...

BIO: David Segura is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. He currently serves as the CEO of Glassbox Media. This podcast platform enables Podcast Hosts to grow their brand revenue and new listener base with direct investment and technology support. STORY: David invested in and joined a startup in New York. The company was growing fast, and after their Series A funding, they got convinced by...

BIO: Andrew Henderson is a lifelong entrepreneur, world traveler, investor, and founder of Nomad Capitalist. He helps other investors and entrepreneurs create their nomad strategy, go offshore, keep more of their wealth, and enjoy an unprecedented level of global freedom. STORY: For Andrew, his worst investment ever was being born with US citizenship. He’s always felt that had he been born anywher...

BIO: Mark was a columnist for Forbes for four years and is the author of the book SOCIALIZED! STORY: Mark started investing in real estate on the west coast of Florida when the market was up, but he didn’t heed to signs of a downturn and ended up making huge losses in 2008 when the financial crisis hit. LEARNING: Know your market and remember that the market doesn’t always go up. Make sure you app...

BIO: Mabel Nuñez is the founder and Chief Education Officer at Girl$ on The Money, a stock market investing education company targeted to women, minorities, and individuals underrepresented in the world of investing. STORY: Mabel spent so much money and time taking an MBA that didn’t materialize to anything. Her biggest mistake was never building connections while studying. LEARNING: Make connecti...

BIO: Henry Eisenstein is a residential and commercial real estate agent and a real estate investor. He has personally sold and been a part of over $120 million worth of real estate transactions. STORY: Henry blindly hired a contractor referred to him by a friend. The contractor was so bad at his job and a project that should have lasted eight weeks took six months. Instead of costing $35,000, Henr...

BIO: Dr. Siravich Wongpanich is a founder of the Money Clinic, a Thai Facebook page about trend-following trading. He is a doctor and a trader in the stock market, cryptocurrencies, and futures. STORY: Siravich invested in cryptocurrencies without research or a risk management plan. He lost 1/5th of his investment. LEARNING: Be careful dealing with futures. Find your sweet spot and try to operate...

BIO: Golf Sarun is the founder of a Thai Investment channel, Longlongthun (ลองลงทุน), which aims to educate his fellows about how to invest in crypto efficiently, stocks, and many other things. STORY: When Golf was 18 years old, one of his friends told him of his father’s company listed in the stock market. The stock was doing well and would to do even better due to a project coming up. Golf told...

BIO: Kamal Karanth is the co-founder of Xpheno, a specialist staffing company he has been building since 2017. He also co-founded the Indian Staffing Federation, a prominent voice for labor reforms in India. STORY: Kamal was thriving as a sales rep, but he wanted more, so he put himself up for promotion. He got promoted to area manager. All he did was work, but his performance didn’t match up. Eve...

BIO: Nesli Girgin is a content creator and expert in marketing campaigns, product introduction, and visibility. STORY: Nesli got an offer to move from Istanbul to New York to work for a multinational company. The United States immigration office needed one year of residence payments for her to move. The company only paid three months of residence and disappeared on her. Nesli had made some payment...