Fear of Failure

In the inaugural episode of Anatomy of Failure, Ivy Walker and guest co-host, Kali Patrice, take a deep dive into one of the most common reasons businesses fail: the fear of failure. Drawing on their own startup experiences, they reveal how fear can manifest in different ways—driving some founders to abandon ventures prematurely or preventing others from even launching. Both entrepreneurs share candid, deeply personal accounts of how this fear influenced their decisions, limited their potential, and ultimately shaped their entrepreneurial journeys.