{"id":1133342,"date":"2026-08-06T06:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1133342\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T06:38:25","slug":"got-fired-failed-3-businesses-founder-who-built-a-%e2%82%b9144-crore-empire-reveals-the-struggles-no-one-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1133342\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Got fired, failed 3 businesses\u2019: Founder who built a \u20b9144-crore empire reveals the struggles no one saw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/from-getting-fired-to-building-a-144-crore-business.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Got fired, failed 3 businesses\u2019: Founder who built a \u20b9144-crore empire reveals the struggles no one saw\" title=\"Founder's viral post reveals the unseen side of success\u00a0\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Founder&#8217;s viral post reveals the unseen side of success\u00a0 There is a reason posts about success stories continue to grab attention online. They do not just show what someone has achieved. They also make people wonder what it really took to get there. While social media usually highlights the destination, a recent Instagram post has started conversations about doing the opposite. Instead of celebrating milestones alone, it focused on the difficult moments that came before them, striking a chord with many people who said they related more to the journey than the achievement.The post was shared by Singapore-based founder Miza Nazili, who reflected on her personal and professional journey while reminding people that comparing timelines rarely tells the full story.\u201cA friendly reminder, our timelines all look completely different, so don&#8217;t compare yourself to others. We all start somewhere,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A side-by-side look at two very different phases<\/p>\n<p>Nazili shared a series of images comparing different stages of her life.The first visual showed her standing beside a brand-new 2026 Porsche. Alongside it was another image of her sitting on a chair, looking visibly stressed.The captions on the images read: \u201cWhat You See. Brand new 2026 Porsche.\u201d\u201cWhat You Didn&#8217;t See. Got fired from my full-time job. Failed 3 businesses. Had less than $20 in my bank account.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also opened up about financial struggles<\/p>\n<p>In the following slides, Nazili shared that her business empire now includes five brands and has crossed $15 million.She also revealed that there was a time when her family was $80,000 in debt. She went on to list some of the struggles she faced before reaching where she is today.ID@undefined  Caption not available.<\/p>\n<p>What she said about bouncing back<\/p>\n<p>The post prompted several questions from social media users, with many wanting to know how she dealt with failure.One user asked, \u201cMadddddddddd respect! Do you mind sharing how you overcame the feeling of dread after your business failed, leaving debt behind? What are your steps to stand up and walk again?\u201dNazili replied, \u201cI hated being poor more than I feared failing again. I also hated working a 9\u20135, and getting fired gave me the push to stand up and find another path.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media users appreciated her honesty<\/p>\n<p>Many people said they were glad to see someone speak openly about the difficult side of building a business.One person commented, \u201cYou will always be an inspiration, sis. When the going gets tough, you always come to mind.\u201dAnother wrote, \u201cThank you for sharing the behind-the-scenes of your success. Most people only share the trophy but never the pain and hardship they went through to get there.\u201dA fourth user added, \u201cAbsolutely. Progress can look slow from the outside, but everyone is building from a different starting point. The real win is staying focused on your own next step.\u201dDisclaimer: This article reports on a viral social media post. The claims shared by the creator have not been independently verified by The Times of India.Thumb image: Instagram\/@mizanazili<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Founder&#8217;s viral post reveals the unseen side of success\u00a0 There is a reason posts about success stories continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1133343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3094],"tags":[51,238564,3134,123521,305327,109128,308421,308422,83337,16,15],"class_list":["post-1133342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-business-failure","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-financial-struggles","tag-miza-nazili","tag-overcoming-adversity","tag-personal-journey","tag-social-media-inspiration","tag-success-stories","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117047193010902482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}