They learned their lesson. Now you can learn from them.
There’s no one path to reach the top–least of all in entrepreneurship. Every business owner is on his or her own journey, and the proper steps for one industry aren’t necessarily right for another. But listening to good advice–or, heck, even heeding it–is never a bad idea. That next bit of guidance might well help you scale both today’s maddening challenges and those you’ve yet to face.