Feb 11, 202652 minS6
Monique Rodriguez, Founder & CEO of Mielle Organics, shares how a hobby in her kitchen became a global haircare brand and the highest exit of any Black woman in history. After the devastating loss of her son, Monique...
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The Failure Factor
Hosted by Megan Bruneau · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Where entrepreneurs get real about their stories and turn failures into lessons for success. Hosted by Megan Bruneau, The Failure Factor explores the journey of business owners, entrepreneurs and thought leaders who have faced significant challenges, persevered through adversity, and emerged triumphant providing listeners with insights to navigate their own entrepreneurial paths There's a myth out there that failure is career-ending and that success is achieved without any bumps in the road. In reality, it's surviving rock bottom what gives entrepreneurs the experience, confidence and edge that ultimately causes them to thrive. Packed with actionable insights, vulnerability, and inspiration, each episode aims to help you navigate your own challenges and grow stronger through adversity.
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What is The Failure Factor about?
Where entrepreneurs get real about their stories and turn failures into lessons for success.
Who hosts The Failure Factor?
The Failure Factor is hosted by Megan Bruneau. The show has published 59 episodes to date.
What has The Failure Factor covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Mielle Organics Founder Monique Rodriguez on Losing Her Son and Making History as a Black Woman with a 9-Figure Exit" (11 February 2026, 52 minutes), "O Positiv Co-Founders Bobby & Brianna Bitton on Getting Banned for Saying "Vagina" and Scaling to a Rumored Ten-Figure Valuation" (28 January 2026, 62 minutes), and "Bloom Nutrition Co-Founder Mari Llewellyn on a $5 PDF to $90M & Target Shelves, Her $1M Sales Day, and IVF as a Health Influencer" (17 December 2025, 60 minutes).
How often does The Failure Factor publish?
The Failure Factor publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 59 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Failure Factor?
Booking probability for The Failure Factor is 24%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Failure Factor requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Failure Factor's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch The Failure Factor?
The strongest fits for The Failure Factor are Business & Management Consulting and Accounting, Tax & Payroll. The Failure Factor has a business audience.
About the host
Megan Bruneau hosts The Failure Factor, a business podcast with 59 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Jan 28, 20261h 2mS6Brianna Bitton was calling out of work because of her period, and lying about why. Doctors told her to "deal with it." So she and her brother Bobby maxed out every credit card they had to create the first PMS gummy...
Dec 17, 20251 hourS6Mari Llewellyn, co-founder of Bloom Nutrition, joins The Failure Factor to share the unpolished story behind building a wellness brand that grew from $5 fitness PDFs into a multi-category company selling nationwide at...
Dec 3, 20251h 2mS6Branch Basics Co-Founder Allison Evans shares the story behind one of today's fastest-growing human-safe cleaning brands—serving 240,000+ households and generating $50M annually. What began as Allison's search for...
Nov 19, 20251 hourS6Jack Savage, Founder & CEO of Everyday Dose, built a 400,000-subscriber functional coffee brand from his dad's garage—but not before spending years as "the dumb kid" who needed extra time on tests, wore a suit on planes...
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Oct 29, 20251h 7mS6Courtney Claghorn, Founder and President of SUGARED + BRONZED shares how she transformed a $1,000 side hustle into a 40-location beauty brand spanning seven states. What began as a solution to her frustration with...
Oct 15, 20251h 3mS6Dave Asprey—serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and Bulletproof founder—went from making $6M by 26 to losing it all two years later. By 30, a health crash (testosterone lower than his mom's, multiple diagnoses)...
Oct 1, 20251h 16mS6Daryl-Ann Denner, Co-Founder and CEO of nuuds, turned a personal frustration—why is the perfect T-shirt so hard to find?—into a nine-figure clothing brand that sold 50,000 units in its first seven minutes. What started...
- Jul 16, 202535 minS5
Alina Roytberg and Lev Glazman, co-founders of Fresh , built one of the first modern skincare brands rooted in natural ingredients, sensorial experience, and emotional connection—long before "clean beauty" became a...
Jul 2, 20251h 40mS5Robbie Bent is the co-founder of Othership—a multi-million dollar wellness movement centered around sauna, breathwork, cold plunge, and emotional connection. After a devastating startup failure left him broke and...
Jun 18, 202557 minS5Sasha Plavsic, Founder of ILIA Beauty, the clean cosmetics brand known for redefining performance makeup, opens up about what it took to build a $100M business from a garage and a $25,000 line of credit. In this raw and...
Jun 4, 20251h 6mS5Olivia Landau, Co-Founder and CEO of The Clear Cut—the largest digitally native natural diamond jewelry company in the United States—shares how a side hustle selling engagement rings through Instagram DMs transformed...
May 21, 202540 minS5Join us for an unflinchingly honest conversation with Peter Rahal, founder of RXBAR (sold to Kellogg's for $600M) and David Protein. Once labeled "disabled" by the school system, Peter reveals how his dyslexia fueled...
May 7, 202559 minS5Gara Post—serial entrepreneur, franchise mogul, and self-proclaimed "hyper-emotional" leader—joins Megan Bruneau to unpack the realities of building The Now Massage and Bowie Barker. From her early days as a jewelry...
Apr 23, 202559 minS5Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit that has funded over 171,000 projects to bring clean, safe, drinkable water to more than 20 million people across 29 countries. Unfulfilled from a...
Apr 9, 202552 minS5Alexandra Zatarain is the co-founder and VP of Brand and Marketing of Eight Sleep, the world's first sleep fitness company. With accolades like being named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc's 100 female founders lists...
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How I Rebuilt When EVERYTHING Changed at Once | Loss, Marriage, New City, New Life - Solo Episode
Mar 26, 202548 minS5After more than a year of silence, Megan Bruneau returns with the Failure Factor to share a deeply personal episode about navigating one of the most challenging years of her life. In this raw and insightful...
- Dec 27, 20231h 20mS4
Naveen Jain is a serial entrepreneur and self-made billionaire whose latest venture, Viome, is revolutionizing personalized health and longevity. Jain rose to success as the founder and CEO of InfoSpace, previously one...
- Aug 15, 20231h 2mS4
Carly Stein Kremer is the founder of Beekeeper's Naturals, a collection of natural remedies and immune support products she developed after years of living with a chronically suppressed immune system. She was recognized...
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