Investors Called Her Business A ‘Hobby.’ She’s Built It To Nearly $100 Million

“My mom always told me I would be a terrible entrepreneur," laughs The Clear Cut founder Olivia Landau. In our conversation on The Failure Factor podcast, she explained how she was told she’d be “an amazing employee” and deterred from following in her parents’ footsteps in the diamond industry.

Today, with the support of neither of her parents—nor a single investor in Silicon Valley—the fourth-generation diamond expert has built The Clear Cut’s lifetime revenue to nearly $100 million.

However, as is the case with most entrepreneurial triumphs, success didn’t come without its share of doubt and struggles.