Mikel McGee had a master’s in criminal justice, a stable nonprofit job, and no plan to become a florist. On Success, Rewritten, the founder of Milwaukee’s 414loral traces the pivot from human-services work to a Bronzeville flower shop, and how she stopped measuring success in dollars.

Mignon Francois started The Cupcake Collection on her last $5. She bought supplies for cupcakes instead of dinner for her family. Eighteen years later, the business has sold over five million cupcakes and crossed $10 million in revenue. On Episode 14 of Success, Rewritten, she talks about what failure actually taught her, why she fires employees who play it safe, and why the favor was in her house all along.

Marketing strategist Zanade Mann has spent her career refusing to be anyone's stereotype. In EP. 9 of Success, Rewritten, she gets honest about the cost of that grind, the wellness reset that gave her back her nervous system, and the corporate influencer ecosystem she is building now for the senior leaders the creator economy keeps overlooking.