{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"For Real: Life, Leadership, & Unlearning","title":"260. Unraveling and Walking Away from Entrepreneurship, with Inez Ribustello","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2618,"description":"The Unraveling series, where amazing and inspiring entrepreneurs share the unraveling of old habits and mindset that holds us back, and the rebirth of new.  \nToday we feature Inez Ribustello, whose unraveling started back on September 11, 2001, when she lost nearly all of her colleagues in the terrorist attacks. At 25 years old, Inez had hustled her way up the ranks to be the beverage director at Windows on the World, a restaurant and entertainment venue located on the 106th and 107th floors of the North Tower. When the attacks happened, Inez and her husband Stephen - who was the sommelier for Windows on the World - happened to be at her sister’s wedding back home in North Carolina.\nInstead of slowing down to grieve, Inez kept hustling - and it's only now that she's beginning to process everything that happened.\n\nInez Ribustello Website | Instagram | Life After Windows | On the Square: The Community That Made a Restaurant\nFor previous Unravelings:\n156\n157 with Adrianna McDermott\n161 with Aleya Harris\n177 with Sara Margulis\n184 with Andrea Eppollito\n188 with Ashlyn Carter\n191 with Kristen Mullins aka \"The Pie Lady\"\n193 with Rachel DeAlto\n197 with Sandra Cassios\n208 with Brian Green\n218 with Nellie Butler\n238 with Natalie Franke\n245 with Michelle Norwood\n253 with Amber Melanie Smith\n(01:20) What's an Unraveling? \n(02:15) \"With shock came a lot of anger\"\n(06:00) Finding the right next job\n(10:00) Going back to Tarboro North Carolina to start a restaurant\n(14:10) \"We had zero tools in our toolbox for what we were doing.\n(18:00) Throwing in the towel - on the businesses, on the marriage\n(24:30) The case for therapy\n(27:30) Why one investor refused to keep working with Inez\n(30:30) Inez's new chapter\n\nThis episode is brought to you by The Planner's Vault, my online membership site for wedding planners who are hungry to grow, ready to hustle, and actively seeking community and education. In the vault, there are guest experts on many topics relevant to growing and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YJ4cYMq8YKaHusQjVe21lcwfDQkhwO1vUDsTPInwO9c/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84MzZh/MTgzYTZkMjViZWZk/MDM2YjY1MDhlMTlk/YjU1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}