# @lissaliss_84 on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbHL1hpptM8
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T22:40:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Mellisa Jenkins, Digital Products+IG Growth (@lissaliss_84) — https://gondola.cc/lissaliss_84

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Let me tell you mine.👇

In 2012 I started my entrepreneurial journey with nothing but drive and determination.

No coach. No mentor. No strategy. Just me trying to figure it all out alone.

I Googled. I YouTubed. I chased every free training I could find. I spent money on courses trying to piece it all together.

And all it did was lead me deeper into debt.

Tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt. Three financial advisers all telling me the same thing.

“Mellisa, you have to file for bankruptcy.”

I felt like a failure. I felt like maybe entrepreneurship just was not for me. So for the next three years I stopped. I just worked. Paid my bills. And tried to move on.

But something in me would not quit.

In 2019 I made the scariest investment of my life. Two thousand dollars into a business coach when money was tight and doubt was loud.

Within 60 days I made it all back and then some.

Then just seven months ago I invested in learning AI.

And everything changed again.

Since then…

💰 Grew to over 25,000 followers across four Instagram pages
🌍 Sold over $2,000 plus coaching programs to women around the globe
👑 Brought 50 plus women into a global network of over 1.5 million
📖 International bestselling coauthor
🎙️ Featured speaker on virtual stages streamed to over one billion viewers
✨ Cover feature in a women’s empowerment magazine
🤝 Partnerships and collaborations with million dollar brands

And I am just getting started.

The bankruptcy was not my ending.
It was my beginning.

Your ugly chapter is not the end of your story either.
It is just the setup for everything that is coming next.

📌 Save this for the days your current chapter feels too hard to keep writing.

👑 Follow along lissaliss_84 for real talk, women empowerment, and how to turn your ugly chapters into your greatest comeback story with AI.

#NewChapter #FemaleEntrepreneur #WomenEmpowerment #NeverGiveUp #FromScratch

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femaleentrepreneur, nevergiveup, newchapter, fromscratch, womenempowerment

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