Entrepreneur Daily Are you in for the long haul?

Dear Entrepreneur,

“We were making incredible strides, but it was so messy.”

That’s what one of the cofounders of This Saves Lives told us. It’s a company that sells snack bars and donates nutritional packets to help malnourished people around the world (and whose most famous cofounder, Kristen Bell, is on our cover this month). Now, be honest: Doesn’t that description sound familiar?

Incredible strides, messy results. Success in entrepreneurship is always like that. Each step forward creates its own challenges; each growth phase is like the founding of a new company. This is why only a certain, special (and crazy?) breed of person is cut out for this. You must love constant challenges. You must accept the impossibility of rest. With this new issue of Entrepreneur, I hope we can provide you fuel for that long haul. It’s guaranteed to get messy… but hey, would we have it any other way?

With an entrepreneurial can-do mindset, the four Hollywood vets have built a business with soaring sales and global impact.