We Spent 18 Months in an Accelerator and Got $0 (Osione & Oroma)

They were promised $150,000 in a prestigious accelerator. After 18 months of gruelling work, they got nothing. But what if that was the best thing that ever happened to them? In this episode of Growth Through Failure, the founders of This Is Us share their story of turning a crushing rejection into a thriving, self-funded business.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:45 The Failure Story  09:00 The Emotional Toll 12:36 Strategies to Overcome   16:10 Who Helped Them   25:48 Three Key Takeaways 35:33 Rapid Fire Questions   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE:   Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   🔔 YT Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo