In life, the choices we make will always have that risk of failing, but then how will we know the sweet taste of victory if we do not stumble and lose a few times? These eight people weren’t known solely for being successful on the get go, but have even lost money along the way.

Did it stop them? Not at all!

Here are eight of the best Entrepreneurial Comebacks!

Imagine having hired someone to help you with your company, only to end up getting fired by that same person? Steve Jobs went through such an experience, and started out with investing his time and money to the Apple computer which wasn’t well-received. When he got Pixar, his intention had been to develop it into a computer hardware company, but he ended up selling it to Disney instead. He failed several more times before he got to where he was and how we know him today.

Sometimes, being stubborn can be rewarding, and Henry Ford proves this with his story. This mechanical genius had failed a few times when it comes to his automotive ventures. Detroit Automobile Co. started in the year 1899 but due to its low quality cars and high price cost, it bit the dust. Ford did not stop there and continued to pursue the development of better designs and eventually got the break he had sought after.

Harland David Sanders, or better known as Colonel Sanders, had been looking to find someone to sell his fried chicken. Around 1952, he had sold the recipe for the first time, with the sales tripling after the addition of the chicken. When Interstate 75 was opened, it reduced the number of customers and resulted to the Colonel having sold the restaurant. With only his savings and money from Social Security, he began to travel the US in order to find other establishments that would franchise the chicken we know and love today. After many days of travelling and nights of sleeping in the back seat of his car, Sanders eventually had potential franchises that began to visit him instead. He later trademarked the phrase we’re familiar with today: "It's Finger Lickin' Good!"

Howard Schultz experienced failure because of his own success. It began with the recession in 2007, his focus on growth and leaving behind the CEO role to someone else, and eventually, the leaked email which confirmed how many people suspected how soulless the corporation truly is. He then decided to return as CEO and started fixing the problems with their coffee. He had to close down thousands of stores to retrain his baristas, had his managers focus on customer experience instead of growth, and eventually, a year or so later, was back on track.

Notably, Bill Gates first started Traf-O-Data with a friend. It was a computer business that read paper tapes for the local government. This soon became obsolete; aside from being a flawed model, the state of Washington also offered tabulation of the tapes for free. However, as Gates says, "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose", and they took this failure to learn how to write software for a computer they didn’t even have access to at that time. Microsoft was soon born from the ashes of their failure.

Sir James Dysonwould probably be more known to people as that vacuum cleaner entrepreneur from the commercials on TV. However, this wasn’t an instant success as the man had worked on nearly 5,200 prototypes which all failed. Eventually, he found the right vacuum cleaner and took the model to the land of the rising sun. Even though Dyson failed to market his product to the British, the Japanese had been more than happy to purchase what he sold.

Frederick Smith lost nearly $350 million due to the electronic delivery service, Zapmail, not garnering the targeted interest. They abandoned Zapmail and focused on what they’re better known for. Additionally, during the early years of the company, Smith had a difficult time in keeping his business afloat. His loan was denied after a crucial moment, ended up taking the last $5,000 of the company to gamble in Vegas wherein he won $27,000 which covered the fuel bill of FedEx, keeping the company alive for another week and in turn, many more years to come. Would you have been able to take that risk?

Walter Elias Disney, or Walt Disney as he is more known as, experienced a number of financial setbacks during the late 1920s and 30s. The painful part? He lost rights to the famous character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and what’s more, his company ended up in debt. He risked his remaining funds to finance Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a risk no other businessman may have the guts to take, and the feature film’s success got him back on track.