success stories
Tales of achievement
Success stories are accounts of people or organizations that achieved their goals, especially against odds or from humble beginnings.
The term often appears in marketing and motivational contexts: The website features success stories from customers who lost weight.
A success story can also refer to the person or thing itself: She's one of the program's biggest success stories.
Resounding, celebrated victory
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- breakthroughSudden important advance
transformation · underdog · overcoming · adversity · comeback · achievement · rags-to-riches · self-made
Statement praising someone's qualities
- profileSide-facing outline
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- memoirWritten personal recollection
chronicle · account · interview · spotlight · highlight · journey · before-and-after · retrospective
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
expansion · unicorn · bootstrapped · franchise · pivot · disruption · growth · exit
Honored with accolades
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
- featuredProminently displayed or included
- headlineNews article title
viral · bestselling · record-breaking · trailblazing · pioneering · groundbreaking · notable · distinguished
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
breakthrough · transformation · underdog · overcoming · adversity · comeback · achievement · rags-to-riches · self-made · milestone
testimonial
Statement praising someone's qualities
- profileSide-facing outline
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- documentaryFactual film about reality
memoir · chronicle · account · interview · spotlight · highlight · journey · before-and-after · retrospective · firsthand
startup
New business enterprise
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
turnaround · expansion · unicorn · bootstrapped · franchise · pivot · disruption · growth · exit · venture
award-winning
Honored with accolades
- celebratedWidely known and praised
- acclaimedPublicly and enthusiastically praised
- featuredProminently displayed or included
headline · viral · bestselling · record-breaking · trailblazing · pioneering · groundbreaking · notable · distinguished · renowned
- inspiring storieshero tales, overcoming odds, survival tales, transformation tales, rags to riches
- Writer Memoirspersonal narratives, autobiographical writing, personal history, childhood memories, behind the scenes
- talestale, tall tales, short story, yarns, folk tale
- kids biographiesfamous people, historical figures, narrative nonfiction, heroes, role models
- matchmakingmatchmaker, matchmakers, matchmaking, matchmaking services, introduction
- nonprofit emailsannual reports, fundraising appeals, thank you letters, year in review, subject lines
success storiescautionary tales
Stories conveying warnings
horror stories · tragedies · fiascos · debacles · flops
success, successful, stories, succeeding, succeeded, unsuccessful, successfully, successes, succeeds