Facing Major Money Trouble, These Entrepreneurs Relied Perseverance and a Bit of Luck Posted by October 17, 2016 Leave a comment on Facing Major Money Trouble, These Entrepreneurs Relied Perseverance and a Bit of Luck Co-founders of shoe company Jack Erwin, Ariel Nelson and Lane Gerson, didn’t come from the fashion world, but they are now running a widely known men’s shoe company.