Profits differ from net income, and no where is there clearer than for small business owner-operators, artists, and creatives. Just because you have a certain amount of money left over after covering expenses doesn’t mean you’ve made profits. Why? Because you have to factor in the cost of your labor and the risk you took and so after factoring that in, millions of small businesses and artists and creatives are operating with little to no profit. However, it doesn’t have to be this way and so we wanted to create a space where sharp entrepreneurs and creatives could come together and discuss the challenges to profitability and potential solutions. If you have something valuable to add to this conversation that can help others achieve profitability, please reach out to us as we want to get your ideas in front of our readers.

Alexia Helgason

The cannabis industry took off like a rocket ship just a few years ago with the promise of closing down the black market, making cannabis available to the masses and changing outdated perceptions of the plant that was banned for 70+ years, but utilized as medicine for 10,000 years before prohibition. Read more>>

Alejandro Reyes

I love how this question starts out. I would say construction is among the top industries that people assume we are just showering in money. There is definitely great potential to reach a very comfortable level of success and profits but the road to get there is paved with painful lessons and unimaginable obstacles that can easily swallow your profits on any job. Read more>>

Alyona Skripka

As a visual artist, the most important thing for me is self-expression. My inspiration comes from stillness. It’s a process of channeling. When it comes to sales, It is very tempting to fall into trends, giving the market what it wants. This process may compromise the quality and truthfulness of my work. Read more>>

Sonia Fletcher

I think there is a huge misconception of what people purchase these days health wise, ingredient ratio and what you’re putting in your mouth. I think bakeries today are compared to the faster chains that can whip out a dessert so quickly and much less expensive not realizing what’s actually IN the dessert.  Read more>>

Timothy Krause

In my experiance most accounts and CPA are really creatives with numbers and charts. Often I have found as a non-accountant that there is a large lack of focus on streamlining a few deliverables. Read more>>