Have you ever had a friend look at a business and randomly throw out numbers that made it seem like that business owner must be making serious bank? We’ve experienced that many times, and know from conversations with operators and owners in those industries that their real profitability is often far, far less. The reason is often that there are unique challenges to profitability in almost every industry and so we wanted to create a space for entrepreneurs from across industries and markets to discuss the challenges to profitability in their industries.

Deborah Klughers

Honey is one of the most adultered foods on the planet. Not only are there issues with foreign imports of substances labeled and sold as honey, that is not pure honey at all, but we beekeepers also have to deal with “ local honey laundering”. Read more>>

Katlyn Thomasson

Like any business, when you are first starting out, you don’t have a client base. E-commerce and social media selling methods take a lot of effort to grow an established online client base versus meeting people at markets or having a store front. Read more>>

Lindsay Ridder

I’m a big believer that you can sale anything! I am the Queen of sales. I’ve done door to door sales, I’ve gotten my real estate license, marketing experience and when I came to California I started selling cars. Read more>>

Sylvester Jones

For live solo saxophonists, the greatest challenge to profitability typically lies in securing a steady flow of performances and handling the related expenses. Read more>>