Do you think you success as a business depends more on growing revenue or improving your cost structure? We asked some of the brightest minds in the community to share their thoughts and insights with us below.

Kristen Blue

You have to spend money to make money’, people say. That rings true to our business. We chose a very labor intensive, craft product to manufacture in-house. We operate in an industry that is notorious for labor exploitation and not paying fair pay for farmers. Read more>>

Adylia-Rhenee Gutierrez

This question is like ‘which came first, the chicken or the egg?’ I believe that in order to grow you have to streamline your expenses. What I mean is figure out the areas where you can learn or truly enjoy and that’s your area. Then have a couple other people that are better at different areas of your business than you. So you’re streamlining and being most efficient. Read more>>

Monique Hayward

I’m the Co-Founder & CEO of DRISCOLL Cuisine & Cocktail Concepts, a personal chef company based in the Phoenix metro area. My business partner Brian Driscoll and I talk all the time about how we only have two “levers” that we can pull to make a difference in our business operations — generating more revenue or decreasing costs. Read more>>