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.

Paige Morency

Ashtanga yoga comes with a serious intimidation factor, even though it’s actually one of the most beginner-friendly yoga traditions out there. Everyone starts from the very beginning – and I mean *everyone*. Each student learns the sequences in bite-sized pieces, handheld by an experienced teacher, repeated until the student has a level of ownership over his/her/their practice unparalleled in other styles of yoga. Read more>>

Darius Sebastian Yancy

I would say the ever-growing rise in video games and technology overall. I love games as much as the next person, so I can see how people would think why play this when I can just get online. But I also see the downside of it. There are things about people coming together and bearing witness to anothers joy and endless reactions is apart of what makes a community, a relationship, a people still human. Those type of pure moments can’t be caught online. Read more>>

Eliana Roseberry

People don’t know all that goes on behind the scenes in the furniture refinishing business Read more>>

Kasim Aslam

I run the best and most respected Google Ads agency in the world, and I’ve been in business for well over 15 years. As you can imagine, I’ve had thousands of clients! During that time, I have seen businesses succeed and I have seen businesses fail. What’s sad (and frustrating) is how often the fail points are avoidable. In fact, the biggest fail point I see in the realm of paid traffic is also the easiest to fix. Read more>>

Koereyelle Mallard

One of the most common challenges for business owners in this current climate is the ever changing marketing trends. Social media platforms are prioritizing different types of content, new networks constantly popup and entrepreneurs are often forced to pivot their marketing plans to remain profitable. Read more>>

Courtney Pazdra

While we assemble all our products by hand here in the United States, we still compete with cheap, mass-produced products from overseas. When a consumer searches for a light up hair accessory through a large e-commerce website like Amazon, they get product results from all around the world. Since we are a small, local business that started from the ground up, we do not have the means to produce such large quantities, so our product costs are higher. However, we must lower our margin in order to compete against these massive factories. Read more>>

Briana Hickman

I believe the biggest challenge(s) to profitability in our industry is time management. Read more>>