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.

Matt Fitch

The biggest challenge to profitability in the waste management consultancy industry is the constantly evolving landscape of regulations, waste management technologies, and public perceptions. As a sustainability-focused firm, we have to stay up-to-date with these changes, which can sometimes involve significant investments in research, technology, and training. Read more>>

Beya Hernandez Lusk

In the art world, 99.9% of the people who make art will never really find a pretty penny coming out of it, and that you have to know the galleries and the curators and the creative directors to be able to have a shot of knowing the people who would be willing to be an audience for your craft. Read more>>

Haley Stracher

The biggest challenge for profitability in my industry is user retention, or sometimes called “stickiness”. It’s really hard to make your platform sticky and takes a lot of user testing. You have to solve a pain point for a person really well and make it easy for them to keep doing again and again. Read more>>