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.

Staci Steidley

Many designers have talked about the future of our business and how hard it is to be sustainable in the current day of instagram strolling, online price comparison shopping, and the trend toward disposable, low quality furnishings and art. These are definitely challenges that we face each day. Read more>>

Liz Long

The biggest challenge to profitability lately is definitely the constant rise in supply costs. It’s been hard to keep up with and I don’t like having to raise prices more than once a year, so I eat the risings costs most of the time. Read more>>

Estefany Andrade

Becoming a business owner is not for the weak. It has its ups and downs. One day you may meet your goal and the next day you may not. It make look easy but it is not. You have to make sure that you stay consistent and I believe that the consistency will show. Read more>>

Michael Bader

Many industries are competitive, but one of the biggest challenges in audio is a limited understanding of what industry professionals actually do. It’s amazing the amount of artists that have been working for years and have never worked with an engineer Read more>>

Saunders Staley

There are two things I think have a huge impact on profitability as an aerial cinematography/photography company. Read more>>

Julia Sinelnikova

When I started out in the New York art scene as a an eighteen year old, I was making realistic oil paintings and collage. I saw around me a quickly changing landscape marked by digital communications through new mediums, and I wanted to adapt my practice into something which took its place within this technology infused world. Read more>>

Erica Holloway

As Bala’s Content Director, I was tasked with developing new content streams that would showcase our products and inspire movement. I knew that our target audience was young, active women, so I wanted to create content that was both relatable and aspirational. Read more>>

Sarah Knabel

I started my career journey out of college in corporate America, and saw what it takes to run these huge million/billion dollar companies. I felt unseen, and frankly unheard. Read more>>

Sandra Sanchez

The biggest new trends that come out every year! let me explain, clients look in social media this new trends and everybody wants that, they don’t even know how much money we have to put in to education (for every new trend there is a a training process that cost money), Read more>>