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.

Reva Wilkins

Competition is probably the biggest challenge when in the photography industry. There has become an abundance of photographers come out of the wood works within the last few years, and it’s becomes challenging to compete with so many in such a smaller community. You have to make your pricing competitive and also have a way to bring in a potential customer other than just your advertised works (advertising, testimonials, etc.) Read more>>

Lamarquita Leach

Having people want to support a black indigenous queer disabled woman seems to be hard. No one want to see individuals of color succeed keep them oppressed and capitalized. Read more>>

Jacob Boyle

At MARCo Health, we’re squarely in the digital mental health industry. And while that might sound like a great space to be in thanks to “mental health” being a huge buzzword and lots of investment money pouring in over the past couple of years, there’s a major problem – it’s not only hugely difficult to be profitable in this industry, it’s difficult to get anyone to pay you AT ALL. Read more>>