After hearing some interesting answers to this question from a few companies in my network, I thought it’d be great to ask this question to other small businesses too.

There aren’t any perfect answers, just what is most relevant to your business.

Thanks in advance

  • datawazoB
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    1 year ago

    Labor, to grow I need an intermediate+ DBA as that’s the work I’m spending most of my time doing and my more junior staff can’t do. But they’re going to be $75k-$90k here and I don’t think I have enough work to make that profitable. Tires of being stuck in that middle ground of needing help but not being able to afford it.

    • KrisFoyeOPB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah that balance is often a chicken and the egg situation. Is there a way that you could first bring on say an extra sales-related person who could give you some extra cash? I appreciate that that may depend on how much extra work you can take on.

  • opticfan808B
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    1 year ago

    Main thing for me has been external factors effecting my schedule and pulling my attention to “put out fires”. I’m a solo owner/operator and My business is only a little over a year old, few months back my mom passed away and it was a long complicated process to get her body/arrange service and I had to focus a majority of my time n efforts on all that. Did my best to keep up with clients and services, eventually the funeral happened and I was behind on work and had to rebuild my client base. It’s been a journey for sure, but I love what I do and I’m pretty good at it. Head down n back to work. Aloha

    • KrisFoyeOPB
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      1 year ago

      I’m sorry to hear that news, and understand how that would have impacted your business. It’s good to hear that you are getting back on track though, and I can see how your positive attitude is helping that process. Keep going!