I'm glad there's now a bowl for small business owners.

What are your top 3 challenges that you face?

I'll start. I own a wine business for background information.

1. Getting people to buy wine virtually
2. Shipping cost
3. Supply

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1. Shipping year round: temperature sensitive/cost prohibitive to package for year round shipping in winter months
2. Capital: unwilling to give up equity, operating with small loans atm
3. Price fluctuations/criticism: anti capitalist sentiments has entered the chat in my niche this year.

*bonus*
My product is a living thing, it is capable of reproducing itself.
Torn between:
A. continuing multiplying to build stock to “crash” the market in late 2022/2023 and appease price criticism.
B. becoming a wholesaler to customer facing competitors (who will still keep prices moderately for consumers, but results in SIGNIFICANTLY less time spent on the biz)
C. start making money now (still have student debt, would be nice to not 😉)

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1. Generating the initial capital needed for initial investment in merchandise
2. Finding the right manufacturer for the product (both time, money, and accessibility)
3. Funding ways to have the business reach beyond your close circle of friends and family while trying to avoid spending large amounts of money on advertisements

It’s definitely #3 for me.

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