Ep. 3072 - Q&A: “Why do struggling businesses keep their doors open?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
How do some retail stores stay open for years without making a profit? In this episode, we explore the hidden factors that keep struggling businesses afloat.
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Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:29.0 | Why do struggling businesses keep their doors open? |
| 0:34.1 | How do some retail stores, in fact, stay open for years without making a profit? |
| 0:39.2 | If you have ever walked past a shop shop like a store that never seems busy, |
| 0:43.4 | and you kind of wondered, like, how is it still in business? Well, you're not alone. It's a common experience. And today we're going to unpack it a little bit. Question comes from Adam in |
| 0:47.5 | Minneapolis. He is curious about how some of these retail shops, sometimes even in prime |
| 0:51.5 | locations, managed to stay open despite low foot traffic or even |
| 0:55.9 | reported financial losses. Are they surviving from outside funding, tax advantages, |
| 1:01.8 | something else? It could be both those situations or others. Let's break down a couple of |
| 1:06.6 | surprising reasons why some businesses keep their doors open even when they aren't making money. |
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