Practical business insights for small business owners
I was sitting with a grocery store owner in Namakkal last year. He had 4 staff, decent stock, clean billing counter. But the shop was empty at 4 PM on a Wednesd...
A mobile accessories shop owner in Tirupur told me something last month that stuck with me. He said his staff does maybe 30% of the sales he does on any given d...
A grocery store owner in Namakkal showed me his billing counter last year. Decent footfall. Maybe 1520 customers a day. He was proud of it. I asked him one que...
A bakery owner i know in Thanjavur had everything going for him. Good location, decent footfall, regulars who came in every morning. But his menu board looked l...
A grocery store owner in Namakkal told me something last year that stuck with me. He said "anna, my products are good, my prices are fair, but customers come on...
A guy i know runs a small meals restaurant in Thanjavur. 80 seats, decent lunch crowd, been around 11 years. When i sat with him last quarter and looked at his...
I know this textile shop owner in Trichy. Good guy. Works harder than anyone in his shop. He opens at 9 AM, stands at the billing counter all day, checks stock...
A restaurant owner i know in Thanjavur was furious with his waiters. "They dont care about customers," he told me. His place does decent business.. 80100 covers...
A grocery store owner i know in Namakkal had a problem. New customers would walk in, look around, and leave without buying. His solution? 10% off for firsttime...
A grocery store owner i know in Namakkal had a problem. Every single customer who walked in would ask for discount. Didnt matter if it was rice, oil, or biscuit...