Archive - Storefront Revolt

Think it's feasible for small businesses to buy commercial buildings? Think again.

Owner occupant underwriting conventions make it easier for investors, not business owners, to finance commercial real estate purchases, and that's a…

Jun 12 •

May 2025

The physical toll

Running a small business can be hard on aging bodies (like mine)

May 8 •

April 2025

Focus on the fundamentals

My 2025 word of the year is "fundamental." Here's how I'm applying that to my business.

Apr 10 •

March 2025

$355,512 in debt: how we got here

How does a small business accumulate that much debt in five years? I'll explain Fernseed's debt to you one year at a time.

Mar 13 •

February 2025

Time for the Revolt part

How storefront businesses can organize for change by building local power

Feb 21 •

What Storefront Revolt is about in 2025

Real dollar figures, scary debt, waiting it out in the Hunger Games, and grad school level research to prove... it's not just me?

Feb 4 •

December 2024

I was a Bench customer. I'm not surprised they shut down abruptly.

The difference between regular businesses and the startups trying to sell us all software.

Dec 30, 2024 •

November 2024

Please stop celebrating Small Business Saturday

It's just an ad campaign for American Express.

Nov 27, 2024 •

October 2024

"Well someone must be making money doing this."

The false assumption that because a small business is still there, it must be economically viable

Oct 30, 2024 •

Main Street America doesn't quite get us

They want to help, but they're not sure how. Will they listen?

Oct 25, 2024 •

July 2024

You need to raise your prices [part 4]

How to build a pricing strategy that scales, and why scaling matters

Jul 25, 2024 •

You need to raise your prices [part 3]

What happened when we started charging for something we used to do for free

Jul 11, 2024 •

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