Things Not to Try in 2026 I’ll be frank with you."I drank the Kool-Aid in 2025. Every single podcast, YouTube guru and LinkedIn post had the same message: "Go 100% digital.Automate everything. Launch a subscription." [1]
So I did. I spent money, overhauled my business, and rebranded everything.Six months later, I was sitting with a spreadsheet and a very painful question: “Where did all my profit go?”
If you’re a small business owner, you need to hear this. Some 2025 trends weren’t trends at all. They were expensive experiments that only worked for billion-dollar brands. Here are five small company trends that failed miserably in 2025, along with suggestions for 2026.
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