These Are 5 Common Challenges Every Entrepreneur Faces — Here’s How To Prepare For Them

To succeed as an entrepreneur, having a playbook for how to scale your business and process feedback is key, according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery, a plastic-free online grocery store that operates in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

“Starting a company, scaling a company is exceptionally hard,” Strasner said. “I was told that many times, but until you live it, you do not understand how all-consuming this is and how truly difficult it is.”

Launched in 2019, Zero Grocery uses reusable food storage containers and delivers in two hours or less. The Bay Area-based start-up has thousands of customers and had revenue of about $500,000 a month in 2021. It has raised $16.5 million.

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