
The Five Numbers That Tell You If Your Business Survives a Downturn
Most founders drown in dashboards. Ksenia Yudina says five numbers cut through the noise — and knowing them before a crisis hits is the whole point.
Real numbers from real builders. What works, what doesn't, what it actually pays.

Most founders drown in dashboards. Ksenia Yudina says five numbers cut through the noise — and knowing them before a crisis hits is the whole point.

Dave Temple and Ed Henderson didn't pivot to tech or drop their farms. They just put milk-brewed coffee in a can — and built a $40K/month side hustle doing it.

What started as a low-cost, social-media-friendly side hustle is colliding with council licensing demands and a saturated market. The frosting is cracking.
Real numbers from nine builders I tracked through the year. The ones nobody talks about made the most. The ones everyone talks about made the least.
No personal brand. No LinkedIn theater. One niche, two sponsors, a list of 38,000. Here's the actual playbook.