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ONE Question to Dismantle the Industry’s Dirty Little Secret and Avoid Burning Down a Great Business

June 15, 2026 by admin

Ever wonder what multi-six and seven-figure business owners actually talk about when no one's watching?

One of my  peers, who runs a $600k/year business with an 80% profit margin, met me for coffee here in NYC. And we didn't hold back. 

We talked about the investments that have and haven't been worth it, what's actually working in marketing right now, the real math behind "passive income," and what we wish more people understood about scaling.

Including the dirty little secret nobody in this industry wants to say out loud: a lot of the people teaching you how to scale to multi-millions aren't taking home anywhere close to what you think they are.

And chasing that number and business model, without understanding what it actually costs, is exactly how smart, profitable business owners end up burning down something great.

In Episode 223, I'm unpacking ONE Question to dismantle the industry's dirty little secret and avoid burning down a great business, and how to use your answer to change how you make every strategic decision in your business.

In this episode, you'll hear:

  • The real math behind a well-known $10M/year business and what she actually takes home, why it's still impressive, and what it tells you about the true cost of that model.

  • Why "just do what feels good" isn't a scaling strategy and what to do instead.

  • The counterintuitive truth about scaling that nobody wants to hear, and why it's actually the thing that helps you make more.

  • ONE Question to cut through the noise, expose the tradeoffs hiding inside every business model, and know exactly where to focus to scale smarter for the results that actually matter to you.

Episode Links:

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Connect with Kim on IG: @kimargetsinger

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Joanne Ozug

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Unimaginably life-changing.
Coaching with Kim has been completely mind-blowing. Basically, I wish I could go back in time and could’ve started coaching with your earlier. It is incredible what an hour together, once a week has done for my life and my business, and our call is always the highlight of my week!

Joanne Ozug

Unimaginably life-changing.
Coaching with Kim has been completely mind-blowing. Basically, I wish I could go back in time and could’ve started coaching with your earlier. It is incredible what an hour together, once a week has done for my life and my business, and our call is always the highlight of my week!

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Joanne Ozug

Food & Lifestyle Blogger,
video creator,
and online personality,
fifteenspatuals.com

Unimaginably life-changing.
Coaching with Kim has been completely mind-blowing. Basically, I wish I could go back in time and could’ve started coaching with your earlier. It is incredible what an hour together, once a week has done for my life and my business, and our call is always the highlight of my week!

Joanne Ozug

Unimaginably life-changing.
Coaching with Kim has been completely mind-blowing. Basically, I wish I could go back in time and could’ve started coaching with your earlier. It is incredible what an hour together, once a week has done for my life and my business, and our call is always the highlight of my week!

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