Unfortunately, our modern society with it's beer budget expectations make it all but impossible to succeed in some previously lucrative businesses. I am a traditional boatbuilder who built custom fantail launches until last year when the economy went bust. My boat shop struggled to sell our $100,000+ boats to discerning clients but those type of people came around less and less as priorities forced them to pare down to more needful things. Eventually we had to close our doors entirely. This was a company that started in the late 1800s! In the end, the rising cost of wood and the dwindling customer base did us in.