Big Tech Is Crushing Small Businesses Like Mine

Ms. Steiner is the founder of Lunaweft.

I opened an online storefront last year, even though everyone told me not to. An investor friend warned me it would be a “capital incinerator.”

He was right. I sold my product and I struggled to earn a dime. A hundred dollars spent on online advertising brought $100 in sales. My only profit came from chatting up strangers at parties, at bars, in Ubers, which was fun but, sadly, not going to put me on Easy Street.

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