"Yes."

"You’re reading the wrong line," Leo said, tapping her spreadsheet.

Elena had always made incredible lemonade. Her secret? A pinch of cayenne and lavender syrup from her grandmother’s recipe. When she opened "Lavender & Fire" at the local farmer’s market, the line stretched for twenty minutes.

"Your grocery store accounts are huge," Leo continued. "But they return 15% of your batch because it sits on their shelf too long. After refunds and late payments, you’re actually losing $2 on every case you sell them."

"But they’re big accounts!" Elena protested.

That’s when she met Leo, a retired CFO who bought a single cup of lemonade every Thursday. He noticed her panicked face.