The Money-talk Blog
This may sound like something you read in a get rich quick book, inspirational advice, but don't give up so easily. Keep trying and build up slowly. In my time, I've seen small things grow into well performing small business that can create a happy living for a family. The first year to three years can be all about finding the routines that work, paper work, and setting up and for the next step.
Start small if this is something new and you have little experience in. Don't go investing thousands and thousands you can't afford into a business you may be good at, might be so-so ok at, but not the best at. Have a clean and professional setup and research what others are doing.
Be prepared for things to change
When I was young the local Mall was crowded every weekend, shopping at the Mall was apart of American culture, now, with the internet having such a big influence on shopping, and prices being over the top in retail, no one goes to the Mall like they used too. Many Department retail stores have closed and whole Malls have been shut down across the country. Almost everything now is shopped online and delivered. Overtime, with even things that seem impossible to die out, do die out.
Fashions change.
Attitudes change.
Music changes.
Point is things change fast, business goes well, and then all of a sudden it doesn't. It's easy to start a business, it's hard to stay in business, especially in the USA. Finding the right type of small business that isn't effected by so many changes might be the best thing to do.