Risk, Revenue, and Reinvention - Mark Clark - Whits Inn

Some businesses grow because everything goes right. Mark Clark’s story is more honest than that. From radio sales and publishing to buying Whits Inn, Mark has learned that growth usually exposes the problems you did not know were there yet. More revenue can help, but it can also put pressure on your people, systems, kitchen, margins, and patience.In this conversation, Jennifer and Scott talk with Mark about taking over a longtime local spot, moving from dive bar to fast casual restaurant, letting go of control, trusting managers, testing breakfast, expanding catering, and learning when a “win” still comes with hard truths. It is a candid look at ownership, timing, risk, and the unglamorous decisions that keep a business alive.Welcome to Southside Voices, the show that spotlights the business owners and community leaders shaping Johnson County and the Southside of Indianapolis. Each week, your hosts Jennifer Denney and Scott Gilcrest sit down for candid conversations about what it really takes to build, run, and grow a business today.Real stories. Real challenges. Real lessons.