Source: supplied. If you’re an SME in Victoria right now, times are tough. We are enduring yet another snap lockdown, with many purely at breaking point. Historically, starting and succeeding in small business has always come with its challenges. Before you even begin, you’re reminded that the majority of businesses will fail within the first year — and that’s without a global pandemic to contend with. I launched my startup Atiyah — a zero-carbon, 100% renewable street food kitchen at Melbourne’s Federation Square — in November 2020. Some might say that we should have waited, but it had been a long time in the planning and had already been delayed.