I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
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I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
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Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#2One of my close friends from middle and high school came from a family whose patriarch did this same kind of job.
He had a slightly bigger operation than this guy, because he had to buy snow removal equipment to clear snow from parking lots, but it’s totally a thing you can do.
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#3One of my close friends from middle and high school came from a family whose patriarch did this same kind of job. He had a slightly bigger operation than this guy, because he had to buy snow removal equipment to clear snow from parking lots, but it’s totally a thing you can do.
The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#4One of my close friends from middle and high school came from a family whose patriarch did this same kind of job. He had a slightly bigger operation than this guy, because he had to buy snow removal equipment to clear snow from parking lots, but it’s totally a thing you can do.
The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.
I'm not sure thats the exact reason. This guy is subbing out work to other companies; he's not making 53k/month by picking up litter. He's running a business with nominally 1 employee but contracts out the excess work to other companies who I doubt are all making 53k/month.
That said, having seen snow plow ads it does sound like good money. Not as good as fang.
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.
I'm not sure thats the exact reason. This guy is subbing out work to other companies; he's not making 53k/month by picking up litter. He's running a business with nominally 1 employee but contracts out the excess work to other companies who I doubt are all making 53k/month. That said, having seen snow plow ads it does sound like good money. Not as good as fang.
But also 53k/month is revenue. Who knows what the profit margin is there?
If he's subbing out all that work it could be very little.
It feels a bit misleading to mention that as revenue and in other cases mention a six-figure operation.
Six-figure could mean anything from $100k to $999k. So which is it, there's quite a huge difference.
Usually when people say six figures they would mean somewhere around $100k. Is what he's paying himself after all of that around $100k per year then?
Overall the article of course seems like ad piece that directs you to his homepage where he's selling a course on how to do the same...
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#6Is this an ad?
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure thats the exact reason. This guy is subbing out work to other companies; he's not making 53k/month by picking up litter. He's running a business with nominally 1 employee but contracts out the excess work to other companies who I doubt are all making 53k/month. That said, having seen snow plow ads it does sound like good money. Not as good as fang.
But also 53k/month is revenue. Who knows what the profit margin is there? If he's subbing out all that work it could be very little. It feels a bit misleading to mention that as revenue and in other cases mention a six-figure operation. Six-figure could mean anything from $100k to $999k. So which is it, there's quite a huge difference. Usually when people say six figures they would mean somewhere around $100k. Is wha…
I always roll my eyes when I see people only highlighting revenue with no other context. I always assume the margins are small.
In the article when it talks about a "six figure operation", I think they are referring to the $650k in revenue, which would be a six figure operation. I don't see any clues into what he's taking home.
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#8so whats this super secret tool he uses, unfortunately i cant bring myself to visit his site, has anyone checked?
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#9Is this an ad?
It's promotional: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=simplypeter
Re: I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business
#10> I decided the most simple way to accommodate this was by subbing the work out to other small cleaning companies.
So the best way to make money is to hire someone to do the job and pay him less than what you're billing your client?
> Each subcontractor must sign a contract that I had created before they commence work for me. It spells out their legal and service obligations.
And create a legal binding between you and the subcontractors that are finally like employees without any employee protection?
Let me guess, somewhere in the contract there's some non compete clause that they must follow because they're not employees?