The Sweaty Startup

In today’s episode, Nick talks with Matt Baker, a general contractor from Houston, Texas. They discuss how Matt got started, what advice he has for someone just starting, and how profitable being a general contractor is.

In this episode, Nick shows one of their newer self storage facilities, and goes over the numbers to share how profitable running a self storage facility really is!

In today’s episode, Nick talks about three sales strategies that most people don’t talk about. These are strategies that can really make your company stand out from others as desirable, credible, and sustainable.   1. Use old school sales and marketing 2. Get people to put their money where their mouth is 3. Sales extends past business into all aspects of life- get people to buy in

Today Nick talks about another low cost startup that can easily make you money in the beginning. With how many trucks need hitch receivers and much expensive auto shops charge you for it, you can easily get some flyers, a website, and some word of mouth to get some business going. Check out the episode to hear more!

Nick talks all about delayed gratification in this episode: a lesson he learned from his grandfather, who broke the pattern of poverty in his family. Listen to Nick breakdown and discuss what delayed gratification looks like in business and life. 

In this episode, Nick talks about a low cost and easy startup for a business that can be profitable from the gate.  After being quoted $750 for his deck to be cleaned and stained, he got to thinking about the equipment, supplies, and time that would go into doing it himself, and how YOU could launch a successful business doing just that.  

The main reason that businesses fail is this: the people who start them do so for selfish reasons. Lifestyle, passion, and money are selfish reasons to start a business, and the market does NOT care about these things. Entrepreneurship is not always fun; it’s hard, confrontational, and lonely.  The entrepreneurs who succeed are really good at doing the stuff they DON’T want to do. Before starting a business, you need an unemotional lens: look at the market and ask, where is there an opportunity? Just doing what you love makes you less likely to succeed.

The way the stock market is going, businesses and unemployed people are being helped by the government, and spending habits, there is an increasing chance this recession WON'T happen, and the government will push us right through it.