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Every dollar invested in your business will become 2 or 3 dollars in the near future. Every dollar invested in everything else will either be gone or worth pennies. Free up your capital so it can work for you. Reduce your overhead and make more of...

Lawn care hasn't seen much impact from COVID and is a lot more recession resistant than you might think.

Show notes from Episode #164 of the . As we’ve navigated the past four weeks, it’s shocking how much things have changed and how many times Nick has changed his mind on something. The unpredictable news cycle means that your opinion today may be proven wrong tomorrow, as new facts are constantly coming in.[...]

Do you find yourself struggling to make good decisions in tough times? In this exciting episode of The Sweaty Startup. I'm doing a rerun of one of my favorite episodes about the topic of having a Radical Mindedness. This helped me and I believe this...

Who is your boss? Who manages your branch? Who oversees your region? Who owns the small business you work for? Who is the most valuable person at your company or in your circle? If you could chose to be complimented by one person at your office who would it be? Think about that person. You know who it is. Now we[...]

Andrew Huber owns and operates The Lawn Squad, a lawn care and weed control company based in Bloomington Indiana. Show notes with photos here. How much profit does a lawn care company make? What is the initial investment? How much of a time...

Show notes for podcast episode 26. On one hand if someone is selling a business I’m immediately a little skeptical. it must have some problems. Why would they sell it if not? It might require too much of their time and energy. It might be stressful. It might be losing money. The future might be looking bad for[...]

Marketing is tricky but if you find and target the customers that are most valuable to you it will pay dividends. Find out who your target is, locate them and market to them. In this episode we discuss the massive advantage being likable affords,...

When it comes to culture, here is where the leading business books will lead you: 1. Hire amazing people Amazing people create great culture. Hire 10xers. Interviews should be 5 steps and 10+ hours. Do personality tests. 2. Love on your people Pizza parties. Ping pong tables. Kegerator in the office. Early[...]

My least favorite saying in real estate: “If you aren’t a buyer at these prices then you should be a seller.” It simply isn’t true.Transacting real estate is extremely expensive and time consuming. You can't just trade in and out of it at the click of a button like a public equity.The people you have to pay to[...]

Entrepreneurship is undoubtedly the best way (and arguably the only way) to get wealthy. If you want to make a ton of money, trading your time for money won’t get you there. You can’t “save” your way to private jet money. But the truth is that it isn’t meant for everyone. This is something I’ve changed my mind[...]

How to grow a business the old fashioned way: IMO, way too many entrepreneurs are obsessed with shiny objects. They want the next great AI tool or the next sexy software startup to solve all of their problems. They read endless posts on X and LinkedIn about the latest "growth hacks" and obsess over "doing things[...]

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