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There’s a good chance there are a few customers that aren’t paying you enough and generate most of your stress. Figure out who they are, fire them and spend that energy growing your business and finding more of your ideal clients.

Lawn care is growing extremely fast in the US. 20 years ago 5% of people paid to get their lawn mowed. Today 40% do. 10 years from now 60% will. That is a lot of new customers coming on the market every day. This was my first business as a 13 year old in 2003. When I left for college I had 40k in the bank working[...]

Today's episode is a repost of episode 290 which was originally published on June 06, 2022. In this episode, I discuss how my company of 45 employees, located all over the world, is structured. How I sources talent with the help of supportshepherd.com...

Show notes from where Nick mentors a mobile car mechanic who just quit his job to start growing his young company on a full time basis. The main theme here is an in person sales approach to gaining early clients. Targeting a service technician like a plumber or lawn care guy with 8 vehicles in the back. His[...]

A quick ad before we jump in: -- I launched a business brokerage with my father. We now have 600+ buyers on our distribution list. When we get a listing we'll do a podcast episode with the owner, a breakdown of the business to my 80,000 newsletter subscribers, and several tweets promoting the listing. Wanna sell[...]

In this episode of the Sweaty Startup, Nick Huber dives into the essential caution that you as an entrepreneur should take when receiving advice and mentorship, the types of people to avoid, and who you need to be to successfully manage your small business.

Wine sommeliers often can't tell the difference between a $20 bottle and a $2,000 bottle in a double blind test. The food at the $20/person restaurant and the food at the $200/person restaurant. The beer at the top rated brewery or the guy brewing in his basement. In a double blind test - who has the better[...]

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!

A listener reached out with a question. They’re saving some money each month and want to set up a passive income stream through local rental properties. Real estate is a tough market to get into right now. Not saying impossible just a fair warning: It's competitive. The economy has been booming for a long time.[...]

Nick Bradley hosts my favorite podcast - Scale Up Your Business. Today he joins us to talk about the massive opportunity when it comes to buying a business and how he goes about doing it.

Time is your most valuable resource and in this episode we discuss where you should spend it. This is a perfect topic since we just freshly started 2022. We go over my two favorite business principles - the 80/20 rule and the 4 quadrants of time...

What businesses are best for high schoolers to consider and what else should they think about before starting a business? How do you raise entrepreneurial children?

Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...

Nick discusses raising good kids and how hard it can be when striving to earn generational wealth, how to protect the downside in real estate, and how to think about advice you get through the lens of the person giving you the advice   Follow my...