Jacob Austin
@unsexy_biz_guys
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Into entrepreneurship, I own a chain of 17 house cleaning businesses. All in TSLA investor. 2000🪑
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The tesla investment saga is top notch entertainment. Either TSLA or TSLAQ are collectively deluded with massive financial implications for everyone involved. Both sides are extremely certain they are right, and weirdly there are smart people on both sides (though rare on the
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@levelsio
Google removes reviews when a mob piles on. I think some of your followers probably left reviews? I think that's fair enough, sometimes a mob can get it wrong, and anyone from the mob isn't actually a customer of the business. Removing your review was not right though
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We've made 2 million in profit (and counting) from starting a cleaning business remotely. If I started again I would not pick house cleaning. Thread below on the best remote biz that could make you a millionaire in 3 years. 1/16
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@dr__submarine
This is to be expected with every generation coming into the work force. Most don't know what they want to do as a career and so you have lots of people in jobs that don't suit them. They get fired and figure out what they do want to do later in life
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Just hit 10m in revenue (1.8 mil profit) since we launched 8 years ago. 4m of the revenue came in the last 12 months. I remember thinking if I could make 2k/month in profit I'd be content. Sticking with boring businesses can lead to great outcomes. Keep going!
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How to start a pest control business remotely for less than 1k in start-up cost, with the goal of launching multiple locations and selling for 20 million in 5 years.
If anyone plans to work on something like this (painting or lawncare are also great options) let me know, I’ll
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Thread on how our holding company works, how much profit each company in the system makes and why we do it. First, why we do it: a holding company allows us to use profits from profitable cleaning locations to invest in new, unprofitable locations in a tax efficient manner. 1/7
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2022 annual update for our cleaning business: 4.1mil revenue, 13.4% margin, 549k profit. Didn't hit our goals but second half of the year was strong so excited about 2023.
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March Update: $378k revenue, 102k profit. First time we hit 100k profit in a month. Very happy with progress
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Why did we join Twitter recently? 1. It looks fun 2. To make friends with cool people running boring businesses 3. To build a following for future side projects or businesses we launch. But mainly the friends thing honestly
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Cleaning biz owners and/or sales experts, rate my inbound sales script (text in thread below). Feel free to steal it, I just ask that you like this comment if you do (trying to get as many people to see this for feedback)
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@sweatystartup
Do you not think a currency that is not controlled by a government is a good concept? More work to be done to get there but its definitely not a joke
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Today is launch day for my side (unsexy) business. I'll explain what service we are offering and what our plan is for the future of this business. Before we start, I'd really appreciate a like for visibility❤️1/8
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We have lost over 10k to customers having us clean then contacting their credit card provider to get a refund. Pretty crazy system where we can't do anything. Has anyone figured out how to win chargebacks in the local service space? I feel like a startup should take this on
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June Update: $402k revenue, $110k profit. Great month, best ever profit and profit margin. Things are trending upwards, some of the new locations are contributing to profit now. Attempting to launch 10 new locations by December, we'll see if things fall apart as we ramp up growth
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@WR4NYGov
Good question.
What was the recent change in approach between V11 and V12?
What are the differences and benefits of Tesla's approach to autonomy, compared to Waymo.
Which competitors have a similar approach to autonomy?
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@paulg
That or they'd find a technical founder. It's really not hard for a resourceful person.
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I looked into doing a search fund last year to find and acquire a large cleaning company. I was told by one search fund investment firm that they only invest in people with MBAs. Thanks for the added fuel in the fire under us!
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Small biz owners, do you have an online job you could give my sister? She is on meds for a long term medical condition, so finds it hard to learn new things. It would need to be data entry or a similar basic task. I'll pay her wage or offer consulting in return. 10-15 hours/week
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January update for our cleaning biz: $294k revenue, 21k profit. Looks bad at first glance but it's a good January, which is the slowest month of the year for us. 70% more profit than last January so things are going in the right direction.
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Working with a VA who's better than me at a lot of the things I'm (supposed to be) good at. Data, spreadsheets, ROI calculations, setting up new marketing channels etc. Loving it! It's like cloning myself only better. She works 40 hours a week and is a beast 😀
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I don't know who gets good ROI on door hangers but it aint us! 1500 door hangers put out with a $50 off discount code. 0 bookings. Crossing that channel off the list forever
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Some random pieces of advice about starting a business from a boring entrepreneur...1/17
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Hit 10mil in lifetime revenue this week. 5mil of that was in the last 12 months. Things are starting to compound 🚀
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If anyone is thinking of starting a business, go for it. Don't over analyse, don't wait until you've got everything figured out, don't think of all the things that can go wrong. Just copy a basic business and try to get your first dollar in 6-8 weeks. Momentum is powerful.
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My gf just launched her biz. She had the idea 4 years ago. It's going incredibly well already and she's annoyed she didn't start sooner. Just get started on whatever business idea you have, don't over think!
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This entrepreneurship stuff can be difficult. 1 holding co, 1 operations co, 9 cleaning co's, 5 brands, 6 websites, 9 cities, 8 states with different rules, 1200 cleans a month, 20 operations staff, 180 cleaners, hundreds of procedures, thousands of different scenarios...🤯
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35 new customers booked yesterday across all our locations, biggest day ever. Will add ~$9k lifetime profit to our holding company
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Lots of new followers, thanks! For new people, I tweet about growing a cleaning biz with goal to sell for $30m in 4 years. I'm anon so don't mind sharing everything about the process. Being honest, I think we are much more likely to fail than succeed. Fun times ahead regardless!
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I'm helping a friend start a business. It'll be painting, lawncare or exterior cleaning. He is based in Ireland, I'm in the UK, and the business will be in the US. Quite a few hurdles to overcome to make it a success but I think we can make it happen
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August update for our cleaning biz: 376k revenue, 12.5% profit. Trending in the right direction!
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We did a study on Yelp advertising spend vs Yelp revenue across three of our locations. Each location was 4.5 or 5 stars. Results are definitive. Charts below. Cutting all advertising spend on Yelp moving forward.
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I've only visited 1 of the 9 cities in the US that we operate in. Running stuff remotely is totally doable and really enjoyable. I get to live wherever I want (currently London, UK). You could probably run almost any business remotely, if you're happy to give up a little margin
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Starting a business isn't easy. Working for someone else for most of your life isn't easy either. With a business you're just front loading the pain and there's less of it overall imo. No brainer
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Using ChatGPT and
@Replit
to create a public dashboard that shows our monthly revenue, profit and a few other KPIs. "Open Startup" style but for a cleaning biz in 9 cities. Comment below if you want me to send you the link when it's done. ChatGPT + Replit amazing combo
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Half of me thinks we'll reach our goal and sell for 30mil. The other half is convinced house cleaning is dead and the biz will fail. Either way fun times ahead!
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December update: 329k revenue, 19.5% profit. Great month, working on profitability over the last 4 months is finally starting to pay off. Annual update coming soon
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Monthly update for March. Combined revenue $321,480. Profit % ~20%. March is usually slow for house cleaning and we had our best month ever which is very encouraging. Busy times ahead!
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Launching a new remote unsexy biz soon 👀Something slightly more scalable probably, not a local service but in the space
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Seeing a few posts about cleaners not showing up to cleans. I'm getting a sick feeling in my stomach just writing about it. With scale things actually get less stressful as you have plenty of cleaners to cover and a manager to handle. Think big, keep going and it'll get easier!
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This week we set up our next 7 LLCs, including one that will be a new type of local service (not residential house cleaning). Busy times ahead!
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September update for our cleaning biz: 352k revenue, 18% profit. Great month, found some huge leaks that we plugged. Revenue slightly down but that's because our second largest location was taken off GMB (recently reinstated). Things are looking up!
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August update: 422k rev, 104k profit, 24% margin. Good, not amazing for a month with only 4 paydays. We launched a few locations which dragged profit down...
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November update: 370k revenue, 77k profit, 21% margin. Bit worse than last November so probably a 5/10 month. Gotta keep grinding, trying new channels & improving our service
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Confidence and work ethic are much more important than intelligence for running a small business. As long as you try stuff and keep going you'll become wealthy. There's close to 0 chance you fail given enough time
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For us, we spent $1500 on a website and $500 on Craigslist/Google Ads to get started. 2k investment and have put nothing in since. Sweaty businesses are such a no brainer for starting out in entrepreneurship
Want to start a pressure washing business?
Here’s how much we spent first month
Equipment:
$2,000 (could have spent less)
Marketing:
$1,500
(we used HomeAdvisor at first which was very expensive)
We didn’t have a truck either
All out of the back of my brothers CRV
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@RichTRyan
@MazeOrBowie
@alexandrabotez
This is about the WSOP main event, which is not comparable to regular season. Most if not all of the top sports events are shown without paywall, including Superbowl, Tour de France, Soccer World Cup and Cricket World Cup etc.
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Me when I'm tired: my cleaning biz will definitely go from 500k profit in 2022 to 0 in 2023
Me when I'm well rested: I should solo build multiple fancy house boats to put on Airbnb
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30 new customers booked yesterday, highest in a long time. Things heating up for us a bit
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@rohangilkes
@filipboksa
@joshlestersells
@jmventurelog
Final note for people who made it to the end. We are actively pursuing a pressure washing business. Hit us up if you are a hard worker and live in a US city with a population above 300k 👍 16/16
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Co-founder relationships can be tricky. We have a mantra that the friendship comes first, business second. Solves a lot of problems before they arise. 8 years without even a minor issue between 3 of us. I will say my two co-founders are some of the best people I know which helps
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1/ Let's talk about why boring businesses are better than funded startups if you're young. First off, they're more likely to succeed. With a boring business, there's a proven market and demand for what you're offering.
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Rite of passage as an entrepreneur: first lawsuit. Only 20k but its frivolous so I think we're going to fight it. Will be a good experience to go through to prepare for future, potentially larger lawsuits
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February update: $301k revenue $24.5k profit. Relatively poor month, but profit up 25% from last year so not the worst.
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We're going to launch 2 new locations in the next month. Will drop profit margin but each location will add ~1mil to the price when we sell so just gotta do them as fast as possible without breaking things.
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@rohangilkes
@filipboksa
@joshlestersells
No crazy expensive equipment is needed, around $1500 will get you started.
@jmventurelog
has a good free guide on how to get started in the business, including how to pressure wash. 11/16
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October update: $363k revenue, $29k profit 8% margin. Not great. Onwards and upwards.
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Writing a thread on how to start a small business remotely for 1k in start-up cost, with the goal of launching multiple locations and selling for 20mil in 5 years. Sounds crazy but totally attainable (with a lot of hard work). Which service should I pick?
Mobile Car Detailing
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We use only Indeed for hiring. Pretty stupid. What's the next best platform for hiring cleaners?
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We're looking to invest in a local service business and partner with the owner to expand across the US (similar to what we are doing in house cleaning). The goal is a 30mil exit in 5 years. If you know someone running a local service biz who might be interested please tag them 🙏
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We're trying out some new channels as it's getting harder to get customers from Google. Here are the results of our first test, mailing leaflets out to customers:
Leaflets mailed through EDDM: 4000
Cost: $1463
Customers gained: 2
Profit: $180
FAIL!
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Launched another location recently, we now have 10 in total. Want to launch another 10 this year. It will be quite tough but if we fall short we'll still have at least 15+ locations in total.
Then it's a grind to bring margins back up to 20% and beyond (hopefully).
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Why we are choosing to build all of our businesses, rather than buy them, which is relatively unusual way to do a rollup:
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On track for our biggest week ever (~400 cleans, ~100k revenue)
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Running a company that's making progress is super fun. Doesn't get talked about enough
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There must be loads of businesses that are printing money, easy to run, no stress, and the owners just keep quiet about it. Or do you think every crazy good biz model gets uncovered pretty soon?
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Love seeing all the hard working and talented people flocking into AI. Leaving plenty of space on this very fine local service low road
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September update: 332k revenue, 57k profit, 17% margin. Happy with that, profit trending in the right direction. We're now at 14 locations (only 6 are profitable, long way to go).
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Manged to get a 1k domain for free because of a mistake by GoDaddy. I hate GoDaddy so I'm loving life
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Our particular type of holding company is called a Rollup, where all the businesses are performing the same service. Here is a thread on the 4 types of holding companies if you are interested in learning more. 7/7
A Holding Company is a business that owns other operating companies.
Many people know the most famous HoldCo --
Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway.
But there are actually 4 types of holding companies.
And they're each useful in different situations.
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We're shutting down . People weren't that interested in the ongoing maintenance of LSA accounts, they were more interested in initial consulting to get accounts going. We may do something like that in the future but not right now.
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Not to hate on anyone, I say this to help: if you want to do a startup, it's a no brainer to start with an "easy" biz like eCommerce or local service. Choosing a Saas, marketplace or world changing start-up for your first biz is playing life on extreme difficulty mode
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Launched carpet cleaning recently across most of our locations. We've added 20k/month in additional revenue already, should be a nice boost once fully mature.
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Google is increasing prices on ads, so we're going to get creative. We're thinking door hangers, what would a 10/10 campaign look like? Beautiful design, time based offer, hit each house twice in 4 weeks, affluent areas, location track the person we hire to hand them out...?
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@WholeMarsBlog
All of the recent criticisms seem very minor. Going too slow, hitting curbs, can't handle flashing reds. They don't seem like tough things to solve. Exciting
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For highs and lows, DIY gives entrepreneurship a run for its money. Yesterday I was ready to give it all up and become a carpenter, today I am slightly tempted to burn my house down with me in it
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I'm looking to find multiple people to to launch a pressure washing biz with. Would appreciate a retweet of this thread ❤️
We've made 2 million in profit (and counting) from starting a cleaning business remotely. If I started again I would not pick house cleaning. Thread below on the best remote biz that could make you a millionaire in 3 years. 1/16
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Average cost per LSA lead over the last 2 years. Things might start getting quite rough out there (we get ~50% of our customers from LSA)
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We raised raised prices recently, new customers dropped a lot and was getting quite worried we misjudged it. Then our worst hit location had a monster day for new customers yesterday. Entrepreneurship is never not a rollercoaster
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I tried to give up 3 months in. I had seen others shoot to success in the same industry which didn't happen for us. Thankful for my co-founder who talked me around. I'd potentially still be working a 9-5 if he hadn't (nothing wrong with that, just really not a good fit for me)
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Seems like most entrepreneurs think Musk is competent and well intentioned and most journalists and politicians think the opposite. Says it all really.
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May Update: $372k revenue, 21k profit. Poor month, digging into why margin was so low. Bookings have been slow recently as well. Definitely going through a dip, need to keep grinding it out.
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@TSLAFanMtl
Why should Tesla care about short term dips in the stock price? If they deliver on the big projects then articles like this don't matter at all. They also save money on wages of the PR team... Short sighted thinking from you and Fred.
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Our gross profit per customer is ~250. Our net profit per customer is ~120. How much should we be willing to pay for a customer? Intuitively it seems like it should be somewhere in the middle right? Seeing as not all operating costs are fixed. Am I wrong?
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@paulg
It takes a lot of deep thought to be truly content. Hedonic adaptation is so strong. You have to work hard both at life and also at "being content" to be truly content.
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@levelsio
His critics seem to be mostly people who don't run businesses so they don't know what's important (speed, iteration) and unimportant (drama, 7000 employees) when running a biz.
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Here's a platitude that no one asked for but it's 100% true so here you go: Becoming a success won't make you any happier (long term) so try to enjoy the process
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Really struggling with our phone service (OpenPhone) and our sales team. We missed 50% of calls last week (!) Looking to pay a consultant that has experience in this area. How to set up the sales team, which software to use etc. Let me know if you know someone
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Love that Musk moves fast and loose with $44B Twitter, as though it's a $100 side project. Logo is objectively trash though 😂
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I love America ❤️🇺🇸 Would gladly live there if immigration was an option. Even owning a successful US based business it's difficult to get a visa. So I just take the USD I make and spend it here in the UK instead 🤷🏻♂️
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@NeelBParekh
Not a huge fan of the grind culture. It's a myth that you need to grind to own a successful business. I probably average 25 hours of work a week. Consistency and using leverage is more important.
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July update for our cleaning biz: 335k revenue, 10% profit.
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30 bookings this week in one of our new locations. Should be profitable this month. Getting there!
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Making good progress on the new business. Aiming to have first revenue within 2 weeks of the date we started working on it. Momentum is powerful. Will post about it here soon
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