u/DocumentUpstairs4607

Hey Ya’ll I started my cleaning business a year ago. It’s primarily a remote cleaning business. I’ve had very low profit margins. I need help figuring out how to be adequately self-funded. Get sales or a customer base. I’m tired and this is take so much out of me.

Throughout the past year I’ve learned numerous lessons pertaining to being a business owner and making lemonade. It’s not fun and it’s not what you think it’s going be when you first start out. Especially if you don’t have the financial capital to start up.

Lesson One:
Be aware of your endgame, know how long your going run the business and how you want to exit the business.

Lesson Two:
Society isn’t going just let you run your business however the fuck you want. Your going run into difficulties getting started up if you don’t start in the community you’re already in.

Lesson Three:
Getting your foot in the door pertains to marketing and advertising. When you’re first starting up and don’t have hundreds of doors to throw away, you’ll waste money. It’s cycle of promotion. Some give up, some don’t.

Lesson Four:
Operations and Marketing is a balance, you can’t run marketing and get consumer base if you don’t have a steady system of operations.

Lesson Five:
Seeking Public Resources, Public resources are constantly going be trying figure out what your business does for communities. However if your capitalist you fund start up cost yourself, it’s much easier to go Private Owned. Private Ownership is much harder however much more rewarding if you really know what you’re doing.

Lesson Six:
You’ll never know when you’re really going get paid, starting payroll w-2 employees prematurely will really get you fucked and stuck in unwanted debt.

Lesson Seven:
If your Black or Hispanic person Society is going give you a huge problem and roadblocks if your not deemed or labeled “Minority Owned” for government contracts. Which then prolongs your business development.

Lesson Eight:
If you’re not doing something for “your people” it’s a problem. Early on, learn who or where that is for you and be mindful because society will really throw hundreds of roadblocks at you if you don’t have this figured out.

Lesson Nine:
Blogs usually make it seem starting a business is easy, it’s really not and you could do it in a few steps. False. You have to learn your market, learn your supplies, learn you scope of work or product, learn marketing, learn advertising, learning some accounting, learn bookkeeping, then you have to decide which business products are ideal for your specific type of business.

Lesson Ten:
Nobody is ever going actually give a fuck about your feelings, how much you’ve went through, or your time. Sad truth most business owner don’t give a fuck.

Lesson Eleven:
Take accountability for your mistakes and correct them whenever you really can.

Good Luck 🍀

Hi I’m currently seeking a really good Therapist in Brooklyn or Manhattan budget $100-$175 if self-paying. That does have experience working with people of color.

Any recommendations would be really amazing.

I’m learning to eat cleaner I’m trying g develop clean eatting habits. However I find it difficult. I obviously want to eat better.

How do you make sure your cleaners are happy and well taken care of ? Do you offer benefits ? I ask because obviously cleaning isn’t the funnest although some people really do like it.

Hey I’m wondering if anyone is hiring for a commercial cleaning contractor ?

Hey there 👋🏼
I was wondering if some of you business owners wouldn’t mind providing me feedback on my website ? I’m trying figure out if it’s easy to use and if it does attract other business owners and does it make sense ? The level of professionalism appeal ?

What are three main exercises that push and pull the lower glute up an get the upper glute grown and more round shape ? How do you measure how volume to do to get this ?

Does anyone know how to create a CRM tool that directly connects from Bookings using Microsoft Business Premium ?

I’m trying to get a business phone number for min of $10/month that I just could use login information. Any suggestions preferably not Google voice.

When starting to choose a payroll to go with for a startup business what were some of the challenges, trial/errors ?

Does anyone use ADP, GUSTO, or Paychex any feedback ?

What’s a great complete Free app to use that helps create unlimited workout routine I’m trying strong app but it’s got limitations and you’d have to purchase a subscription that’s what I don’t want.

Secondly how do I create two variations of a full body calisthenics routine that starts at beginner and gets more advanced?

Hey, I’m trying to Clean up my Apple Music library but there’s so much to delete. I’m trying to organize an actually Apple Music library that I’ll listen to. I’m noticing that utilize playlists. Does anyone have ideas of how they cleaned up and organized their Apple Music library ?