So basically I have tried it all and hardly get few sales to none. It's an apparel brand targeting women who love Yoga and pet
Cute tanktops leggings with Pet illusttations on them
Please suggest me few strategies with Organic Or Paid marketing
How are people retaining employees in service businesses anymore? Seriously asking.
I’ve been running childcare centres for more than a decade now
Making about 4.5 Cr and I’m honestly exhausted with the constant hiring cycle.
Every time I feel like we finally have a solid team, someone leaves. Then it’s back to interviewing, training, managing complaints, fixing schedules, calming parents, and trying not to let the rest of the staff burn out
And the frustrating part is we’re not even a bad workplace.
We pay better than most nearby centres, try to be flexible, don’t overload people unnecessarily, appreciate staff publicly, help during emergencies etc.
Still, people leave after a few months or a year.
What hurts more is that in childcare, employees are the business. Parents trust specific teachers. Kids get attached. One person leaving creates a ripple effect everywhere
Nobody talks enough about how mentally draining employee retention becomes in real-world service businesses.
People who run schools, clinics, restaurants, agencies, salons, daycare, hospitality etc — what actually worked for you?
Because at this point the business itself feels easier than managing turnover.
How are people retaining employees in service businesses anymore? Seriously asking.
I’ve been running childcare centres for more than a decade now and making Upwards of $700k annual in South Asian country and I’m honestly exhausted with the constant hiring cycle. Every time I feel like we finally have a solid team, someone leaves. Then it’s back to interviewing, training, managing complaints, fixing schedules, calming parents, and trying not to let the rest of the staff burn out. And the frustrating part is we’re not even a bad workplace. We pay better than most nearby centres, try to be flexible, don’t overload people unnecessarily, appreciate staff publicly, help during emergencies etc. Still, people leave after a few months or a year. What hurts more is that in childcare, employees are the business. Parents trust specific teachers. Kids get attached. One person leaving creates a ripple effect everywhere.
I feel like social media makes business growth look like: “scale operations” “open more locations” “hire aggressively” But nobody talks enough about how mentally draining employee retention becomes in real-world service businesses. People who run schools, clinics, restaurants, agencies, salons, daycare, hospitality etc — what actually worked for you? Because at this point the business itself feels easier than managing turnover.
Not from Any IVY League Did MCA from a tier 3 college here in India. Started my career as a primary school teacher earning 7k/months (75$ a month)
Today, I run multiple childcare centres. Last year we crossed 4.5 Cr in revenue ($483k )
People often see the numbers and think it happened fast. It didn’t.
It took 12 years of slow growth, relationship building, trust, referrals, failures, staff issues, parent complaints, cash flow stress, and showing up every single day.
No fancy startup story. No VC funding. No “build in public”.
Just years of consistency in an unglamorous business. One thing I learned: in India, trust-based businesses compound hard. Especially in education and childcare. Most people underestimate how far small beginnings can go if you stay in the game long enough.
Anyone else has grown is these traditional business instead of Tech Startups?