BrokieBroke
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- May 29, 2023
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Week 1:
I will be updating this thread weekly COB Friday with my progress on starting a carpet cleaning venture from scratch. At the end of every post I will update with the weekly targets and go over whether I met them and any issues I could use help with. This is an accountability thread more than anything else. It is the antidote to many months of action-faking - so to speak.
Just for a quick background and where I am now:
I am based in a first-world country and have had entrepreneurial aspirations for a while now, just never acted on it. I read MJ's books and as cliché as it sounds, it really was an eye-opener. I just couldn't go back to my 9-2-5 after that. I've been working a semi-successful corporate job, but at 27, I thought it's time to stop and consider whether I'll be willing to do this for life. Nope. Despite that, I was unable to find my 'calling' in any business venture that would motivate me to jump head-on (I still find myself thinking like a consumer unfortunately). Add to that, I have not had a major FTE like MJ's caught-in-the-snow moment, but I've had a series of incremental (less 'forceful') FTE's that took time to build up enough for me to decide I could not go on any further. To cut this story short, I found myself without my corporate job a few months ago (for different reasons I can't list out here) so I took the time to find a business that could help me get me into the game. I have some savings to get me through and staying with my family helps too. I do have a partner and two kids which complicates things exponentially.
I decided a sweaty start-up would be the thing for me, which is why I settled on carpet cleaning. I live in a big city and most residential places are still carpeted in my country. Although it violates the commandment of Entry, I still think I could attempt to provide value that would help me skew value over my competitors (and God knows there are many). I have not made much progress until last month where I registered my business name, built a website, bought equipment and a second-hand (more like sixth hand) van, and all the rest of it. All I need now is to get me some customers. I'm not taking this last bit lightly though. I understand that a lot has to be in place before I close my first sale.
Targets for this week:
I'll check in by next week but could also add to this thread with questions and general thought dumping.
I will be updating this thread weekly COB Friday with my progress on starting a carpet cleaning venture from scratch. At the end of every post I will update with the weekly targets and go over whether I met them and any issues I could use help with. This is an accountability thread more than anything else. It is the antidote to many months of action-faking - so to speak.
Just for a quick background and where I am now:
I am based in a first-world country and have had entrepreneurial aspirations for a while now, just never acted on it. I read MJ's books and as cliché as it sounds, it really was an eye-opener. I just couldn't go back to my 9-2-5 after that. I've been working a semi-successful corporate job, but at 27, I thought it's time to stop and consider whether I'll be willing to do this for life. Nope. Despite that, I was unable to find my 'calling' in any business venture that would motivate me to jump head-on (I still find myself thinking like a consumer unfortunately). Add to that, I have not had a major FTE like MJ's caught-in-the-snow moment, but I've had a series of incremental (less 'forceful') FTE's that took time to build up enough for me to decide I could not go on any further. To cut this story short, I found myself without my corporate job a few months ago (for different reasons I can't list out here) so I took the time to find a business that could help me get me into the game. I have some savings to get me through and staying with my family helps too. I do have a partner and two kids which complicates things exponentially.
I decided a sweaty start-up would be the thing for me, which is why I settled on carpet cleaning. I live in a big city and most residential places are still carpeted in my country. Although it violates the commandment of Entry, I still think I could attempt to provide value that would help me skew value over my competitors (and God knows there are many). I have not made much progress until last month where I registered my business name, built a website, bought equipment and a second-hand (more like sixth hand) van, and all the rest of it. All I need now is to get me some customers. I'm not taking this last bit lightly though. I understand that a lot has to be in place before I close my first sale.
Targets for this week:
- Beef up my Google Business Profile enough to make my business stand out.
- This should actually not be that difficult as a lot of the guys on this industry still rely on traditional marketing.
- Generate at least 5 leads.
- Close a sale (my first):
- I realise this is a bit ambitious as I haven't got the first clue on how to do that. But I've read enough threads on here to actually give it a go.
I'll check in by next week but could also add to this thread with questions and general thought dumping.
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