Summer of 2018 I was selling cars going nowhere.
I made a post on here about starting a lawn care company.
www.thefastlaneforum.com
During the summer, fall and winter of 2018, I learned a lot of lessons about management and how to actually run a business.
This spring, I signed up a full schedule of customers for recurring services only for 12 month plans.
This year, I moved out, got my first place, managed the business, had an amazing time, and kept things going strong. As we go into the winter, I will have the same monthly revenue since customers signed up for 12 months plans.
I want to grow the business and am looking for investors that want a place to park 20-30k and see it grow much faster.
A single crew can bring in 8 thousand a month while costing 5 thousand in expenses. This year that paid for my living expenses but with another crew it would make things much easier.
I can easily manage many crews because of the scalable nature of how I set up my business. We perform simple, recurring services. Which makes it easier to higher low-skill laborers and with less mistakes. We only sign up customers with recurring scheduled maintenance, so our scheduling is extremely efficient, and there are no gaps in our schedule.
And since I am signing up each customer for a 12 month time frame, I'm not out bidding jobs all day, allowing me to manage more effectively. We have GPS tracking for the truck, so I can see which jobs they are at and what they have left. Everything is handled remotely. All customers have a card on file that is charged automatically at the beginning of the month and we have cancellation fees if they want to cancel. We are not busy chasing invoices and have 0 accounts past due.
I am confident that 5+ crews would be easy. Our costs are nearly variable, so we only have expenses when we are working (biggest costs by far are labor and gas). If I had 10 crews working, and the economy crashed and we had to downsize to 3 crews, it would be easy to do. There is little risk for being overexposed, which makes it much more of a safe investment.
I can put up collateral. I own a truck and trailer with equipment. I also own a 1977 datsun 280z. I also have a kidney that I don't really need. I will put all of them up as collateral for a loan. I am more sure of my business than I am of the sun coming up tomorrow.
I want help in finding investors for this business of mine. I want to have at least two crews working next year, and more as the year goes on.
If you know anyone, or know good places to look, let me know.
Thank you.
I made a post on here about starting a lawn care company.
GOLD! - HOT! - Starting (and Fastlaning) a lawn care service business
21 and currently selling cars at the moment. I’ve got some money to throw at something. I just bought a used trailer and have some lawn equipment. Got a pro website, branding, and I have decent copywriting skills for posting ads. Started with craigslist, Google AdWords and I’m on yelp and...
www.thefastlaneforum.com
During the summer, fall and winter of 2018, I learned a lot of lessons about management and how to actually run a business.
This spring, I signed up a full schedule of customers for recurring services only for 12 month plans.
This year, I moved out, got my first place, managed the business, had an amazing time, and kept things going strong. As we go into the winter, I will have the same monthly revenue since customers signed up for 12 months plans.
I want to grow the business and am looking for investors that want a place to park 20-30k and see it grow much faster.
A single crew can bring in 8 thousand a month while costing 5 thousand in expenses. This year that paid for my living expenses but with another crew it would make things much easier.
I can easily manage many crews because of the scalable nature of how I set up my business. We perform simple, recurring services. Which makes it easier to higher low-skill laborers and with less mistakes. We only sign up customers with recurring scheduled maintenance, so our scheduling is extremely efficient, and there are no gaps in our schedule.
And since I am signing up each customer for a 12 month time frame, I'm not out bidding jobs all day, allowing me to manage more effectively. We have GPS tracking for the truck, so I can see which jobs they are at and what they have left. Everything is handled remotely. All customers have a card on file that is charged automatically at the beginning of the month and we have cancellation fees if they want to cancel. We are not busy chasing invoices and have 0 accounts past due.
I am confident that 5+ crews would be easy. Our costs are nearly variable, so we only have expenses when we are working (biggest costs by far are labor and gas). If I had 10 crews working, and the economy crashed and we had to downsize to 3 crews, it would be easy to do. There is little risk for being overexposed, which makes it much more of a safe investment.
I can put up collateral. I own a truck and trailer with equipment. I also own a 1977 datsun 280z. I also have a kidney that I don't really need. I will put all of them up as collateral for a loan. I am more sure of my business than I am of the sun coming up tomorrow.
I want help in finding investors for this business of mine. I want to have at least two crews working next year, and more as the year goes on.
If you know anyone, or know good places to look, let me know.
Thank you.
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