2 years ago I was living at my dad's house and making about $12/hr as a waiter, pretty much thinking my life was going nowhere. Now I own my own business and will make about $60k this year while working 30hr work weeks.
Never thought I'd be in this position. This board actually helped me a good bit.
As a favor, I'll send an user who posts in this thread (with some kind of need) $50 via PayPal. Not much money, but figured it might give some of you sad pepe's some hope that you can turn things around like I did.
Feel free to AMA about the business I started and tips to get out or wage slaving.
Tell us about your business senpai. I'm also stuck between min wage cuck jobs for the last few years. What can you suggest for me to finally get my life turned around?
Asher Baker
Instead of money give me your knowledge. Tell me everything.
Samuel Ramirez
what do you do now? howd you gain capital to start your business? where do you live?
Joseph Powell
Nice, congrats! I hope I can say that about myself soon. - What's your business about? How big is it? - How did you start? How did you go from "thinking my life goes nowhere" to having your own business?
Caleb Ortiz
No BTC sorry. To lazy to figure out how to get it and have a wallet on my computer.
I'm a contractor for homes, work with my hands in people's residences.
My biggest tip for any man would be to do sales. Preferably B2B. Sales is always hiring. If you can get good at sales you can move the world. It sucks, yes it's awful, but it will turn your skin into steel. I was never even that good at sales but once I understood the process, i realised I could just start my own company and sell a product/service directly.
Blake Cox
> down on my luck > got a job working for a contractor > learned everything in 1 year > started my own, cards, LLC, website > made my first sale > etc etc etc > do about 2 contracts per week > 95% residential
Jackson King
Southeastern USA. Started my business with $3k that I saved up. That's all I needed for the tools and materials and website, and initial business cards.
Justin Rivera
It's only me. I hired a guy for a little bit, but it did not work out. Having an employee is suprisingly hard. I now have more respect for business owners and managers. It's like raising a child.
Angel Harris
Ive been wanting to go into sales but how the heck do I learn them?
Jaxon Butler
by doing it. It's a true shock to your nerves. It's almost like being thrown onto a stage and being told to entertain an audience.
Just gotta break the ice on the first 100 pitches.
I'm not the most social guy, but I just kept showing up and dealing with the discomfort.
Jackson Davis
I got a sales job before and they fired me after I couldn't do shit ... it's brutal man
Xavier Jenkins
$50 can get some pretty decent knee pads.
Haven't read this thread yet but I won't be shocked if it's a bunch of kids asking for video game money.
Dominic Morales
What were you selling? How was your training?
I've been fired before as well.
Gavin Anderson
Maybe. I'm legit gonna give $50 away though.
surprised no one has responded with a PP. I gotta get to sleep in about 20 minutes.
Liam Scott
Home furnishings, it was brutal
Cooper Carter
Any experience selling in the online space? Do in person sales skills overlap with online sales skills? Or is it an entirely different game?
Connor Sullivan
yeah fuck that. Some things are perfect for outside sales and some are not.
Sometimes business owners think they can get sales for something that people don't really accept solicitors for. Sounds like you were in a no win situation.
Ryan Price
Never sold online. I guess some of the mechanics are the same.
well my point was just that once you understand the mechanics of sales, just use the skills to start selling something.
Go simple, mow lawns, clean houses, etc..
You wan work with your hands and make at least $500 a week in cash. Very liveable. Once you get started you can just keep going bigger and bigger with new ideas.
Liam Murphy
Should I focus more on making my first sale or working on the other products and backend stuff that I also plan to market?
Tyler Collins
Id changed but true.
I just live in a really shit area for jobs and I'm kind of running out of ways to make money. Can you give me any more suggestions?
Dominic Watson
MAKE YOUR FIRST SALE.
I can't emphasize this enough. Being a man of action is more important than planning out the perfect product. Besides, the customer will give you feedback and you will perfect your product over time.
Just sell. Worry about the if's and why's after money starts coming in.
Jordan Clark
I was lying anyways. I already had pizza.
People always underestimate services. Every retard on here that wants to start a business thinks of sales. My Father and I run a B2B Janitorial Company. We make close to $300K in revenue and I make $1K a week basically doing nothing but ordering and managing inventory of cleaning supplies for my Dad and going out to help him when he needs it. But yeah, that hipster grilled cheese shop will totally make it.
Matthew Sanders
Eh. sorry been there. Just keep trying shit. It's okay to get desperate in a desperate time. Like overseas teaching, fishing boat, oil field.
Don't be afraid to try shit, but don't be afraid to quit. There's perserverance, and there's just showing up to a shit job and taking abuse every day.
where you live?
Nicholas James
Good for you man. Trades and services is where it's at right now. A man can make $200 a day cleaning homes. And that is better than sitting in a cubicle.
Oliver King
Alright, what is B2B?
Alexander Morgan
Residential services are a little harder to get into, but can work. We work for businesses cleaning offices. We have contracts with churches, bakeries, banks, Sprint stores, etc.
Business to business
Samuel Morgan
Also how much did moving out of the parents place help you in terms of motivation and stuff?
Nicholas Miller
[email protected] Bit of a poorfag. I have an okay job, but some money could be of help.
Christian Baker
B2B just means selling to a business.
So for example if you sell t-shirts, your selling t-shirts to consumers, just reg people. And you could do a variety of things to make that happen.
But lets say you do shirts for businesses. Like you print 50 - 500 shirts that employees need for businesses. So you might call up like a business owner and say "hey I'd like to print the t-shirts for your business I can provide them at $10 a shirt"
Gabriel Turner
No change. Once I started making money my confidence changed. Moving out didn't really change much.
Landon King
other guy already won.
Bentley White
Thanks I will prioritize this
Matthew Walker
gibe me MONI NOW!
Ian Collins
Should I do some retarded trade or something?
I never went to college and I'm considering going but at the same time I'm thinking not to desu
Connor Hill
Get your CDL. It can cost as little as $1,500 with grants. Almost all companies are hiring new drivers days because there's a huge shortage. Get to travel on your own and somewhat make your own schedule. My Brother went to Swift's school and it costed him nothing upfront, but had to payback by working for them a year. Swift is a shitty mega company with low pay, but it's a years experience. Get your TWIC, HazMat, etc. and make some good money.
Kevin Green
I live in Canada
I don't know if it's the same, but It'd be cool
Angel Torres
IMO trades are the best thing going right now. But that assumes that you work for yourself after learning the skills.
Everyone I know in trades is making $70k+ per year. and many much more than that.
