Codie Sanchez ranks small businesses by their odds of making you a millionaire. Dropshipping fails 90% of the time. Waste removal and roll-off bin rental tops her list: rent bins for $100-$400 each, run multiple loads daily with one truck, and land contracts with construction firms. A Texas operator makes $600K annually with two bins and one driver.
Which business ideas are most likely to make you a millionaire? Let's start with dropshipping at the bottom. It sounds too easy, it probably is. Shopify says 90% of these fail within the first month, so that is an F tier. Then we go to clothing brands. Everyone and their barista has a clothing brand, and like, there's a reason they're still making your lattes. Then we got D tier, tree trimming. This is where things start looking up. Why? Trees fall, storms hit, homeowners pay big money to make it somebody else's problem. So one emergency job, you're looking at 40% plus margin. Seasonal, recurring, overlooked. Now let's go up to the next tier, which is where trash is literally turned into treasure. Waste removal. It's simple. You drop the trash bin, pick it up, repeat. You can charge $100 to $400 per rental, and one truck can run multiple loads a day. A guy I know in Texas actually rents out 2 bins with one driver, him, and brings in $600K a year. Best part? Most contracts come from construction companies or cities, so not a bunch of ads funnels chasing clients. You just pick up the phone. The millionaires I know aren't trying to go viral. They're buying businesses that cash flow on autopilot. You don't need to be a genius. You need ownership.
