Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

INSANE! $1.2M Business but Employees Aren’t Getting Paid?!

22 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Transcript of a YouTube conversation between Mike Andes (founder of Augusta Lawn Care) and Connor (owner/operator in Charlotte, NC) about severe cash-flow and financial distress. Connor reports $1.2M revenue in the prior year but a $150,000 loss, mounting fixed expenses (noted $15,000 and 'over $50,000' per month), minimal cash on hand ($500), fleet size (15 trucks, a car, ~12 mowers), and regulatory/legal notices (OSHA and state labor board). Mike comments on cash-flow realities and scaling needs.

Questions this video answers

$1.2 million

$150,000

Fifteen trucks

A car and about a dozen (≈12) mowers

$15,000 per month (specific) and 'over $50,000' per month (total fixed expenses)

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We're so in the red this year or whatnot. But then on paper, you see, oh, they hit 1.2 million. Like, they can't be that far in the red. Well, a lot of stuff goes on behind the scenes. Like, yeah, we are today. We're in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Connor from Augusta Lawn Care.
Fifteen trucks, a car, a dozen mowers. So much stuff is breaking all the time.
Last year, he did $1.2 million in revenue, but he lost $150,000 and went into massive debt.
We're already technically not making payrolls because me and my wife aren't getting paid new.
Yeah.
What are you paying for this? It's expensive. It's like 15 grand a month.
15Amonth? Yeah. Fixed expenses are over 50 grand a month. Yeah. Like, when we showed up, like, I didn't know about $15,000 a month. That changed everything. Dude, the fixed expenses are way too high.
Right? Yeah. Cars are not working. I'll put it on my personal card for now.
Oh, dude, it's so bad.
Like, we have $500 today.
From a cash flow perspective, this is crazy. My name is Mike Andes. I'm the founder of Augusta Lawn Care, where we have over 170 around the world.
We've gotten a letter from OSHA. We've gotten a letter from the state labor board, and I'm assuming we're getting a letter from an attorney. It's bad. It's grim.
You can't do that. You have to grow the 2 million.
Plus you're.
Getting fired.