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

Most Quit Before Success 💸

2 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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A short motivational segment by Mike Andes arguing that success is exponential rather than linear. He uses his company Augusta Lawn Care to illustrate revenue growth over time (year-by-year figures for early years and multiyear scaling to tens of millions) and warns that many founders quit around five years before seeing long-term exponential payoff.

Questions this video answers

Mike Andes.

$30,000.

$200,000.

$470,000.

Approximately $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 ("like a million, million and a half").

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Success is not linear. It's much more exponential. And so when I started Augusta Lawn Care, year one was $30,000. Year two, $200,000. Year three, $470,000. And in years four or five, six, like a million, million and a half. Well, 10 years fast forward several years later, now it's 40, 50, $60 million in annual revenue. But most people quit after five years, and they never see the actual tail end of the exponential curve and instead just say, I'm not seeing any progress and I have no evidence of success. No, duh. It.