YouTube video (creator: Mike Andes) giving a concise four-step method for starting a small service business. Steps: 1) resell the work (presell services rather than waiting to obtain full licensing), 2) use presale money to buy necessary tools (example: rake, blower, bin), 3) get referrals and upsell existing customers, and 4) reinvest profits into advertising or hiring to scale.
Four steps to start a business that anyone can do are Number one, resell the work. For example, if you're going to sell property cleanup you don't need to go out and get a big business license pre sell the work. Number two is use the money from the presale to go buy the tools you'll need to increase your efficiency. You might use the money from the presale to go buy a rake, a blower and a bin for the property cleanup. Number three is get referrals and upsell the existing customers that you do get. So if someone buys once sell them another service. Also ask them if any of their neighbors would also like a property cleanup. Number four, you're going to take that money and buy back your time with ads and hiring because now you're making money and you'll spend that money on either advertising to get more customers or buy back your time by making sure you hire someone else to go do the work.
