Short transcript of a YouTube #shorts by Mike Andes discussing whether new lawn-care businesses should start with a single service or offer multiple. The speakers recommend starting with one service and becoming excellent at it; they caution that the easiest paths to grow — adding services and expanding geographic coverage — often reduce profitability.
Should you stick with.
One or two.
Services, such.
As mowing and.
Maintenance, or should you offer multiple services when you're first starting out?
So in my opinion, you should start with one.
Service and get really good at it.
And you can look at any one.
Service in your business and there is.
Someone that has built a 10 million 15 million.
Dollar business. The simplest way to grow is adding more services and adding more geographical area that you serve.
But those are also the two things.
That are going to keep you from having a profitable business. The most the path of least resistance for growth is going to come in the form of adding services and just expanding how far away you're willing to serve in terms of geographical area and different towns and cities. But those are also the two ways to dramatically decrease your profits.
