#1036 - Teenpreneur Skips College to Build Pet Care Company
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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A young animal lover goes from walking dogs to owning a multi-city pet care company.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill with square wheels. |
| 0:07.0 | But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business. |
| 0:15.0 | So you can stay one step ahead. Soon it'll feel more like free-wearing downhill. |
| 0:21.0 | On a tandem! What, mate? With a messer on the back. |
| 0:25.0 | Oh, that's nice. Search zero with an axe because healthy business is beautiful business. |
| 0:39.0 | What's up? Welcome to Sad Usal School. My name is Chris Gellabo. |
| 0:42.0 | In today's story, a young entrepreneur goes from walking dogs to owning a multi-city pet care company. |
| 0:49.0 | Along the way, she learns to navigate the challenges of sales, bookkeeping, transitioning to an employee model, |
| 0:54.0 | and at least at first, building a kennel in her parents' backyard, leading to dogs, barking, night, and day. |
| 1:00.0 | At the end of the story, we'll look at an all-too-common mistake in growing a business. |
| 1:04.0 | This is something I see so many people do, and it usually creates issues for them later. |
| 1:09.0 | But much of the time, it's totally avoidable. And the person in this story has been smart about taking steps to avoid falling into this trap. |
| 1:16.0 | So we'll talk about that at the end. Remember, work smarter, not harder. |
| 1:20.0 | Teenpreneur skips college to build pet care company. That story's coming up in just 30 seconds. |
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| 2:23.0 | Just about any 8-year-old can walk a dog. But how many of those kids turn a few bucks into a full-blown business that's hiring employees by age 20? |
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