373: The Sweaty Startup: How to Start a Local Service Business

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Do you know how much cash flows through your hometown on a monthly basis?

In this episode we explore how to get some of that cash flowing toward you!

I'm joined by Nick Huber, co-founder of Storage Squad and host of The Sweaty Startup podcast.

Storage Squad, a student storage service, has grown to over $3M in sales since starting it as a little part-time project back in 2011.

I invited Nick on The Side Hustle Show to help walk us through his "sweaty startup" framework. That is, how you can start a low-risk, low-overhead, local, service-based business, set it up for success, and let that be the vehicle that drives you away from a lifetime of cubicle slavery.

Tune in to hear Nick’s thoughts on generating service business ideas you could start today, evaluating the market and competition, and scoring your first customers.

That’s why I think this is pretty exciting -- it really doesn’t take many customers to begin to make a meaningful income here.

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0:00.0	Do you know how much cash flows through your hometown on a monthly basis?
0:05.0	Here's a guide to diverting some of that money your way.
0:11.0	What's up, what's up Nick Loper here? Welcome to the Side Hustle Show because
0:15.5	Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.
0:21.2	Hat tip to Thomas Edison for that one, although apparently hating on Edison is the
0:26.1	woke thing to do these days. It's a good quote though and an appropriate one for today's show.
0:31.6	I'm excited to welcome Nick Huber to the program. Nick what's up man?
0:35.0	Nick thanks for having me. You bet. I'm a big fan of everything you do so I'm glad to be here.
0:39.0	Well thank you for tuning in Nick is the co-founder of Storage Squad,
0:43.9	which answers the question students have
0:47.0	of what do I do with my stuff over the summer?
0:49.3	Well, you give it to Storage Squad.
0:50.7	They pick it up, they store it, they deliver it back to you when you need it again.
0:55.0	It's a company that's grown to over $3 million in sales since starting as a little part-time project back in 2011.
1:02.0	If you want to check out Nick's backstory and I encourage you to do,
1:06.2	I think you'll get a kick out of hearing his episode on the BiggerPockets Business
1:10.3	Podcast, so I'll link that up for you in the show notes. It'll be at
1:14.3	side hustle nation.com slash sweaty and why sweaty well Nick is also the host of the
1:20.7	sweaty startup podcast at sweaty startup.com. I think that's my favorite
1:26.1	podcast name that I've come across lately and I invited him here to help us walk through
1:31.6	his sweaty startup idea framework.
1:35.0	That is, how can you start a low risk, low overhead, local service-based business?
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