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Hey everyone! πΌπΈ Who here is out here crushing it and netting over 100k yearly? ππ° Share your secrets with us! Let’s learn from each other and grow together. Here are some questions to get the discussion going:
– What type of business are you running? π’π€
– How many hours per week do you work? β°π
– How much do you charge per service? π²π‘
Let’s brainstorm and support each other in reaching our financial goals! One possible solution could be diversifying your income streams or focusing on high-ticket services. What other tips do you have for fellow entrepreneurs looking to make it big? Share your insights below! β¨π‘
1. software development and web development agency based in germany
2. 30-60 hours per week, depends how much business administration and sales activity / coordination is needed.
3. 1000-150.000β¬, from a small landing page to bigger software projects with multi-year-contracts + service
1. A gelato store and a candy store
2. Monday off, Tuesday- Friday half days, Saturday and Sunday double shifts
3. Gelato is $7.50 AUD per scoop. Candy average sale is about $10 (rare and imported US and UK candy being sold in Australia)
1. I sold the business, but it was an B2B enterprise system in aviation.
2. 50
3. Average $400K but $200K-$1M
1. Niche e-commerce store in sports and outdoorsΒ
2. 40-50hrs
3. Average order is around $85 before shippingΒ
Will net between $1-1.5M this year
1: do I have to be a business owner? Iβm a teacher in an international school, making more than 100k usd/year
2: 25ish
3: n/a
1. I help run a water quality company
2. Up untill a few months ago I worked 8-10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Been purposefully slowing down in that regard lately and instead focusing on working smarter while giving more time to my family and self-improvement. I’ve picked up meditation and daily hikes too.
3. Our services range from $50 to $2k with the most commonly sold service being around $300-$400.
I do, but itβs a Jupiter year.
Subscription based Web development for small businesses. I make websites for $0 down $150 a month. Or $3500 lump sum. Having a record year this year.
Own 20 houses with a bit of debt
own a small GC company with 4 staff
Consultant structural engineer
40-50 hours a week on my schedule
Often very early in the morning as I have terrible sleep problems but I love being productive at 4 or 5 in the morning
$100 an hour, minimum $400 which is probably pretty cheap but keeps out competition
π insurance, commercial cleaning, and Real Estate
Tax accountant, converting SFHs to MFHs and holding them.
1. niche software agency
2. 2-3 hours per week on this agency (I find customers, partner fulfills the work)
3. 5k/month or 8k/month depending on the needs from the customer side
Yup. 2 businesses, pizza franchise and travel agency. About 35 hrs a week, used to be more. Total of 22 employees between the 2.
I sell collectibles online as a hobby and golf and spend time with the family the rest of the time. Debt free.
1 Dog show handling biz
2 it depends on the week and number of dogs. I’m happy to say though that after this stretch we’re off for almost 2 weeks!
3 $150/dog/day plus any applicable board and incidentals. Double that for specialty shows and go 10x for westminster.
1. Software development, specializing in bot dev, web automation, and AI chatbots
2. I am working i’d say 20 hours weekly
3. It varies, as some bots i charge $700/mo for while some I charge $1500/yr for. It really depends what the bot (or “agent”) is meant to do and for what site it is being used on. For the bots for sites that sell items that disappear in seconds, I charge a monthly subscription.
Tree service. About a 25-30% Profit every year. Very blue collar hands on work. Roughly 50 hours. Most of the guys in this group probably use their mind over their back. (Which is why I joined)
For me to fuck off into the sunset. Yes.
On third wife who has financial expectations and two step kids and my own kid all in high school.
So no, not yet.
1. Manufacturing
2. I’m always working, but my employees handle the day to day
3. We are a job shop, so it varies.Β Working on an $80k job right now, but we also ship lots of little orders
Photographer, mostly weddings, this is going to be my first 100k year.
8 hours a week on average
Average spend is $5k, on track for average spend $6k next year.
I started this career because my health issues made 9-5s difficult, and now I actually have the free time to focus on recovery. Being a photographer is great and the hours are low if you set up your business right, but it can be very physically demanding at certain points.
Me.
1 Residential Construction – Spec houses
2 30-45 I take off a few months per year too.
3 I sell houses from 175 to 300 bucks per square feet.
1. Commercial pest control
2. 20-30
3. Depends on the facility and the job. Did a job today for 2 hours made $1,800. Most are monthly contracts ranging from $75-3,500/mo.
1. Multiple. Finance, tech, property.
2. 30-40.
3. Millions
1. Web Design consulting service with upsell on website care, seo, ai and automation. I also work full time as a marketing manager.
2. 65 hrs a week (full time job plus business)
3. Full time job is around 130k, business is pulling in roughly 5-6k per month so around 60ishk per year but I really only started and it’s growing from here.
Yes, run multiple SaaS.
1. Hot dog stand
2. 12-20hrs a week
3. $6/weenie
It only runs about 5 months of the year (just warmer months) and will net between 50-70k. I catch late night crowds outside of bars Thursday-Saturday 10:00pm-2:00am. Also do events here and there, probably every other week. Could make more if I set up somewhere cheeky during the weekdays but I like doing outdoor activities during the week while everyone else is at work.
1. Healthcare shift work staffing app
2. 40-50
3. $65-75/shift filled
Authorized retail dealer for a large telco, netting > $100K between minimal salary and quarterly distributions. Putting big chuck back into business. 60+ hours/week (conservative). $100+/sale depending on product.
1) podcast
2) 40-50 (most of it reading)
3) n/a
Maybe not what youβre asking but I net this in much less than a year.
1. I run a business consulting company that helps business owners get access to $150k+ at 0% interest for 12-18 months (after that it converts to a higher rate)
2. I don’t really keep track but I’d say at least 50 hours / week
3. We charge a percentage on the back end of whatever we get business owners approved for.
I don’t draw a salary but my business covers all my expenses.
1. I run a team of VAs and consult for my partner’s 360 marketing agency.
2. A few hours daily mostly just admin. The team looks after the bulk of the work.
3. VAs offer lead gen, sales, fulfillment, and customer support and we take a 50% split on MRR. I have a 25% cut on business I bring into the agency.
1. Ecommerce (branded dropshipping)
2. 20-30 hours per week
3. AOV of about $180
consultant IT work
First year in business – roofing company. 50 hours a week and should net 250k.
B2b manufacturing
30
Average invoice $1100
Netting 900-1.1