How much money do you need to start a business?

Yes my aunt runs a cleaning business. Literally all you need is some gas money, and maybe $50 of various cleaning equipment.

She makes like $50-60 an hour now. Typically she will clean for 3-4 hours and collect $200. This is the market rate for house cleaning in my area. She only makes like $40K anually, because she has back problems now, but in her prime she was clearing like 90K/yr.

How ever much kneepads cost at your local sporting goods store

about tree fiddy

I started a snowshoveling business by stealing someone's shovel (they were elderly people that had said no to my door to door offer but didnt have anyone else) so startup cost for me was 0 and i got 4 clients on a monthly fee, upsold them to a "winter" fee and collected enough upfront to pay rent for 3 months. I had to shovel less than 15 times all winter and i just put music in, downed a coffee took a bong hit and all 4 houses were on the same street so it took me just over an hour each time.

You need to be fit and charming but if you are you can pull off a startup for zero dollars and collect money upfront. Offer anyone who says yes a priced in 10% discount for a referral of their neighbor on same street.

Cold knock:
>stand humbly one step below their door level to show humility and serfdom (middle class people love pretending they rich and can hire ppl)
"Hello sir, i hope i havent interrupted you but i was wondering if you want snow removal service this year?"

Its important to genuinely ask and listen to their wants. The fact is they need it cuz most middle class boomers can barely walk but if you say want it spares their dignity.

Then if boomer a says yes and you sign them up (steal a pad of triplicate paper from staples) ask if they know any neighbors who would be interested.

Then when you go to boomer b you can open with
>"mr oldmeyer suggested i check with you about...."

And you have insta clout like youre part of the neighborhood. Then if they sign up you can thank boomer a and give them the discount or a free clear or whatever or do their car too.

Just always find out exactly how they want their snow cleared, which parts of the property are most important to them. Take pics after each clear in case someone slips you have photo evidence you cleared it and you and the boomer are safe.

I started mine with 200k. And I still had to borrow money from the bank within the first 2 years.

Mexican tier.

I started my tile business with $3k.

I can make that in about a week.

Most any trade can be started with under $5k and you can make $100k a year if you're near a big city and work hard.

are you 14?

They don’t let scum like you in my neighborhood

Start with nothing and work your way up.

hundreds and hundreds of dollars

>elderly couple said no to my door to door service so I stole their shovel so they would be forced to use my services.

This is perhaps the most Jow Forums thing I've ever seen. Also at this moment I realized I absolutely was not born with the entrepreneurial instinct to make it on my own.

>mexican tier

Im white canadian. If by mexican tier you mean a tier with initiative, work ethic and overcoming barriers to entry then yes it's mexican tier

I started doing this at 22 and i am 30 yo boomer now. I move a lot and i find its a fast way to get cash in the winter. When i work out my hourly rate its often near 100.

Jow Forums teach you to hate (((them))) Jow Forums teach you to become like (((them)))

you can elbow your way into the kneepad game for $20 and sell kool-aid for 25c afterwards