How do you stay motivated as an entrepreneur when facing constant rejection?
Hello everyone, I’m reaching out to my fellow entrepreneurs. I am a serial entrepreneur with multiple businesses, but I have a strong passion for serving in real estate and traditional home-related services. People often contact me for down payment assistance, closing cost help, home improvements, foreclosure prevention, rental assistance, debt relief, or support for first-time homebuyers. I connect people with the resources they need to maintain and sustain homeownership, promote housing stability, and ensure safe housing. Recently, I decided to form a nonprofit with my amazing team because I’ve mostly been referring people to resources, but I want to become a direct resource myself. If you’re a new entrepreneur or a seasoned one like me, you know that starting or working on something often involves a lot of rejection. Today, I’m just reaching out to see how everyone stays motivated. My motivation has always been my community and service. I want to hear from my fellow entrepreneurs: how do you stay motivated? I’d love to hear different perspectives in the comments.
What Has Been Your Biggest Entrepreneurship Challenge in the Home Service Industry?
As the founder of MoveTime 4U Enterprise LLC, my journey into entrepreneurship started long before I launched my business. Growing up, I moved from shelter to shelter with seven siblings while being raised by a hard working single mother. Later, I became a single mother my self and faced the challenge of building a business with limited resources while supporting my family One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced has been establishing credibility and growing a customer base in a competitive industry. balancing parenthood, finances, marketing, and daily operations hasn’t been easy , but persistence and community support have helped me continue moving forward. Recently, MoveTime 4U had the opportunity to assist two fellow single mothers, Talaysia Guzman and Tamiko Batson , with their moves, which reminded me why I started this business ( to help people during important transitions in life. ) I’d love to hear from other entrepreneurs in the jibber community! What had been your biggest challenge in building your home service business, and what advice would you give to someone just getting started ?How do you stay focused on one business when you keep getting new ideas?
Hey everyone, My name is Robbie, and I've been building Monarch Landscaping in Ontario, Canada, for the past 3 years (still feels like we're in the baby stages lol). Today we have 7 employees, solid systems in place, and for the first time, I'm primarily focused on sales, strategy, and putting out the occasional fire rather than being involved in every part of the day-to-day operations. Over the last 3 years, I've had to slowly let go of several other ventures to fully commit to Monarch. At one point, I was running a pressure washing startup, a marketing consulting business, a small marketing agency serving trades businesses, a YouTube channel, and constantly working on new ideas. Over the past year, I've intentionally let most of those things fizzle out so I could put my full attention into Monarch, and honestly, it's been one of the best decisions I've made. The challenge is that I still get a new business idea almost every day—especially when things slow down. One day it's a new division for Monarch. The next day it's a bin rental business. Then it's software, marketing, AI, or some completely different opportunity. I've noticed these thoughts usually show up when I feel like I'm not moving fast enough or when the business isn't yet where I want it to be. Some questions: - How do you stay focused on one thing? - How do you know when a new opportunity is a distraction versus a legitimate next step? - Have any of you struggled with "entrepreneurial ADHD," and if so, how did you overcome it? Looking forward to hearing your experiences. Robbie Monarch LandscapingFor those who scaled past $3M, what systems had the biggest impact on reducing owner dependency?
Also, what did you implement too late that you wish you’d done sooner? I’m already feeling the tension between being the face of the company and being able to scale. I’m hoping to learn more about leadership teams, middle management, reporting structures, and delegation
How to spend more time ON the business
With my last employer, I was at the top during a 9 year scale from 8 people to 100+, so I have a blueprint for many things but accomplishing it is less easy. Muscling through the $1-3M stage has felt like stiff arming my own business just to get a few spare moments to work ON the business. I fee like I know what to do next but struggle to do it because of my capacity. I tested an employee for promotion last fall and it didn't take well until this year when he had a mind shift of his own. Now he is taking over 70% of my production so I can focus on growth/sales + recruiting/training. How do any of you continue to bolster your ability/time to work on the business? Do you prioritize it and just deal with problems/costs of your absence? The delicate balance between cash flow, margin and hiring new positions to scale is a leap of faith when projecting at this stage for me. I also flipped my model from 10 installers (in-house) last year to more of a subcontracted model with more management on-site, which has changed my business already. My approach is to continue to shift as much of the easier things off my plate to a position I can afford until it naturally progresses through growth and profitability to where I can actually be an owner. but that could take a long time.Who in your company could replace you and what would you need to teach them today?
I have been out of daily operations for almost 2 years now. However, the scale strategy continues to rest solely on me. I have a leadership team of five people (ops, HR, office, controller, and field supervisor). At this stage, I would not be confident leaving any of them responsible for scale in my absence. They fully understand the business, but don't quite understand the growth strategy. Thoughts?
Manifesting my jobber grant finalist and reward .😎
I just wanna hit that finalist spot for the jobber grant so I can show my son all this time spent restless, stressed and sacrificing time together was for something. I wanna look at him and be like alright little guy we have been through hell and back but persistence and faith paid off we can now execute towards our life of financial freedom and success. We broke the generational curses and now I will secure everyone in the bloodlines future starting with my son . I need it I want it I will stop at nothing to prove I am the person I've claimed to be and I will not give up the fight!Business Fuel Delivery Services - A Mystery?
I'm launching a new company called FuelDash, and I would love your feedback here. FuelDash is a franchise holding company, not a single-state operator, with Colorado becoming the first franchise state. FuelDash primarily operates as a B2B service company providing small business fuel delivery services to ensure baseline demand. Additionally, we provide consumer services, layering in residential fuel delivery to build route density and expand profit margins. This innovative model aims to meet the rising demand for contactless, time-saving services by delivering fuel directly to customers' locations. With a first-mover advantage, FuelDash is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the untapped market in Colorado, tapping into the growing preference for on-demand services accelerated by the pandemic. FuelDash wants to help the local small businesses in Colorado save time and money, and help Colorado residents get their fuel conveniently, safely and securely without over paying for their fuel. Businesses are wasting tens of thousands of dollars in annual labor costs alone by having their employees fuel their service vehicles during their hours on the job. Today's fuel delivery business in Colorado cater to the commercial industry and typically provide diesel fuel only. Businesses are over-spending on fuel while on the road, losing time and productivity when stopping at gas stations, experiencing daily workflow and scheduling disruptions. Residents in Colorado have no convenient, on-demand, safe and secure way to get their fuel. We are trying to close our fundraising round now to launch the company. So when I approach a business or a consumer to discuss our upcoming fuel delivery services, they don't understand how they will save time and money - even when I show them the math. Literally. There is actual math to show. My question is, are they just so used to getting their own fuel like they always have, and they see my services as something too new to consider? Is this service ahead of it's time in their minds, like back in the day when the first mobile phones came out? Don't get me wrong, many businesses and most consumers see the value right away and want to sign up. They really get it. I just wonder why others are so behind in their thinking. I'd love to get feedback from fellow founders on best ways to approach business owners and every-day consumers who seem to be "stuck in the past" with their logic or reasoning. And I say that with all due respect! I fully understand that not everyone will be a future customer. I get it. The gas station industry is, and has been declining for many years and it is only getting worse. Fuel delivery is the future of fueling. I just want to know how to express that to these hesitant individuals so they understand and see the value - like how so many others already do. I don't believe in scare tactics. And perhaps some people just won't get it, period, ever. Who knows. I'd sure appreciate your thoughts. Especially if you struggled with the same issue. Thanks in advance! Sean Roy, Founder, FuelDash
