What Does a Real Win Look Like When You're Running a Home Service Business?
What major win did you pull off for your company today, and how did you cut through the BS to get it finished? Well it doesnt feel like a major win though it doesnt feel small either and weather or not it amounts to anything is not the point right?What helped you build discipline while growing your business?
In a recent Masters of Home Service episode, Savannah Revis of Earth Love Cleaning shared how bodybuilding taught her the discipline to keep going when things got tough. That mindset helped her grow her cleaning business past $1 million. What about you? What experience, challenge, hobby, or sport taught you discipline or resilience? How did that lesson help you grow your business? Listen to Savannah's full episode below, where she talks about staying consistent while scaling, creating clear SOPs and checklists, and building the right team to support growth. Never miss an episode of Masters of Home Service. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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.
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!
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 ?Hit my capacity ceiling as a solo operator — when did you know it was time to hire?
I'm at 99 clients running completely solo, working until midnight most days, and I recently had a hire fall through. I've realized my problem isn't marketing or sales anymore — it's that I've hit the ceiling of what one person can physically deliver. For those who've made the jump: how did you know it was actually time, and how did you find someone reliable in this industry? The hiring failure stung and I'm wary of trying again mid-season, but I also can't keep running at midnight-every-night pace.
What do experienced owners wish they knew in their first year of running a business? I'm four-plus years in.
Incorporated Great Raven Renovations Ltd. on January 18, 2022. Salt Spring Island base, work across the Cowichan Valley and South Nanaimo. Renovations, roofing, decks, structural. Four and a half years in now. Been thinking lately about what I'd tell myself on day one if I could. Putting it here in case any of it lands for someone earlier in the journey, and because I'd genuinely like to hear what the rest of you would add. 1. The contract is the business. Year one I thought craftsmanship was the business. Craftsmanship is the product. The contract is the business. Weak contract language is how good work turns into unpaid work. Hidden-conditions clause, signed change orders, deposit terms, warranty conditions tied to payment — every one of those came after losing real money for not having them. 2. Slow down on hiring. Way down. The cost of a bad hire isn't just their wages. It's the project they damaged, the client they alienated, and the time you spent fixing both. I'd rather turn down a job than put the wrong person on it now. Took me a while to learn that turning down work is sometimes the most profitable thing you can do. 3. Photograph everything. Before, during, after. Substrate conditions. Hidden framing. What was behind the drywall before you closed it up. Two months from now the homeowner won't remember what was there, and neither will you. The photo record is worth more than any verbal reassurance. 4. One accountable contact beats a polished process every time. Clients don't want to be passed around. Especially on renovations, where they're already nervous about the unknown. Being the one phone number, the one email, the one face — even at the cost of scaling slower — has done more for our referral pipeline than any marketing. 5. The completion walkthrough is non-negotiable. Walk every project with the client at the end, point by point against the original scope. Sign-off before final draw. If something needs touch-up, it gets done before you invoice. The disputes I've had almost always traced back to a project that didn't end with a real walkthrough. 6. You're going to make expensive mistakes. Build a system that survives them. The losses aren't optional. The lessons are. The only difference between a business that survives bad years and one that doesn't is whether the founder turned each loss into a piece of the operating system or just absorbed it as pain. Curious from the rest of you — what would you tell your year-one self that you wish someone had said earlier? Especially anyone who's made it through years three to five. That stretch is where I think most of us either consolidate or fold. Appreciate the community. — Chad Great Raven Renovations Ltd. Salt Spring Island, BCBusiness 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
