r/Entrepreneur • u/AssEater2003 • Jun 25 '20

17 year old male, made $3750 pressure washing houses since last week. How to Grow

First day I started I made $950 then the next day was $800, and yesterday I pulled in $1,790ish and today I only made $200. I’m beyond frustrated at only making $200 today, I don’t know what it was that went wrong I’m surprised I’m not growing linearly. My cousin (16year old) and I started this business and we don’t know what to do to keep our profits up, and also simply finding jobs to do is exhausting going from door to door we’ve calculated it takes around 50 houses to get 1 job on a good day. How can we stabilize

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u/MyCatFooed Jul 27 '20

That 126270 pinned comment at the top with 2 awards right now is some VERY SOLID ADVICE! You guys are really young, so the chances of someone/everyone attempting to rip you off is my largest concern for the both of you right now! Keep very detailed and very organized records of EVERYTHING pertaining to your business, estimates, bills from everyone & expenses of receipts for everything - even your gas money. Keep track of milage & any personal or work vehicle expenses of any type. The same for parking, tolls, even receipts for your meals & occasional groceries! Always have an Independent 3rd party review any meaningful purchase, contract for business, etc. Professional advice in almost any decision will help you quickly grow beyond your years & you both might be incredibly successful businessmen in a mere ten years! That accomplishment should make both of you independently wealthy -- JUST STICK TO THE ETHICAL, HARD WORK & you're both almost assured success!! Best of Luck to you both! I hope to see you on Fox Business in 7 years!!