The Sweaty Startup
Want to build a successful business? Packed with the principles, strategies, and methods used to grow successful companies, The Sweaty Startup will help you make your vision a reality. Hosted by successful entrepreneur Nick Huber. Short, to the point and no fluff.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 460
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
#140 Offseason to-do list #2 - employee training videos
Standardizing the material that new employees use to get onboarded and trained is a powerful tool that you should do right now during the slow season.
#139 Offseason to-do list #1 - canned responses and email workflow
A customer in the loop is a happy customer. Set up all of your interaction in advance and spend some time thinking through how to get your message across to customers as efficiently as possible.
#138 Businesses I HATE with Jim Flannery #2 - Bar Apps and Bachelorette Parties
Nick and Jim talk about more businesses that Nick wouldn't start in if his life depended on it.
#137 Businesses I HATE with Jim Flannery - Online yoga instructing and other remote coaching
Nick and Jim dive into a few business ideas that Nick hates.
#136 Why Nick is WRONG and big ideas can lead to sustainable businesses with Jim Flannery
Jim Flannery is a founder and professor of entrepreneurship at University of Georgia in Athens GA. He gives his thoughts on big ideas and why they shouldn't be overlooked.
#135 How to start a gym and become the best version of yourself with Kieth Keppner
Coach Keppner runs a successful boxing gym in Athens GA and is also host of the Coach Keppner Show on a local radio station. In this episode he shares his story along with his principles and self hel…
#134 Buying a landscaping or detailing company - a mentoring call
We have a caller from Kansas City who is looking into purchasing a business. We talk about some of the questions to ask and what to look for!
#133 How entrepreneurs think about vehicle ownership
Its an expense. They depreciate fast. In this episode we talk about the difference in buying a 10 year old car and a brand new car. Nick shares his cost of car ownership breakdown over the past 14 ye…
#132 How dedicated should we be? Why Kevin O'Leary and Shark Tank culture is WRONG
How do we find a balance in life? The media and the hustle mentality are driving us to crazy lengths. Its about enjoying life.
#131 How wealthy do we want to get? + 2020 plans with the Sweaty Startup
What is wealth to you? What are your goals with entrepreneurship? I lay out what is important to me.
#130 Businesses I Love #3 - A pool business, closet building, pest control, damage remediation, property management
Nick and Max talk about businesses they love and how they would start them.
#129 How to start a window cleaning business - concept breakdown with Nick and Max
How would I start a window cleaning business? In this episode we lay out the steps of exactly how we'd do it.
#128 The mindset that makes an entrepreneur more likely to succeed
What makes an entrepreneur better? What sets them apart? What makes them more likely to succeed?
Mindset. Nick and Max discuss it.
#127 The 10 best business books that you should read right now
Nick and Max talk about their 10 favorite business books and what they like about each.
#126 The one thing that took my business from a $350k a year stressfest to a scalable business ready to grow
The shift was the moment we stopped pointing fingers and started taking the blame for things going wrong within our business.
Instead of texting the employees the night before about their shift we sc…
#125 Making money is a skill
You wouldn’t expect to be able to pick up a basketball and play for an NBA team day 1.
So why do we expect to start a business and get rich or make good money on day one?
It’s a skill. You get better…
#124 Businesses I Love #2 - Mobile Mechanic, AirBnb Management, The Trades
Dan Nick and Max sit around and talk business once again to discuss trends and businesses they would love to start right now and how they would do it.
#123 My favorite book - Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
This book outlines and reinforces the fact that business, negotiation and any human interaction is inherently very emotional. It’s centered around negotiation but this book has so many solid manageme…
#122 Businesses I Love #1 - Lawn Care, Christmas Lights, Mobile Locksmithing
Nick, Max and Dan get together to brainstorm business ideas and how they would launch and market a lawn care, Christmas light installation and mobile locksmithing company. This episode was a ton of f…
#121 Don't try to reinvent the wheel with entrepreneurship
You have to be really good, have money, and have a lot of luck to make a new revolutionary idea work.
There are a lot of bad businesses out there right now making good money. Some of them suck at …