Photoshop/logo help

Man Called X said:

I haven't done the bankruptcy yet because I figured it would cause some issues with my business.

But for anyone that saw this thread and has doubted. The business FB page hasn't even been live for 24 hours. Within that 24 hours, I've received 15 once a week services, 4 twice weekly, and 8 three times a week. All of these have a $40 initial cleanup charge.

Most yards take about 10-15 minutes to clean up. And I'll make anywhere from $15-40 per yard per week. So within a day of starting and I'm not even close to being open yet, I'd like to think I'm doing okay.

A grand in initial cleanups and about $550 a week so far in regular customers. And that's just from people I know on FB. Have a small sponsorship for a car at the local racetrack to help get the company's name out there. Haven't even got business cards yet. Have a deal with the local pet store for them to offer my services to all new dog owners. Humane society as well. And I still haven't even begun to start talking with a few of the larger local landscaping companies to contract myself out to clean before they mow. City is building a dog park next year, already plan on contracting to the city to clean it up once a day.

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Wow!

That's fantastic man!! From one entrepreneur to another, props..

gourimoko said:

Wow!

That's fantastic man!! From one entrepreneur to another, props..

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I underestimated what demand would be like. 3 new customers since I posted that. I was really going to do this as a side business at first until it really grew, but apparently I don't have to.

So do you go around with a portable ShopVac or a sharp stick? I mean, what is the most effective way to remove dog turds from somebody's lawn? And what do you do with all that excrement when you're finished?

Oh, and a word of warning. Remember that some freshly fallen pine cones look like dog turds, so you might want to take that into account when quoting a job at a house with a lot of fir trees in the yard.

At this point, it's just a flat fee per number of dogs and number of visits with some small discounts available for referrals.

Honestly, everything I've read/everyone I've talked to said utility dust pan and a plastic rake/shovel. A good portable shop vac and pressure washer in cases of nasty runny diarrhea type shit.

Bag it in biodegradeable scent blocker bags, take it to the dump. The plan and goal is to be able to provide dedicated bins for the waste and then have the normal trash take it, all the customer would have to do is wheel it to the curb.

I actually have some contacts within the city and it's something that gets complained about at almost every city council meeting. Neighbors sick of people not cleaning up after their animals etc.

Looking into getting some deodorizing sprays to use as an additional service, brown spot treatments etc.

I have almost unlimited amount of avenues I can add/contract myself out to for sources of income. I only fail if I don't put in the time and effort.

I've got no shame anyway and at the rate it's going, should be able to make about 40-50k a year doing it within 2 years. It's been a day and I'm already not sure what to do with myself.

I haven't even established getting a business license and shit yet. I honestly started the page last night as a test the market, see if there's enough hype to go through with it thing. Now I've got people begging me to push my opening to now and come today.

Awesome X, I am thrilled for you. I know the financial/family problems you were having and now to start your own business is just terrific. You've empowered yourself to take charge of your life and I commend you.

Cratylus said:

Awesome X, I am thrilled for you. I know the financial/family problems you were having and now to start your own business is just terrific. You've empowered yourself to take charge of your life and I commend you.

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Financial problems are still there, but they won't be. It honestly isn't going to take me a ton of capital to start up, and if I get this job I just interviewed for, I'll be able to reinvest every dime I make initially back into the business so I can buy a good truck for it, etc. Can't start at the top.

But I always sorta known there was only two ways I was going to "make it." Either by finding a career where I could work my way up the ladder from the bottom, or by starting my own business. I don't necessarily have any highly in demand skills, nor do I want to take the risk to work in the oil/gas industry. I've tried the working my way up the ladder 3 times and grew to hate it every time. What I've done up to this point has never worked, whether it was military, school, career blah. It was time for me to do me.

Here was always my problem with starting a business, what do I start? Have a million ideas, all require more money than I was going to conceivably have. So, I can offer a service that no one wants to do that doesn't require a ton of money to start up.

Have a friend hand drawing some logo designs for me, my cousin digitizing it since that's what he does for a living in Okinawa. A buddy offering hosting for my website for free. Have a buddy with a sign shop letting me print up 50 yard signs for free to start out.

I honestly just need to get a rake/dust pan/bags/truck. That's it.

I expect to see you on Shark Tank in two years asking for capital to start franchising. Seriously though, it seems like this has come together for you rather quickly. Congrats, man! All the best in your business endeavors!

Cratylus said:

I expect to see you on Shark Tank in two years asking for capital to start franchising. Seriously though, it seems like this has come together for you rather quickly. Congrats, man! All the best in your business endeavors!

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No shark tank for me. There's already other companies that do franchise this shit. I'll just buy them eventually to form my giant poo empire.

Make sure you send the bags of poo to @The Oi 's doorstep. PM me for his address.

Huber. said:

Make sure you send the bags of poo to @The Oi 's doorstep. PM me for his address.

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I actually PM'd him that I was going to send everything to him, he said it was the most exciting news of his day.

I'll start a rival company that kills every dog in town.

I love it Huber, even though there's no chance that I have poo as part of my logo.

How much for a human's poop?

The Oi said:

How much for a human's poop?

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I hate you.

BARELY 24 HOURS. 36 people wanting some form of weekly service. Thirty fucking six. As long as I can keep customers wanting to pay for this service. This is too easy. Even if they were all $15 per week, that's $540 net a week. For maybe 9-10 hours of work in a week. Maybe $50 in bags/gas for the week?

In the time it took me to write this post, 2 more requests received.

On that note, I'm dropping the mic and walking away before I turn into @Lee within a few months.