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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The catch is you have to save enough money to get through the months where lawns don't need mowed in most of the US.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be*

And then you get on the shovel -> snowblower -> plow grind

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't forget raking leafs, and basic landscaping in the spring like trimming shit. Pulling weeds too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I never forget pulling weeds.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Hopefully grandpa also left him a snowblower

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

I'd be worried about insurance as a catch. Especially if you live somewhere like the USA.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No Anon, we're reporting you for tax evasion.

[–] [email protected] 243 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yes, its that easy when you get all that for free to start your business with.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I started with borrowing my mother's lawnmower, that's it. But the first afternoon I had enough to buy a weed eater. Couldn't even afford a pager, had to call my mom and check on customer calls.

Crud. Forgot where I'm at. Yes, success is nothing but luck 99.9994% of us will never have.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago

And live in an area where there's demand and where people will give you jobs, i.e. you have the right skin colour.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Success is a combo of luck and work. Many people have one, OP got both. Let's congratulate them instead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Success is a combo of luck and work.

And connections. Grow and lean on your network, fellas.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

I guess that's why they call it capitalism.