r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 209k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses business, looking for, struggling, cleaning, and clients, and they frequently recommend/review voip service, crm, and project management tool.
A hub for entrepreneurs of regular old fashioned businesses.
Popular Themes in r/sweatystartup
#1
Advice Requests
: "What actually worked to get your first 5–10 customers as a home service business?"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Starting Crawlspace business, need jumping off point"
10 posts
#3
Ideas
: "I want to start a porch honor stand, need ideas that work in the heat"
7 posts
#4
Self-Promotion
: "Splitting my maintenance company into two"
5 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "I know my buisness is profitable but I still hesitate before spending money"
3 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "Which “boring” local service has the best repeat-customer potential?"
3 posts
#7
Pain & Anger
: "My "accounting system" is a truck seat full of receipts and I just lost a $2k deduction because of it"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "Carpet cleaning Business."
36 posts
#2
Looking For
12 posts
#3
Struggling
10 posts
#4
Cleaning
: "Carpet Cleaning business."
8 posts
#5
Clients
7 posts
#6
Start
5 posts
#7
Service Business
: "What part of running your Service Business still feels more manual than it should?"
5 posts
#8
Leads
4 posts
#9
Startup
: "What would you do differently if you were starting a cleaning business with less than $100?"
4 posts
#10
Service
: "The three manual jobs worth automating first when you run a Service business solo"
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/sweatystartup
Voip Service
25 reviews
#1
Google Voice
3.8★ from 6 reviews
#2
Vonage
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
OpenPhone
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Crm
15 reviews
#1
Hubspot
3.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Housecall Pro
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Jobber
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Project Management Tool
13 reviews
#1
Trello
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Notion
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Asana
4.0★ from 2 reviews
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Yearly
+26k members(14.3%)
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Last updated: August 22, 2026