r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 208k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses business, clients, looking for, cleaning, and struggling, 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
: "Some advice to prevent you from screwing yourself over for any job but specifically for Lawnmowing in this case"
27 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "The part of running a service business nobody prepares you for"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Raised my prices by 60% and somehow got busier, trying to understand why."
8 posts
#4
Ideas
: "College student with a free summer, 2k in savings, and a year to plan - side hustle ideas?"
7 posts
#5
Opportunities
: "Partnership in Handyman Business"
4 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Just Launched an APP any feedback?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "paid a local influencer $400 for my pressure washing Business and got zero calls"
52 posts
#2
Clients
: "Competitors are undercutting me by 10k-15k with garbage quality. How do I win back value-focused Clients?"
13 posts
#3
Looking For
12 posts
#4
Cleaning
: "22 Cleaning clients and drowning in admin - is hiring the only answer?"
11 posts
#5
Struggling
10 posts
#6
Service Business
: "Service Business owners! What is your system for chasing unpaid invoices?"
8 posts
#7
Leads
5 posts
#8
Start
5 posts
#9
Advice
: "Some Advice to prevent you from screwing yourself over for any job but specifically for Lawnmowing in this case"
4 posts
#10
Service
: "The three manual jobs worth automating first when you run a Service business solo"
4 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
+28k members(15.4%)
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Last updated: July 23, 2026