r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 206k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses business, cleaning, startup, struggling, and service, 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
: "Real examples of what sweaty startups have sold for (pulled from real deals)"
34 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I added ~$25k/month to a 20-year-old painting company using their old customer list. Here's the exact system with every template."
12 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Raised my prices by 60% and somehow got busier, trying to understand why."
12 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Three years ago I posted about starting a fence company with no construction experience. Here is what I've learned since then..."
12 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Quit my six figure corporate sales job to buy a home service franchise. On pace to do $2M+ this year. AMA."
10 posts
#6
Ideas
: "Flyers still work!"
9 posts
#7
Money Talk
: "Owning a yoga / pilates studio, is it actually profitable?"
4 posts
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "paid a local influencer $400 for my pressure washing Business and got zero calls"
172 posts
#2
Cleaning
: "Sh*t just got real: follow me from £0 to £1,000 a week Cleaning carpets to save my house."
30 posts
#3
Startup
: "Students were challenged to build and grow Startups in one week."
24 posts
#4
Struggling
21 posts
#5
Service
: "The part of running a Service business nobody prepares you for"
17 posts
#6
Marketing
: "Marketing a "sweaty startup" in one of the harshest climates. What local businesses are you guys scaling?"
16 posts
#7
Clients
: "Competition-based pricing SUCKS, I'm watching Clients I've had for years walk out"
14 posts
#8
Leads
: "Cold calling for local Leads is actually destroying my will to live"
14 posts
#9
Looking For
12 posts
#10
Small Business
: "Cold calling for local leads is actually destroying my will to live"
11 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
+29k members(16.5%)
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Last updated: June 24, 2026