r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 213k 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
: "How to start?"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How do founders actually vet an agency for growth or SEO?"
4 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "17-year-old planning to buy and operate a small motel at 18 — how realistic is this?"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I wanted to get on here and blurt out my idea for a startup - i want to do people's dishes"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Need help to get reviews for my pest control business."
3 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "First year Christmas lights seems to be discount war"
2 posts
#7
Opportunities
: "Engineer looking to acquire a septic/wastewater service business"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "Last week I got paid $465k to license part of our accounting firm’s historical data"
24 posts
#2
Looking For
12 posts
#3
Struggling
10 posts
#4
Cleaning
: "How much would you pay for this Cleaning business?"
8 posts
#5
Clients
7 posts
#6
Start
5 posts
#7
Leads
4 posts
#8
Startup
: "Finally Took the Step and Started Something of My Own"
3 posts
#9
Marketing
: "How our small renovation company started showing up on Google (the boring process that works)"
3 posts
#10
Service Business
: "Small Service Businesses: did putting GPS trackers on your work vans actually change anything?!!"
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
+24k members(12.7%)
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Last updated: November 11, 2026