r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 207k 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
: "Some advice to prevent you from screwing yourself over for any job but specifically for Lawnmowing in this case"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Tips on growing a solo residential cleaning business?"
6 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "How do you guys manage the transition from "custom build" to actually scaling a product?"
6 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "paid a local influencer $400 for my pressure washing business and got zero calls"
4 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Considering building a carwash and Laundromat"
3 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Thinking of charging only a % of what my agent recovers. You pay nothing unless it makes you money. Would you take this deal or is there a catch I'm not seeing?"
3 posts
#7
Self-Promotion
: "Selling New Websites To Local Businesses With Outdated Websites"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "paid a local influencer $400 for my pressure washing Business and got zero calls"
48 posts
#2
Looking For
12 posts
#3
Struggling
10 posts
#4
Cleaning
: "Im 14 looking to start doing a trash can Cleaning thing any tips?"
8 posts
#5
Clients
7 posts
#6
Leads
: "Built a Python scraper that pulls local business Leads for any location & niche. Who wants some free samples?"
5 posts
#7
Start
5 posts
#8
Advice
: "Some Advice to prevent you from screwing yourself over for any job but specifically for Lawnmowing in this case"
4 posts
#9
Marketing
: "Any resources on how to use social media to market my sweaty startup?"
3 posts
#10
Rentals
: "anyone here doing Rentals without becoming the whole backend yourself?"
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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+28k members(15.9%)
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Last updated: July 12, 2026