r/sweatystartup is a subreddit with 212k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses business, looking for, cleaning, struggling, and service business, 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
Solution Requests
: "Transportation for employees in a cleaning business?"
7 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "17-year-old planning to buy and operate a small motel at 18 — how realistic is this?"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "If your parents had 5 acres of land, what skills would you develop for businesses purposes?"
4 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Engineer looking to acquire a septic/wastewater service business"
4 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Denver SMB owners - what's eating your time?"
3 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "Is 6.5% of total job revenue too high for lead generation in concrete?"
2 posts
#7
Self-Promotion
: "Starting a TCG Vending Machine Business"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/sweatystartup
#1
Business
: "If your parents had 5 acres of land, what skills would you develop for Businesses purposes?"
63 posts
#2
Looking For
12 posts
#3
Cleaning
11 posts
#4
Struggling
10 posts
#5
Service Business
8 posts
#6
Clients
7 posts
#7
Start
5 posts
#8
Leads
4 posts
#9
Client
3 posts
#10
Marketing
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
Member Growth in r/sweatystartup
Yearly
+25k members(13.2%)
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Last updated: October 12, 2026