I recently talked to a 25-year-old entrepreneur… who turned a $10,000 dollars investment. Into a pest control business doing $1.2M Dollars/year. (all in under 3 years) Here’s how he did it: In the summers of 2020 & 2021. Wanting to make extra money. (like any other university student) Casey took up door-to-door sales, selling pest control. With uncapped commissions. After learning the business, fast forward. In March 2022, he and his cousin opened a bank account. (with $5,000 each) With an initial investment of $10,000. They bought: • The equipment • Chemicals • and flyers to get the business started. A few days later, they hired a friend as their first technician. With him & his cousin knocking over 100+ doors/day each. The friend had one job: fulfill the orders that were coming in. Doing everything from: • Door knocking • Spraying jobs • Answering emails/phone calls • and everything else. They were living the life of small business! Reinvesting all the profits into the business… they bought their first Nissan NV200 van. Not taking a dime for themselves until June. They finally started paying themselves $3,000/month. Saving every dollar they could: • Building their own website • Doing their own accounting • Handling inventory and operations • and a thousand other things. At the end of the first 9 months in 2022. They did $178,000 dollars in revenue, with 54% net margins. Taking home $45,000 plus $18k in salaries each. With 90% or more of their sales coming from door to door each year. They doubled down. Their door knocking strategy includes: • 6-10 door knockers this year. • Offering discounts for neighbors With the pitch: “Hey we’re taking care of a couple of your neighbors. Usually, our services are $199, but because we’re in the area it drops to $99 just for today” Closing every 1 in 10 doors they knock. They’re on track to do over $1.2M dollars in revenue this year. With 40-45% margins. (After their first successful acquisition) As of today, they have $600,000 in recurring revenue… with their sales team adding ~$4k in new sales every single day. They plan to acquire several small pest companies in the Denver area… with the exciting cash flow of the business. All of this, with just a simple $10,000 investment. So what are you waiting for? You don’t need $1M Dollars to start a business. Find a need. Solve it. And charge for it. If you liked this story and want to read more of them in the future. Be sure to follow me (@creatingjas). And to learn how to start your own pest control business follow (@pestctrlguy) for more tips.