Set up your website if you’re not good at that kind of stuff find someone on fiverr to do it for you you can find quality work for inexpensive on fiverr

Nice! Any profit is a good start! here’s some ideas.

Put on a business casual outfit get cards and flyers made go around to every small local owned coffee shops and offer samples and send follow up emails about possibly carrying your baked goods. You can get all of the custom packaging on Amazon.

Really any small mom and pop shop would also be good as well. Even independently owned gas stations is a possibility.

Find local makers markets, farmers markets and set up booths there.

Maybe start a subscription box in your local area where people can subscribe and get a box of baked goods every week, 2 weeks or month.

Post on your instagram/ facebook and TikTok every day and offer shipping and the subscription box. People love home made things!

You gave hog shit for details but I pay my lead guy around that amount and charge $110 for his labor per hour and for materials I add 30%.

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This is our slow season see if you if you can find some time and material jobs I always do really well with those. Do you do time and material jobs if so how do you structure your billing?

I just skimmed through your post so I apologize if I miss anything. Go to chatGPT and ask how to do business taxes and if it’s to advanced language ask if to explain it to you like a you’re a 10 year old.

I’ve asked chat many legal questions using the same method

Welcome to the fun my friend

I’m in home improvement as well. Start by spending two hours a day sending emails to remodeling companies showing them past projects and introducing yourself they will sub out work to you. You don’t need much more than that. If you do that for two hours a day you will get work.

Ok give you $10

Here are some basics

Get capital, let’s say you only need $1000 to start save $3-5000 and spend money like you only have $1000.

Start advertising asap you can get an LLC online. It’s super simple.

Get a separate bank account with debit card.

Save every receipt and transaction. It’ll pay off when you go legit and need to do actual bookkeeping.

For my business I have a whole separate phone for the business it made it a lot easier when I hired my office manager.

Make money first before you go over the table once you are in business for a year or 2 then go I’ve the table.

That’s just some tips, message me if you have more questions. Good lucky!

He or she should be supporting your goals 110%. if they aren’t they sure will be wishing they stayed with you when you make it!

I think you need to make yourself more enjoyable to be around.