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Benzinga
Benzinga
Business
Marc Guberti

Commercial Cleaning Small Business Owner Explains Why Boring Businesses Always Beat Trendy Startups: 'They Solve Real Problems'

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Trendy startups capture all of the spotlight, but chances are you can make more money with a boring local business. A commercial cleaning business owner recently made that claim, saying his cleaning business became profitable within 18 months and paid him more than the ‘cool' startup he started a few years earlier.

That ‘cool' startup bombed. Sure, it was flashy and fun, but it didn't pay the bills. The post got a lot of traction on Reddit, where other entrepreneurs shared similar experiences.

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