Hey bootstrappers,

>> Once it’s gone, you can’t get it back

Let’s try a little thought exercise this week. 

Cast your mind back to when you were a child… 

You probably spent your days playing, eating, and sleeping.

You were rich in a commodity most adults would pay dearly for: time.

School, college, job, family – life’s quick to get in the way of our goals and hobbies. 

Around half of Americans, for example, say they don’t have enough time, and it’s worse among working people and families. 

It’s no surprise, then, that people pay handsomely to free up a few hours a week. 

Those that do even end up a little happier, according to researchers. 

This week’s founders all built profitable businesses from saving their customers time, either through automating admin our outsourcing household chores. 

Moral of the story?

Give someone their time back and watch the dollars roll in.

Taylorr Payne and Austin Grammon help leaders focus on what they do best by automating their administrative tasks, saving time and generating the duo over $1.5 million in revenue.

These Founders Cut Admin for Thousands of Experts Who Rely on Being in the Flow to Succeed

“Experts want their time spent to be the most impactful possible. They want to stay in their zone of genius, the flow state, as long as possible – without having to worry about the time-consuming aspects of running their business.”

The Fertel family’s on-demand laundry service gives overloaded families a much-needed break and stay-at-home families another source of income.

How This Family Makes Laundry Easier for the Masses and Provides Jobs and Steady Incomes for Over 50,000 People

“I can open an app and get to the airport. I can Facetime someone on the other side of the world, but I’m still doing laundry – the chore that takes the longest and the one we hate the most. Why has there been no innovation since the washer and dryer?”

Brad Cumbers and Glen Kleinig help martial arts gyms identify and track membership and attendance patterns, replacing a laborious pen-and-paper system that took too long and offered too little.

A Database in the Dojo: How These Founders Make Half a Million a Year Helping Martial Arts Gyms Track Data

“There are hundreds of thousands of martial arts schools in the world. At least half of them still use pen and paper or Excel sheets to track things. There’s just so much more they can know about their business by using analytics.”

“What makes us different is we focus on simplicity. User experience is at the top of our priority list. What’s great about a simple platform is that it saves us money by keeping support costs down.”

 - Brad Cumbers, Martialytics

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