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Storage Squad founder Nick Huber makes the case for 'sweaty startups' — boring, service-based businesses that nobody wants to start but everybody needs. He argues that a storage company earning $500K/year with no competition beats a tech startup competing with a thousand others.
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Andrews and Huber argue that the entrepreneurship environment (TechCrunch, Y Combinator, startup culture) shapes founder behavior toward high-risk tech startups and away from boring, profitable businesses — not because tech is better, but because the social environment rewards the narrative.
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The best businesses are the ones no one wants to start — moving companies, laundromats, plumbing services — because low prestige creates low competition and high margins
Huber argues that prestige-seeking entrepreneurs flock to tech startups (where 95% fail), while boring businesses like storage, laundromats, and HVAC have no competition from ambitious people. The lack of competition IS the moat.Was this useful?