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I ❤️ A Man Named Tony

It’s forreal… I’m not going to lie to you. I had no good ideas, no side hustles, no businesses, no nothing for you guys today. Writers block was hittin.

And then Tony (tonydelivers.co) came into my life (thanks to Reddit)

Reasons I love Tony:

• Tony is a man of action

• Tony keeps it simple

• Tony is not re-inventing the wheel

• Tony is solving a problem

T(ony)LDR; Tony will deliver food to your door for a small flat $5 fee from certain restaurants, in a small area. That’s it.

So if this also made you giddy with side hustle excitement, let’s dive the into estimates on these numbers and find out what Tony is really deliverin’ 📦 😎 

The MVP (Getting your first customer)

Easy button… This couldn’t be easier. But I will walk those nervous baby deer legs through this easy peasy process to get your first customer.

STEP 1: (if you’ve been reading this email for awhile, say it with me) Go to your Facebook Neighborhood Group and post exactly this. “I’ll deliver anywhere on this map (screenshot), from these restaurants (provide list, assuming they take online paid pickup orders) for $5.

STEP 2: You will get orders. In fact I’d give someone $5 RIGHT NOW to get a burrito for me.

STEP 3: Go get the order (thats already paid for) and deliver it to the buyer

STEP 4: Accept your $5

STEP 5: Don’t mess the previous 4 steps up. Repeat

Okay so how much would this cost to set up (assuming he’s biking around)?

• $28 (Website and domain: $12/year domain $16/month wix)

That’s it…..(Assuming you already have a bike and phone)

• Square for accepting my customer payments

• Build all my sites no code on Dorik

• I write this newsletter and earn money on Beehiiv 

Getting Your Next 100 Customers

Now that’s a package… Tony operates in a 1.5 mile radius. Let’s break down his possible earnings per day.

3 deliveries a day: $15

10 deliveries a day: $50

20 deliveries a day: $100

30 deliveries a day: $150

Let’s say the average delivery is 2 miles round trip let’s say that takes ~20 min. If every restaurant and customer were at opposite ends of the delivery map, he could pump out 3 orders per hour. I think Tony is a great biker and finds efficiencies, he can probably do 5 deliveries/hour = $25/hour on bike.

Not bad counting he has no boss, can start/stop whenever, probably receives tips and can probably do more deliveries.

He’s easily clearing $100/day on bike with little upfront cash and technical skills.

• He could also be making referral dollars for adding restaurants to his service area.

• He could add local shops for “last mile deliveries”.

• He could turn this into a full fledged enterprise (like B-Line) in Portland, OR that specializes in reduced carbon deliveries and have warehouses as well as ads running on their bike carriers.

There are so many options here and you really can’t hate on this kind of hustle. It’s what entrepreneurships is all about baby!

p.s if you’re ever in the Seattle Space Needle, he’ll deliver there too

Viability:

1 [building spaceships] 🚀 to 5 [easy peasy] 😊 

12 stars… I wish I had more ghosts to add for how awesome this is. It’s a simple reminder that you don’t need to create the next Tesla or have unbelievable passion about your next project.

Just start something and see where it goes, it will likely surprise you!

(As usual each business will have it’s own setbacks, and it’s all about the execution and consistency rather than just having the idea)

It’s a great day to be great!

Love, Mike 👋