Built a Hot Sauce Business on Weekends... HOW?!

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If you own a business, try Melio and make your payment process easier! https://go.melio.com/upflip Kevin Cummings is not just another person with a side hustle. He’s an entrepreneur who’s able to bring in six figures from his small business while continuing to work a full-time job. Kevin is the founder of Murder Hornet Hot Sauce, and he gives us the inside scoop on how he took a simple idea from his kitchen and turned it into a full-blown hot sauce business. The really wild part though? He doesn’t have any kind of background in sauce making. During the pandemic, Kevin occupied his time by playing with different ingredients for a hot sauce recipe in his house. With the extra time on his hands, he quickly recognized his new hobby could quickly turn into a fun business opportunity. In this episode, watch us make this unique sauce from scratch, discover high-level branding tips, and learn a major secret into achieving an 80% conversion rate at the markets. 💥 Ready to start your own business? 💥 Begin with one of our FREE quick-start trainings: 🧽 How to start a $140k/month cleaning business - https://learn.upflip.com/cleaning-business-masterclass 🥤 How to start a $50K/month vending business - https://learn.upflip.com/the-vending-bootcamp-masterclass 🖌️ How to start a million-dollar painting business for under $1K - https://learn.upflip.com/how-to-start-a-painting-business-masterclass 🚛 How to start a $10k/month moving and junk removal business - https://learn.upflip.com/moving-and-junk-removal-masterclass 🔑 How to start a $8K/month mid-term rental business - https://learn.upflip.com/the-mid-term-rental-blueprint-masterclass 🏠 How to make $248K in tax-free profit from building and selling homes - https://learn.upflip.com/the-builders-blueprint-masterclass 🗺️ How to make $25K in one deal buying and selling land - https://learn.upflip.com/land-flipping-blueprint-masterclass OR… 🎓 Join UpFlip Academy to “copy-paste” the top million-dollar service businesses you can start in weeks and profit from in months - https://links.upflip.com/academy-yt More UpFlip Official Resources: 📕 FREE access to 137 Most Profitable Businesses - https://links.upflip.com/137-business-ideas-yt 🎙️ Follow the UpFlip Podcast - https://links.upflip.com/podcast-yt 📩 Join the UpFlip Newsletter - https://links.upflip.com/newsletter-yt 👉 Check out Kevin’s business - https://murderhornetsauce.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 - START 00:52 - How it began 02:48 - Roasting peppers 03:28 - Co-packer experience 04:17 - Startup costs 04:44 - Starting small 05:20 - Freshly ground pepper 05:37 - Revenue 06:48 - Biggest startup challenges 07:35 - Mixing it all up 09:49 - Fan blitz 11:58 - Biggest retail order 13:31 - Comparing margins 14:16 - Monthly overhead 15:05 - Production costs 16:31 - Importance of branding 17:40 - Farmers market 18:30 - Cost of entry 19:14 - Selling on markets 19:42 - Sourcing ingredients 20:48 - Best-seller 21:18 - Advice to beginners 22:08 - Key ingredient 22:40 - Outro #hotsauce #hotsaucerecipe #hotsaucebusiness