The Entrepreneur's Hour with Fexingo: Daily Talks on Small Business, Side Hustles, and Solo Founders

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a solo baker in Portland, Oregon, built a $10,000 monthly revenue stream by pivoting from a traditional bakery to a gift basket model. They break down the specific numbers: how she sourced wholesale ingredients, designed tiered baskets ($35, $55, $85), and leveraged local corporate clients for recurring orders. The hosts discuss the economics of bundling...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a solo baker who turned a cottage food law license into a $20k monthly business. They break down the specific numbers — how she started with $500 in equipment, leveraged farmers' markets and social media, and scaled without a commercial kitchen. The hosts discuss the legal framework, the economics of a cottage food operation, and the key decis...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the story of a solo dog walker in Austin who built a $20,000 per month business without hiring a single employee. They dive into the specific numbers: how she started with just 5 clients at $30 per walk, then scaled to 20 walks per day using a route optimization app and a waitlist strategy. They discuss the key decision to cap her service area to a 2-mile...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a solo baker in Portland who reached $15,000 monthly revenue by renting a shared commercial kitchen for just $400 a month. They break down the numbers: how a $4,000 initial investment in equipment and permits turned into a sustainable business selling to local coffee shops. They discuss the economics of shared kitchen spaces, the strategic cho...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna explore how a solo consultant in Toronto built a $30,000 monthly retainer by refusing to take meetings. They break down the exact strategy: a five-question email qualification process, a fixed-price model with a 60 percent upfront deposit, and a zero-email-between-sessions rule. The guest, a former agency strategist, shares how she went fr...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a solo baker in Portland, Oregon, leveraged the Oregon Cottage Food Law to build a $50,000-a-month baking business from her home kitchen. They break down the legal structure, the economics of small-batch production, and how she scaled without commercial real estate. The baker's story includes her strategic use of farmers' markets and a pre-order system,...

On Episode 100, Lucas and Luna break down the story of Rachel, a solo strategy consultant who landed a $30,000 monthly retainer from a single podcast appearance. They walk through her three-step process: how she identified the perfect show, the talking points that hooked the host and audience, and the follow-up sequence that turned a 45-minute conversation into a long-term client. The hosts also d...

In episode 99 of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a solo baker in Portland who replaced farmers market uncertainty with a Community Supported Bakery model. By selling 200 weekly shares at $20 each, she hit $15,000 monthly revenue with near-zero food waste and a waitlist of 60. We unpack the economics of CSA-style subscription businesses, the psychology of prepayment,...

Episode 98 of The Entrepreneur's Hour dives into the story of a solo management consultant who generates $50,000 per month without ever pitching or sending cold outreach. Lucas and Luna break down how he built a referral-only model by publishing deep industry analyses on LinkedIn, converting readers into high-retainer clients. They discuss the specific content strategy—long-form posts with proprie...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna break down the story of a solo baker in Portland who turned a single community pie order into a $15,000 monthly side business. They explore how she leveraged local partnerships, a no-menu approach, and a quirky pricing model to stand out from 50 other bakers in her city. The hosts discuss the specific numbers: her cost per pie, her average...

Episode 96 of The Entrepreneur's Hour explores how a solo brand strategist named Claire Morrison tripled her day rate from $1,500 to $4,500 over 18 months without losing a single client. Lucas and Luna break down the specific steps she took: the portfolio audit that revealed her most profitable work, the three-month notice period she gave existing clients, and the referral script that actually wor...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a solo landscaper from Phoenix who hit $30,000 a month without owning a single piece of equipment. They break down how he leveraged subcontractor partnerships, charged premium rates for design consultations, and created recurring maintenance contracts that paid the bills year-round. The conversation covers the exact...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna explore how a solo baker turned a passion for sourdough into a six-figure monthly membership business. They break down the key strategies: a weekly subscription for fresh bread and pastries, a pay-it-forward system that reduced churn, and a no-advertising approach that relied on word-of-mouth and local partnerships. The hosts discuss how t...

In this episode of The Entrepreneur's Hour, Lucas and Luna explore the story of a solo baker who built a $100,000 monthly revenue bakery with no storefront and no employees. They break down how she shifted from farmers' market pop-ups to a membership model, selling weekly bread subscriptions and sourdough starter kits. The hosts discuss the pricing strategy: $45 per month for a weekly loaf and pas...

Episode 92 of The Entrepreneur's Hour with Fexingo revisits the subscription bakery model with a fresh angle. Lucas and Luna break down how one solo baker in Portland turned a weekly bread subscription into $20,000 monthly revenue, using a prepayment system that eliminated inventory waste. They dig into the math: 200 subscribers at $25 per weekly delivery, the logistics of a one-person kitchen, an...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a solo baker in Portland grew her artisan bread business to $20,000 per month using a subscription model instead of relying on pop-ups or Instagram. They break down the economics of her weekly bread club, customer acquisition via local partnerships, and why recurring revenue changed her margins from 30% to 55%. Learn the specific steps she took to conver...

Episode 90 of The Entrepreneur's Hour profiles a solo plumber in Austin, Texas, who built a $20,000 monthly business without a single service vehicle. Instead of owning trucks and paying for gas, he partnered with local hardware stores to use their inventory and rented tools by the hour from a coworking-style tool library. Lucas and Luna break down the math: how eliminating vehicle costs and inven...

Furniture designer Kai Nakamura freelanced for seven years stuck at $15 an hour, buried in revisions. This episode breaks down the exact three-step system he used to escape hourly billing: packaging his process into a flat-fee 'design sprint,' shifting from custom work to semi-custom templates, and landing his first ten clients at an average of $4,500 per project. We walk through the math — how th...

Episode 88 of The Entrepreneur's Hour revisits the pop-up bakery story with a twist: how a pastry chef in Austin grew from zero to $100k monthly using only sidewalk chalk and a waitlist. Lucas and Luna break down the exact math behind the scarcity flywheel, the 'phantom inventory' strategy, and why Instagram-free growth might be the real moat. If you run a service business or solo shop, this episo...

Most solopreneurs chase social media algorithms. But copywriter Jenna Reyes built a $15,000 per month editing business with an email list of just 800 subscribers — and zero Instagram posts. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the exact mechanics: how Jenna sourced clients through cold email, why she charged by the project instead of the hour, and how a single retainer client unlocked most o...

Episode 86 of The Entrepreneur's Hour dives into the story of a solo pricing consultant who charges $2,500 per call and refuses all refunds. Lucas and Luna break down how she built a $100,000 monthly practice without a website or a sales team, relying instead on a single LinkedIn post and a strict no-negotiation policy. They explore the psychology of high-ticket pricing, the economics of unconditi...

Lucas and Luna talk to a solo real estate investor who built a $40,000 monthly cash flow portfolio with zero mortgage debt. He started with a single duplex in Phoenix in 2019, bought using a home equity line on his primary residence, then reinvested all rent to buy four more properties in cash. No banks, no leverage, no property managers. The hosts break down his criteria: 2% rule for rent-to-pric...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna revisit the solo baker story from a new angle, focusing on how one specific baker in Portland grew from a farmers market stall to 100k monthly revenue by using a pop-up model with zero retail space. They break down the numbers: starting with $1,200 in sales at a Saturday market, the baker leveraged Instagram geotags and limited-time locations to create scarcity. The...

Lucas and Luna break down the story of graphic designer Eliza Vance, who stopped bidding on projects entirely and instead started publishing detailed design audits for prospective clients on LinkedIn — for free. Within six months, her solo practice grew from inconsistent project work to $60,000 per month on retainer, with zero cold outreach and zero competitive bidding. The episode walks through h...

Episode 82 of The Entrepreneur's Hour. Lucas and Luna explore how a former sous chef named Elena Torres turned her side hustle into a $12,000/month meal prep subscription club in Austin, Texas. They break down her zero-waste sourcing strategy, the lean customer acquisition loop she built with local gym partnerships, and exactly how she priced her weekly plans to hit 200 recurring members within ei...