Top 5 most successful startups in the US

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Starting a new business is always risky and difficult, sometimes you have to work and try new options for years, but some are lucky and they earn their first million in the first year of operation.

A list of such successful startups collected edition CNN.

Crowd cow

Lovers of fresh meat sometimes have to buy it in huge portions, because farmers prefer to sell not just a few kilograms of meat, as a whole.

Two friends, Ethan Lowry and Joe Heitzeberg, solved this problem by founding Crowd Cow, a portal where people can negotiate the purchase of different parts of a cow, and then purchase the animal's meat from a farm with which the program's founders collaborate.

Within a few months after launch, this business brought in more than 1 million dollars in sales.

Cowd Cow works directly with small farms that have extensive pastures. They make sure that their partners do not use growth hormones or unnecessary antibiotics, trying to provide customers with quality veal.

Crowd Cow is currently available in limited cities in the western United States and in the state of Texas; at the end of May, the program plans to expand its operations throughout the country.

Urban Bricks Pizza

After 20 years of managing various restaurant franchises, Sammy Aldeeb decided he wanted to get into the pizza business. When he couldn't find a suitable franchise to buy, he decided to start his own business - Urban Bricks Pizza.

Unlike other restaurants, Urban bricks offers delivery, drive-thru and bar.

During the 2 months after opening a store in San Antonio, he had already received more than 1 million dollars in sales. Seeing the growth potential, Aldib decided to sell 25 to other owned restaurants and focus on Urban Bricks. Six months later, he sold his first franchise to Urban Bricks. Now, after 2, after launch, Urban Bricks opens more 12 restaurants, 6 of which are under construction, and by 2018, it is planned to open more 120 franchise outlets.

Sugargarina

On a third date, Rosie O'Neill and Josh Resnick went to the screening of a film about pastry chefs that inspired the girl to start her own business.

She came up with the idea to create a “pastry boutique for adults” with the best caramel candy all over the world. Her idea was supported by her boyfriend, and they founded Sugargarina.

Instead of selling cheap candy, as some stores do, O'Neal sells unique candies that you cannot find anywhere else.

Sugargarina buys the highest quality, interesting and delicious sweets from around the world, most of them are made exclusively for Sugargarina.

Since their launch in August 2012, the company has grown to more than 350 employees. In the first year of her business, she earned $ 900 thousand dollars and continues to grow, reaching $ 2016 million in sales in 25 year.

Myclean

For 9 years, Michael Scharf had a trusted housemaid who cleaned the house every 2 week. After she moved to another job, he struggled to find a replacement for her. He searched on job sites, through Craigslist and even asked friends for recommendations, but still could not find a housekeeper who would have seemed trustworthy to him.

Realizing that he was probably not the only person facing such a problem, he founded Myclean, an online platform for finding housekeepers in New York and Chicago.

Unlike many similar firms, which are based on part-time work, all 250 company cleaners are full-time employees of the company who are paid all the necessary benefits and ensure that customers pay them a decent salary, while the company guarantees the reliability of the house workers.

After 8 years of operation, the company produces an average of 2 thousands of cleanings per week, which generates an income of about $ 9 million per year.

Airplane Tequila

Few can boast that they founded a company for the production of alcoholic beverages with the blessing of Warren Buffet, but the founder Airplane Tequila Ken Austin can.

While playing cards, several businessmen started a conversation about the tequila industry. After stating that there is no decent competition in this market, Buffett called on Austin to start his own business in this area. So he did.

Given the size of his firm, Austin did not expect the business to fly so fast.

Within a year after launch, Avion already generated annual income of more than $ 1 million. A year later, his product was recognized as the most delicious tequila in the world.

First Airplane Tequila It was available only in California and New York, now it is sold worldwide, including Australia, France and Turkey.

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