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This entry comes from a video arguing the opposite of the usual advice: stop trying to build something that scales. Shane Hummus's case is that anything easily scalable gets crushed by big companies, whereas a boring, unscalable, one-person service is beneath their notice — and that boring means less competition. He cites Alex Hormozi's figure that roughly 78% of US businesses are service businesses, because services are the easiest thing on earth to start and sell. Grant writing is the fourth of five ideas and, in his words, one of the most boring on the list and one of the most lucrative. It was also, he says, requested by his audience. His credential claim is modest and specific: he has worked with clients who did grant writing, and he did some grant writing himself when he was younger, working for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. That is the extent of the first-hand evidence. Be clear about what this entry is and is not. There is no named operator with disclosed revenue here — the reason it earns a place is the structural argument, which is unusually strong: high-stakes documents, motivated buyers with existential need, established market rates in the thousands, and an incumbent workforce that he claims is largely older and does not use AI. That last point is the whole thesis. It is an ⏳-shaped opportunity dressed as an evergreen one, and we have graded the evidence honestly as unverified.
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Create free accountEmail code only. No password.Data credibility: Unverified and graded as such. The creator, Shane Hummus, reports no operator revenue for this business and shows no dashboard, client list or contract. He states that flat fees for a single grant proposal typically run $2,000-$10,000 (a market-rate claim with no source shown) and describes a model taught by grant-writing coaches in which 8 clients on a $2,500/month retainer produce a ~$250,000/year business — which is multiplication, not a reported result. His first-hand experience is limited to having done some grant writing while working for a 501(c)(3) and having worked with clients who do it. The one named person in the video, Davis, is a coaching client of his whose business he credits with passing six figures a month; that is a client-success claim from the paid advisor and should be treated as marketing. The video's purpose is to sell a free live training and a paid coaching call. The structural case — established market rates, motivated buyers, and an incumbent workforce that he claims does not use AI — is the reason this entry exists; none of it is audited.