Grease-trap cleaning sold to the chains, not the stalls

First customers — the part nobody publishes

Channel: B2B contracts (head office)

What didn't work: Chasing individual stalls one at a time — the margin lives in the chain contract.

A school dropout who took the dirtiest job in F&B and productised it: fixed schedules, a compliance record the chain can show the authorities, and one contract that covers every outlet. The first backer was a landscaping owner who put in S$200,000; the first chain contract did the rest.

Would it work in…

The same idea, other markets — our read from the database's country filters, not a forecast.

• Kuala Lumpur — likely — the same chains, the same compliance pressure; price ceiling lower
• Manila — maybe — chains are franchised outlet by outlet, so the contract is smaller
• Jakarta — maybe — mall F&B clusters are the equivalent of the head office

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