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Appliance repair techs make $75K-$150K via Nana
Shaan describes Nana as a 'Lambda School for appliance repair' that trains you to fix one appliance per month so you earn immediately, then dispatches you Uber-style. Repair techs reportedly make $75K-$150K/year depending on hours and jobs accepted.
$150K
Nana appliance repair tech annual earnings (high end) · USD/year
“they're like, hey, look, the average repair person on our service makes between $75,000 to $150,000 a year, depending on how many hours you want to work, how many jobs you want to accept. And so for most people, that's like pretty fucking great, especially because you control your own schedule.”
Billy
The Israeli who learned appliance repair to pay off his debt
Shaan tells the origin of Nana's founder: an Israeli former jeans-shop owner came to Silicon Valley with debt, learned from his roommate that appliance repair paid $20K/month, shadowed him to learn the trade, then built a $4M Bay Area repair business before turning it into a marketplace.
“I think he said his housemate was a repair person, and his housemate was like, "Yeah, I made like $20K this month." He's like, "$20K? Holy shit, how'd you make that?" He's like, "Yeah, I repair appliances." And so he was like, "Shit, I got to learn that." So he shadowed him, I think, learned how to repair appliances. Over the next 4 years, he built a Bay Area appliance repair thing called The Appliance Doctor.”
Story
Nana turns appliance repair into an on-demand brand and a $75-150K trade-school ladder
Shaan invested in Nana, which unifies fragmented appliance repair under one on-demand brand (push a button, a technician arrives) and runs an academy that trains workers from $30K/year earners into technicians making $75K-$150K with flexible hours.
“And this guy was making, you know, between $75,000 and $150,000 a year working flexible hours. I was like, this crushes being an Uber driver. And then they created an academy which was like in one month you can go from not knowing how to fix any appliances to one month you can repair one appliance, and in two months you can repair two appliances, and so on and so forth.”
Idea
Nana: Lambda School for appliance techs + B2B lead engine
Sam pitches Nana, which trains appliance-repair technicians one appliance at a time (a 'career in a box') while partnering with manufacturers who hand over warranty repair leads. It solves both the technician shortage and customer acquisition at once.
“So then he was like, all right, I'm going to build— and what he's built is basically Lambda School for technicians. So you can say, okay, I want to make this much money. I want to, you know, you pick your own hours, but you can make good money if you're a technician. And, um, but you don't know anything. And so he's like, cool, I can train you in one month to repair one appliance.”
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Idea
Nana: Lambda School for appliance techs + B2B lead engine
Sam pitches Nana, which trains appliance-repair technicians one appliance at a time (a 'career in a box') while partnering with manufacturers who hand over warranty repair leads. It solves both the technician shortage and customer acquisition at once.
“So then he was like, all right, I'm going to build— and what he's built is basically Lambda School for technicians. So you can say, okay, I want to make this much money. I want to, you know, you pick your own hours, but you can make good money if you're a technician. And, um, but you don't know anything. And so he's like, cool, I can train you in one month to repair one appliance.”
Steal thisPair a trade school that trains supply with a B2B partner who supplies free demand leads.