Member Profile: Mariam Afrah
| Name | Mariam Afrah |
| Name of your business: | MA Supreme Cleaning Service |
| When did you open your business? | 2011 |
| What services do you offer? | We offer residential and office cleaning service from deep cleaning to light cleaning. Dusting, vacuuming, mopping, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, washing sheets, making beds and much more. |
| Why did you start the business? | I love cleaning. After getting a lot of compliments from my home health aid job my boss asked me to clean her house, and then I found a great client who loved my cleaning and recommended me to more clients. That's when I started my business. |
| How many people are in your company? | Two people including me. |
| What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started? | A bad surprise: In order to grow my business i need more help in bookkeeping, and hiring. A good surprise: Providing a great cleaning service to my clients has allowed me to gain a good relationship with them and I feel like I have a family not just clients. |
| What is the toughest part of running your business? | The toughest part about my job is having to do most of the work alone. I need more employees to share the work load. I don't have a business background to be able to grow my company. I realize I need to learn a lot. |
| What is the best part of running your business? | Being my own boss and setting my own hours. |
| Is there anything that you would have done differently? | I would have gone to school and learned about business. |
| What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? | I would learn how to do bookkeeping, build my own website, and hire someone to help me run my business. |
| Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? | 2 years: Hire two more employees 5 years: Buy a second work vehicle and establish a commercial work space. I will also go back to school to get my business degree. 10 years: Have ten employees and have at least four cars and own my own commercial building. |
| What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! | Learn as much as you can about your business and related fields. Also don't be afraid to ask a lot of questions. Learn from people who have done the work before you. Just know you cannot do it alone. |
| How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? | I read all of the members' information on how they started their business and all of their advice about cleaning services. Also I watch the video tutorials on how to price, and how to grow my business. It is very helpful to me. I like the advice Jean gives in the videos. There is a lot of things she talks about that I go through everyday. I love it! |
| School - high school, college, technical school: | High School GED. Certified Home Health Aid. |
| What are some of your prior jobs or businesses? | I worked as a cashier. I worked as a home health aid. Also I worked as a packaging associate in a tech company. |
