| Name |
Pete MacLean |
| Name of your business: |
Clean Choice Professional Home Cleaners |
| When did you open your business? |
Oct.2015 |
| What services do you offer? |
Basic house cleaning and have subcontractors available for windows, floors and pressure washing. |
| Why did you start the business? |
I have a commercial cleaning business and saw a need in our area for a quality, professional home cleaning service, so it seemed like a perfect parallel to the commercial service that I provide. |
| How many people are in your company? |
6 |
| What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started? |
How difficult it is to find quality employees. |
| What is the toughest part of running your business? |
Managing people. |
| What is the best part of running your business? |
Building a successful organization |
| Is there anything that you would have done differently? |
Not so far. |
| What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? |
The most important thing is exploring new ways to market my services. |
| Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? |
Planning on an ultimate goal in 5 years of having 40 client homes to clean. |
| What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! |
Plan and prepare! |
| How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? |
The articles are helpful as are the cleaning tips. |
| School - high school, college, technical school: |
Some college |
| What are some of your prior jobs or businesses? |
In sales for 30 years previously. |
| Is there a specific person or event in your life that made you decide to go into business for yourself? |
In the RV business and the recession killed it, so decided to go into a business with low startup costs and potential for growth. |
| Web Site: |
http://www.cleanchoicepros.com |
| Email Address: |
[email protected] |
