Member Profile: Kathy Fuka

Your Name: Kathy Fuka

Name of your business: Jeff and Kathy's Cleaning Service, Inc.

When did you open your business? 2011

What services do you offer? Residential Cleaning and Home Organization Services

Why did you start the business? We took a good look inward and determined that we did not have time to clean our own home due to jobs, children and just life in general. After some discussions with friends, family and others we know, we realized we were not alone!....

How many people are in your company? 2

What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started? The fact that many homes and businesses find it acceptable to be dirty and unsanitary.

What is the toughest part of running your business? That business is growing more rapidly than expected!

What is the toughest part of running your business? Still working full-time jobs other than the cleaning.....

What is the best part of running your business? Being my own boss.....we set our own expectations!

Is there anything that you would have done differently? Not a thing.

What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? We may be adding different services....still in the thought stage right now. Also, we are thinking of a expanding to another type of client...still in the thought stage....

Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? I see myself no longer working a full-time job away from cleaning in 2 years, in 5 years, both my husband and myself working for ourselves. In 10 years....hopefully having enough to turn the business over to my daughter.

What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! Have a dream. Go after the dream. Stay on track. Don't give up.

How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? The forms are fantastic!....I haven't completely explored the entire site....am looking forward to many more surprises here1

School - high school, college, technical school: BS - Biology; BS - Psychology; BS - Business Management...Yea....3 BS degrees....some people collect Stamps...I collected Bachelor Degrees.

What are some of your prior jobs or businesses? Accounting.

Website: www.jeffandkathycleaning.com