Member Profile: Kimshai Hooks

Your Name: Kimshai Hooks

Name of your business: Clutter-Less Corporation

When did you open your business? 2012

What services do you offer? Detail Residential Interior/Exterior Cleaning and Organizing
Commercial Interior/Exterior Cleaning
Post Construction Cleaning & Supplies
Industrial Cleaning & Supplies
Restaurant Cleaning & Supplies
Most Business and Office Type Cleaning
Janitorial, Custodial Cleaning
Move-In/Move-out
One Time
Window Cleaning
Carpet
Floor Stripping & Waxing
Pressure Washing Exterior

Why did you start the business? I have utilized my cleaning skills for over 20 years and now feel it's time to utilize both my cleaning skills and entrepreneurial skills.

How many people are in your company? 11

What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started?

- Bad: slow pace cleaning
Bidding and Pricing Decisions
Professional Proposals
Recurring Contract Agreement
Materials To Hire and Train employees
Safety Materials
Go Green Supplies and Pricing
Obtaining Equipment

- Good: we have begun cleaning

What is the toughest part of running your business? Hiring good stable employees and maintaining a budget for a smooth operation to support many of our needed equipment and supplies.

What is the best part of running your business? Receiving multiple leads and providing service for those requests with a great outcome and a good survey review after we complete service every time.

Is there anything that you would have done differently? Outsourced recruiting, management, HR and Accounting

What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? Location, Budget, Revenue and Overhead

Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? Location Services of atleast 30 states

What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! Be sure to save lots of money before you start a cleaning service because there are very competitive cleaning services out there who will challenge your professional pricing at more than 50% off the going rate for cleaning and are illegal immigrants, who may even pose as an employee of your company. There you loose money and people get just what they shouldn't have payed for and that is two weeks of left overs from the pets dish bowl and unseen dust build up that will cause you to become very ill but only when your in the comfort of your home.

How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? We plan to utilize every source MyHouseCleaningBiz.com has to offer.

What are some of your prior jobs or businesses: Entrepreneur Provider
Commercial Cleaning/Residential Cleaning
Realtor Provider
Mortgage Marketing Communications Manager
Office Administrator Front/Back
Nonprofit Corporation Provider
Warehouse Laborer
Free Lance Paralegal
Customer Service
Retail Clothing
Research Provider
Pre-Paid Legal Service Provider
Home Clerical Services Provider

Is there a specific person or event in your life that made you decide to go into business for yourself? In God I Trust and Keep My Faith In Him!

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