Member Profile: Linda Rabenberg

Your Name: Linda Rabenberg

Name of your business: Linda Rombach Personalized Cleaning, LLC

When did you open your business? September 1999

What services do you offer? Residential cleaning (regularly-scheduled cleanings every 1, 2, or 4 weeks) as-requested cleanings, moveing/moveout cleaning, gift certificates for residential cleaning

Why did you start the business? To be able to work during the daytime and support myself.

How many people are in your company? 25

What has been the biggest surprise, good or bad, since you started? Government regulations; also the broad spectrum of employees from amazingly awesome to amazingly nightmarish.

What is the toughest part of running your business? Government regulations; keeping gossiping to a minimum.

What is the best part of running your business? Making it be exactly what I want it to be.

Is there anything that you would have done differently? Gotten involved in organizations such as this sooner.

What is the most important thing you will be adding, doing, changing in the next year for your business? More meetings due to government regulations.

Where do you see your business in 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years? About the same size since it's making great money but still manageable and has a personalized, small feel which my customers love (and I intend to provide).

What advice could you give others and please don't hold back! You can't back off from anything because it's difficult - take a deep breath and take care of everything you need to take care of, right away!

How do you use MyHouseCleaningBiz.com to help you with your business? Just started - seems like it has much helpful information.

School - high school, college, technical school: Graduated from home school using Seton High in Virginia. Bachelor's degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, in Mass Communications with a concentration in Journalism.

What are some of your prior jobs or businesses? Typesetting/art room for a bulletin company.

Is there a specific person or event in your life that made you decide to go into business for yourself? My brother-in-law owned a cleaning business but he was the only employee. It didn't seem that difficult to do, although I sought and received help all along the way.

Web Site: http://www.LindaRombachCleaning.com

Email Address: [email protected]