Confessions of a Cleaning Business Owner: Start, Scaling and Selling a Cleaning Business

Today’s episode is an interview I had on The Confessions of a Cleaning Business Owner podcast with Louise Trehearn.

We had a wide ranging conversation about starting, scaling and selling my cleaning business, why I decided to sell, launching The Growth Lab, the difference between cleaning in the U.S. and the U.K., my tech stack, morning routine and the motivation required to growing a successful cleaning business.

Enjoy!

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TIMESTAMPS:

[00:00] Intro

[01:35] How I started my cleaning business

[04:20] The genesis of The Growth Lab

[07:19] The biggest challenge cleaning business owners have with business development

[10:15] Tech adoption and the rise of remote cleaning

[13:12] Using tech to grow your cleaning business

[14:59] Why you need a website for your cleaning business

[17:26] Cleaning price disparity between the U.K. and the U.S.

[19:33] How I use Notion for my business

[22:13] How you can start getting things done in your cleaning business

[25:36] My morning routine - early to rise, fitness and writing

[29:33] Completing David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge

[34:30] My motivation for trying to build a seven figure cleaning business

[40:35] Why I ended up selling my cleaning business

[42:31] Building a cleaning business can be a lonely journey

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RESOURCES

• Need help developing business for your cleaning business? Get in touch with The Growth Lab

• Sign up for your own Notion Workspace

• How waking up every day at 4.30am can change your life

• David Allen’s Getting Things Done system

• David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge

• Find out more about the Domestic Cleaning Business Network

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